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Sterling Bank recently made a shocking decision to eliminate transfer fees on all local online…
After nearly three years of legal entanglement and financial restriction, MTN Cameroon has secured a…
When the news broke out on April 1, most people thought it was an April…
Diageo Sells Majority Stake in Seychelles Breweries, Continues Strategic Realignment in Africa
Global beverage giant Diageo plc has announced the sale of its 54.4% shareholding in Seychelles…
In what could become a major reshuffle in the digital payments space, Visa has reportedly…
OpenAI has officially opened the gates to its powerful image-generation tool, making it available to…
In a direct reference to Instagram’s well-liked text-based content feature, Notes, which had been gaining…
Microsoft Retires the Blue Screen of Death — Say Hello to a New Look for System Crashes
For decades, the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has been a universally dreaded signal for…
Over the past few years, there has been a surge in financial startups attempting to…
By introducing an innovative online career counselling platform, Kenyan company TuConnect is making a daring…
Getting a business loan used to be a real pain. Long lines at the bank,…
Estonia-based e-bike manufacturer Ampler has just launched its latest innovation — the Nova and Nova…
Osusu Launches to Help Nigerians Beat Rising Food Prices with Flexible ‘Pay Small Small’ Shopping
Building on the Success of PacknPay, Osusu Enables Customers to Lock in Prices and Pay…
The lending landscape is constantly shifting, and one of the biggest recent shifts has been…
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Ahmad Farroukh, the newly appointed CEO of Nigerian telecommunications giant Globacom, has resigned after just one month in the role, sending shockwaves through the industry. While Globacom has yet to officially comment, reports suggest internal challenges may have contributed to his abrupt departure. Farroukh, a seasoned telecom executive with a…
Safaricom’s M-Pesa is poised to join the Pesalink network, a move that could significantly reshape Kenya’s digital payments landscape. In a proposal submitted jointly with the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Safaricom aims to integrate M-Pesa, Kenya’s largest mobile money platform, into the national…
Instagram has officially rolled out a significant change to its platform: the iconic square grid format is no more. The social media giant has transitioned to a new, taller grid preview that prioritises vertical content, reflecting the growing dominance of video and mobile-first content consumption. This shift has been in…
In a move towards digitalisation and improved service delivery, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has launched new digital payment platforms for the collection of Business Operating Permits (BOPs) and Property Rates. Residents and businesses can now conveniently pay for these services via the short codes *222*33# and *222*55#, respectively. This…
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Egyptian e-procurement solutions provider, Teradix, has secured a grant of US$140,000 from the TAQADAM Accelerator…
A new electric minibus taxi, named eKamva, has been launched in South Africa by a…
Egyptian health and wellness startup WellPal has successfully secured an undisclosed amount of angel funding…
African startups are invited to apply for the prestigious New Venture Competition, organized by Harvard…
Beacon Power Services (BPS), a pioneering energy technology firm, has successfully secured funding through a…
Lendsqr, a Nigerian fintech company focused on supporting digital lenders, has recently expanded its operations…
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The identity of the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos participated in a $87 million Series B funding for Indonesian startup Ula, marking…
Former US President Donald Trump has asked a court to mandate that Twitter restore his…
So if you were just wondering who is behind the prominent Non-Fungible Token (NFT) booster…
In a rare shake-up of Facebook’s highest ranks, the company will shuffle chief technology officers…
Apple on Thursday fired Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager who’s been outspoken about her experiences…
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Intel has said that it is working on a chip for blockchain-related operations like cryptomining.…
The US Justice Department has seized $3.6 billion worth of bitcoin linked to the 2016…
GIG Logistics, the leading provider of last-mile delivery solutions in West Africa, has launched a…
Nestcoin Raises $6.45m in Pre-seed Capital to Accelerate Crypto and Web3 Adoption in Frontier Markets
Nestcoin, a company building, operating, and investing in web3 applications, announces that it has raised…
People tend to think that digital currencies and cryptocurrencies are the same. Both of them…
Reported fraud across the financial services industry in Africa has spiked however, Eva Crouwel, head…