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  • August 9, 2019 olivia Craig 0
    Instagram yanks marketing firm Hyp3r off its systems for grabbing users’ data
    Hyp3r was scraping profiles, copying photos and siphoning off data supposed to...
    APPS featured Internet MOBILE 
  • August 8, 2019 olivia Craig 0
    Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases
    Online purchases in Nigeria could soon come with a tax bill in...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Internet MOBILE 
  • August 5, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0
    Kenya based Direct Pay Online (DPO) acquires SA’s PayFast, a payment firm
    Nairobi-based online payment service provider Direct Pay Online (DPO) has acquired PayFast,...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE 
  • July 24, 2019 Editor 0
    Not coming to Ethiopia to Invest unless central bank rectifies the wrongful appropriation of diaspora shares – Sophia Bekele Eshete
    The monies and profits confiscated from the sale of the diaspora shares...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Q&A Women 
  • July 22, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0
    Negotiated fares taxi hailing app inDriver, targets more African cities
    Online ride hailing service, inDriver, which allows passengers to negotiate the fare...
    APPS BUSINESS featured STARTUPS TECH 
Apple Card just quietly launched, takes a new approach to credit cards use

Apple Card just quietly launched, takes...

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Instagram yanks marketing firm Hyp3r off its systems for grabbing users’ data

Instagram yanks marketing firm Hyp3r off...

August 9, 2019 0
Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases

Nigeria proposes law to tax local...

August 8, 2019 0
Kenya based Direct Pay Online (DPO) acquires SA’s PayFast, a payment firm

Kenya based Direct Pay Online (DPO)...

August 5, 2019 0

Featured

  • Apple Card just quietly launched, takes a new approach to credit cards use
    August 13, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Apple Card just quietly launched, takes a new approach to credit cards use

    Last week, Apple Card was launched, a new product that just might make the tech firm a lot of money. However there wasn’t much elation and ululation. This is because, anyone who put their name down to get Apple notifications likely got a highly personalized invitation about the...
    APPS FINANCE Internet TECH 
  • August 9, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Instagram yanks marketing firm Hyp3r off its systems for grabbing users’ data

    Hyp3r was scraping profiles, copying photos and siphoning...
    APPS featured Internet MOBILE 
  • Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases
    August 8, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases

    Online purchases in Nigeria could soon come with...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Internet MOBILE 
  • August 5, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    Kenya based Direct Pay Online (DPO) acquires SA’s PayFast, a payment firm

    Nairobi-based online payment service provider Direct Pay Online...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE 

Business

  • Apple Card just quietly launched, takes a new approach to credit cards use
    August 13, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Apple Card just quietly launched, takes a new approach to credit cards use

    Last week, Apple Card was launched, a new product that just might make the tech firm a lot of money. However there wasn’t much elation and ululation. This is because, anyone who put their name down to get Apple notifications likely got a highly personalized invitation about the...
    APPS FINANCE Internet TECH 
  • Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases
    August 8, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases

    Online purchases in Nigeria could soon come with a tax bill in part of plans to...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Internet MOBILE 
  • August 5, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    Kenya based Direct Pay Online (DPO) acquires SA’s PayFast, a payment firm

    Nairobi-based online payment service provider Direct Pay Online (DPO) has acquired PayFast, a payment processor based...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE 
  • Not coming to Ethiopia to Invest unless central bank rectifies the wrongful appropriation of diaspora shares – Sophia Bekele
    July 24, 2019 Editor 0

    Not coming to Ethiopia to Invest unless central bank rectifies the wrongful appropriation of diaspora shares – Sophia Bekele Eshete

    The monies and profits confiscated from the sale of the diaspora shares should be returned in...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Q&A Women 

Interviews

  • Not coming to Ethiopia to Invest unless central bank rectifies the wrongful appropriation of diaspora shares – Sophia Bekele
    July 24, 2019 Editor 0

    Not coming to Ethiopia to Invest unless central bank rectifies the wrongful appropriation of diaspora shares – Sophia Bekele Eshete

