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August 13, 2018 olivia Craig 0

DStv Tanzania freezes local free to air channels off its list

Multichoice Tanzania (DStv)has removed free-to-air (FTA) channels from its subscription list, barely...

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July 19, 2018 Editor 0

Miss.Africa Digital Announces the 2018 $7,000 Seed Fund Winners, Kumasi Hive scoops top prize

The Pan-African trust program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) has released the winners of...

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July 13, 2018 Editor 0

MultiChoice Shouts for Netflix to be regulated, Blames itself for not innovating

Pay-TV operator MultiChoice lost more than 100,000 premium subscribers in the previous...

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July 11, 2018 Editor 0

Kenya ranks 3rd in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 2018 Global Innovation Index

Kenya has won the third place in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Global...

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June 29, 2018 Editor 0

No VC: Facebook is not making any direct investments to African tech startups

Facebook has been scaling up its operations in Africa and engaging more...

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San Francisco judge orders bail payment in Bitcoin

San Francisco judge orders bail payment...

August 17, 2018 0

Bitcoin Sinks Below $6,000 as Almost Every Cryptocurrency face downfall

Bitcoin Sinks Below $6,000 as Almost...

August 14, 2018 0

DStv Tanzania freezes local free to air channels off its list

DStv Tanzania freezes local free to...

August 13, 2018 0

Facebook’s new camera AR platform is the new home for Nokia classic, Snake Game

Facebook’s new camera AR platform is...

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August 17, 2018 Anthony D. Curtis 0

San Francisco judge orders bail payment in Bitcoin

A federal judge in San Fracisco has ordered a cyber-criminal to pay their bail charges in Bitcoin, inadvertently stimulating cryptocurrency mainstream adoption. The Daily Post – a local Palo Alto newspaper – reports Martin Marisch has been charged with hacking the well-known video games company Electronic Arts, responsible...

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August 14, 2018 Anthony D. Curtis 0

Bitcoin Sinks Below $6,000 as Almost Every Cryptocurrency face downfall

Bitcoin dropped below $6,000 and dozens of smaller...

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August 13, 2018 olivia Craig 0

DStv Tanzania freezes local free to air channels off its list

Multichoice Tanzania (DStv)has removed free-to-air (FTA) channels from...

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August 5, 2018 Anthony D. Curtis 0

Facebook’s new camera AR platform is the new home for Nokia classic, Snake Game

HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, brings...

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August 14, 2018 Anthony D. Curtis 0

Bitcoin Sinks Below $6,000 as Almost Every Cryptocurrency face downfall

Bitcoin dropped below $6,000 and dozens of smaller digital tokens tumbled as this month’s selloff in cryptocurrencies showed few signs of letting up. The largest digital currency fell as much as 6.2 percent to $5,887 as of 3:07 p.m. in Hong Kong, the lowest level since June, according...

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July 13, 2018 Editor 0

MultiChoice Shouts for Netflix to be regulated, Blames itself for not innovating

Pay-TV operator MultiChoice lost more than 100,000 premium subscribers in the previous financial year. CEO Calvo...

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June 28, 2018 Anthony D. Curtis 0

Senegalese-Born Musician Akon To Launch Akoin Cryptocurrency

The American-based Senegalese artist says the cryptocurrency will be the currency of choice in Akon Crypto...

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June 21, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

Lyft makes it easier to track business travel expenses

Lyft announced today that taking a business trip and then actually turning in your travel receipts just got a...

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June 14, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

Sky.Garden: Revolutionizing Kenya’s E-Commerce Sector

Upon noticing that the economic sector in Kenya only caters for the top tier in the...

BUSINESS Q&A
April 6, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

JuuBike: Streamlining the Kenyan Bodaboda Transport Sector

The Boda Boda Safety Association of Kenya recently launched a new app called JuuBike that will...

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March 19, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

Panacea:Transforming the Education Sector in Africa

After recently launching its Android App, Panacea, a Nigerian e-library startup, is geared towards revolutionizing the...

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March 2, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

Q&A: Leti Arts bringing authentic Africa to the world through games & digital comics

Caption: (inset) Leti Arts Co-founders, Eyram Tawia (Ghana) and Wesley Kirinya (Kenya) Africa is at the...

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December 22, 2017 Editor 0

Geneva: Miss.Africa Digital Program Named Finalist in the ITU/UN 2017 EQUALSinTech Awards

ITU and UN Women this week in Geneva, Switzerland announced the Miss.Africa Digital program as one...

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August 31, 2017 Dianne Jacobs 0

Nigerian Start up innovates Recycling; Q&A with Bilikiss Abiola, Founder WeCyclers

Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola , Founder and CEO of Wecyclers The Nigerian tech startup space is developing...

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May 24, 2018 Anthony D. Curtis 0

South Africa’s Second biggest database leak exposes almost 1 million personal records

Barely a year after South Africa’s largest data leak was revealed in 2017, the country has suffered yet another data leak as 934,000 personal records of South Africans have been leaked publicly online. The data includes, among others, national identity numbers (ID numbers), e-mail addresses, full names, as well as...

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May 15, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

Researchers have found a vulnerability in two popular email encryption protocols

European security researchers have found an alarming new...

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March 7, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

Laundered Bitcoin Billions Linked to UK Company

A UK company has been linked to the...

BUSINESS Cybersecurity FINANCE

February 14, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

Winter Olympics hit by cyber-attack

The official Winter Olympics website was taken offline...

Cybersecurity

August 14, 2018 Anthony D. Curtis 0

Bitcoin Sinks Below $6,000 as Almost Every Cryptocurrency face downfall

Bitcoin dropped below $6,000 and dozens of smaller digital tokens tumbled as this month’s selloff in cryptocurrencies showed few signs of letting up. The largest digital currency fell as much as 6.2 percent to $5,887 as of 3:07 p.m. in Hong Kong, the lowest level since June, according...

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July 19, 2018 Editor 0

Miss.Africa Digital Announces the 2018 $7,000 Seed Fund Winners, Kumasi Hive scoops top prize

The Pan-African trust program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) has released the winners of the 2018 Miss.Africa Digital...

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June 29, 2018 Editor 0

No VC: Facebook is not making any direct investments to African tech startups

Facebook has been scaling up its operations in Africa and engaging more intently with tech startups...

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June 28, 2018 Anthony D. Curtis 0

Senegalese-Born Musician Akon To Launch Akoin Cryptocurrency

The American-based Senegalese artist says the cryptocurrency will be the currency of choice in Akon Crypto...

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