    The monies and profits confiscated from the sale of the diaspora shares should be returned in...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Q&A Women 
  • Search Results Featured snippet from the web Dr. Precious Lunga is CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, a health technology company delivering innovative health solutions via phones across Africa. She will be joining the 2nd edition of the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal as a speaker.
    June 24, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Startups and Partnerships, EurAfrican Forum enables cross pollination of ideas: Dr. Precious Lunga – Baobab Circle

    Dr. Precious Lunga, CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, will be joining the 2nd edition of...
    APPS BUSINESS featured Q&A STARTUPS 
  • March 25, 2019 Editor 0

    Women VCs investments explains the inequality in their field

    Female venture capitalists (VCs) have made steady progress over the past few decades, but still make...
    FINANCE Q&A STARTUPS Women 
  • March 1, 2019 Editor 0

    How prepared are African businesses to tap AI benefits?

    The world is becoming a consumers’ market where future trends are now determined by an impatient...
    Q&A TECH 
  • March 1, 2019 Editor 0

    SMEs Digitization in Africa

    Gartner, the global research and advisory firm, defines digitalisation as “the use of digital technologies to...
    BUSINESS Q&A TECH 
  • January 18, 2019 Staff Writer 0

    How AI could bring a difference in 2019

    In 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) will increasingly become a mainstream presence in our work and personal lives,...
    BUSINESS featured Q&A 

Cyber Security

  • May 30, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Millions of Instagram influencers data scraped and exposed from a Mumbai-based Chtrbox database

    TechCruch has detailed massive database leak containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online. The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services, was left exposed and without a password allowing anyone to look inside. At the time of writing, the database...
    Cybersecurity 
  • May 28, 2019 Editor 0

    Singapore to launch QR based SG-Verify for businesses to perform secure ID verification and data transfer

    The Singapore government says it will introduce a...
    APPS Cybersecurity Internet 
  • May 20, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Google cuts ties with Huawei, to stop licensing its Android OS to the Chinese phone maker

    Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei...
    APPS BUSINESS Cybersecurity featured MOBILE TECH 
  • Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases
    April 8, 2019 Editor 0

    Digital now makes up 51% of US advertizing spending – Magna Report

    Magna released a bullish assessment and forecast for...
    BUSINESS Cybersecurity featured Internet 

Start-Ups

  • Negotiated fares taxi hailing app inDriver, targets more African cities
    July 22, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    Negotiated fares taxi hailing app inDriver, targets more African cities

    Online ride hailing service, inDriver, which allows passengers to negotiate the fare with drivers, has begun recruiting drivers in Harare for the service, which it intends to launch in the capital towards the end of this month. inDriver, which is headquartered in New York, has 26 million users...
    APPS BUSINESS featured STARTUPS TECH 
  • July 15, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    French TV Canal+ acquires ROK film studio from IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount

    French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK film studio from VOD company IROKOtv for an...
    BUSINESS featured STARTUPS 
  • Search Results Featured snippet from the web Dr. Precious Lunga is CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, a health technology company delivering innovative health solutions via phones across Africa. She will be joining the 2nd edition of the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal as a speaker.
    June 24, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Startups and Partnerships, EurAfrican Forum enables cross pollination of ideas: Dr. Precious Lunga – Baobab Circle

    Dr. Precious Lunga, CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, will be joining the 2nd edition of...
    APPS BUSINESS featured Q&A STARTUPS 
  • May 16, 2019 Editor 0

    Microsoft opens first Africa Development Centres in Nairobi and Lagos

    It was almost three decades ago that Microsoft opened its first offices in Africa. In this...
    BUSINESS featured STARTUPS TECH 

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  • Apple Card just quietly launched, takes a new approach to credit cards use
    August 13, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Apple Card just quietly launched, takes a new approach to credit cards use

    Last week, Apple Card was launched, a new...
    APPS FINANCE Internet TECH 
  • August 9, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Instagram yanks marketing firm Hyp3r off its systems for grabbing users’ data

    Hyp3r was scraping profiles, copying photos and siphoning...
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  • Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases
    August 8, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Nigeria proposes law to tax local online purchases

    Online purchases in Nigeria could soon come with...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Internet MOBILE 

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