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  • April 17, 2019 Editor 0
    Jumia hits US$196-million in landmark New York IPO but investors may regret funding an elusive dream
    Jumia billed as Africa’s first “tech unicorn”, is a venture-capital funded company...
    BUSINESS Commentary featured FINANCE 
  • April 10, 2019 Editor 0
    Opera introduces Reborn 3, a desktop browser, freeVPN, ad blocker and Crypto Wallet
    Opera Software has launched a new version of its desktop browser and...
    APPS featured Internet 
  • April 8, 2019 Editor 0
    Digital now makes up 51% of US advertizing spending – Magna Report
    Magna released a bullish assessment and forecast for US ad revenue in...
    BUSINESS Cybersecurity featured Internet 
  • April 3, 2019 Editor 0
    Bitcoin cash latest huge price gains outstrips those made by its more famous rival bitcoin
    Bitcoin cash has experienced huge price gains that have outstripped those made...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE TECH 
  • April 2, 2019 Editor 0
    Kenya accounts for 60 per cent of private equity investments to East Africa
    Kenya accounted for more than half of funds pumped into the region...
    BUSINESS Commentary featured FINANCE 
Jumia hits US$196-million in landmark New York IPO but investors may regret funding an elusive dream

Jumia hits US$196-million in landmark New...

April 17, 2019 0
Opera introduces Reborn 3, a desktop browser, freeVPN, ad blocker and Crypto Wallet

Opera introduces Reborn 3, a desktop...

April 10, 2019 0
Digital now makes up 51% of US advertizing spending – Magna Report

Digital now makes up 51% of...

April 8, 2019 0
Unregulated digital apps loans, consumer protection among emerging issues that require attention- CBK Kenya Study

Unregulated digital apps loans, consumer protection...

April 4, 2019 0

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  • April 17, 2019 Editor 0

    Jumia hits US$196-million in landmark New York IPO but investors may regret funding an elusive dream

    Jumia billed as Africa’s first “tech unicorn”, is a venture-capital funded company valued at more than $1bn on the New York Stock Exchange. Its lack of a profitable model didn’t seem to matter much on the first day of trading on Friday, as the stock surged by 75%....
    BUSINESS Commentary featured FINANCE 
  • April 10, 2019 Editor 0

    Opera introduces Reborn 3, a desktop browser, freeVPN, ad blocker and Crypto Wallet

    Opera Software has launched a new version of...
    APPS featured Internet 
  • 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 
  • April 4, 2019 Editor 0

    Unregulated digital apps loans, consumer protection among emerging issues that require attention- CBK Kenya Study

    The 2019 FinAccess Household Survey report presents results...
    APPS Commentary Cybersecurity FINANCE 

Business

  • April 17, 2019 Editor 0

    Jumia hits US$196-million in landmark New York IPO but investors may regret funding an elusive dream

    Jumia billed as Africa’s first “tech unicorn”, is a venture-capital funded company valued at more than $1bn on the New York Stock Exchange. Its lack of a profitable model didn’t seem to matter much on the first day of trading on Friday, as the stock surged by 75%....
    BUSINESS Commentary featured FINANCE 
  • April 8, 2019 Editor 0

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

    Magna released a bullish assessment and forecast for US ad revenue in 2018 and 2019. The...
    BUSINESS Cybersecurity featured Internet 
  • April 4, 2019 Editor 0

    Unregulated digital apps loans, consumer protection among emerging issues that require attention- CBK Kenya Study

    The 2019 FinAccess Household Survey report presents results of data collected during October – December 2018...
    APPS Commentary Cybersecurity FINANCE 
  • April 3, 2019 Editor 0

    Bitcoin cash latest huge price gains outstrips those made by its more famous rival bitcoin

    Bitcoin cash has experienced huge price gains that have outstripped those made by its more famous...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE TECH 

Interviews

  • 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 
  • November 23, 2018 Editor 0

    Disruptive technology emerging markets in Africa could leverage to transform utilities

    The entire installed generation capacity of Africa’s 48 Sub-Saharan countries is just 68 gigawatts, no more...
    BUSINESS Q&A TECH 
  • October 11, 2018 Editor 0

    Distribution Is The Real Disruption, Mobile phones game-changing agri-tech in Africa

    While emerging technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence can capture our imagination, some of the most...
    Q&A TECH 

Cyber Security

  • April 8, 2019 Editor 0

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

    Magna released a bullish assessment and forecast for US ad revenue in 2018 and 2019. The report covers all the major advertising and media categories including both digital and traditional media. Ad sales up, especially digital. Magna says that “net advertising sales” will grow by 6.9 percent this...
    BUSINESS Cybersecurity featured Internet 
  • April 4, 2019 Editor 0

    Unregulated digital apps loans, consumer protection among emerging issues that require attention- CBK Kenya Study

    The 2019 FinAccess Household Survey report presents results...
    APPS Commentary Cybersecurity FINANCE 
  • February 6, 2019 Editor 0

    Microsoft to offer paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates after January 14, 2020

    Microsoft said last Fall that it would offer paid...
    APPS Cybersecurity TECH 
  • Facebook
    October 9, 2018 Dianne Jacobs 0

    17 Canadian federal depts. and agencies failed basic tests for credit card data security

    The Canada Revenue Agency, the RCMP, Statistics Canada...
    BUSINESS Cybersecurity FINANCE 

Start-Ups

  • April 3, 2019 Editor 0

    Intel investing $13M in a startup building an AI chip that can transfer data 1,000 times faster

    Intel is investing $13 million in Untether AI, a startup that’s working on a novel type of chip for artificial intelligence that promises to perform neural-network calculations at warp speed. Untether, based in Toronto, Canada, has already developed a prototype device that transfers data between different parts of...
    APPS STARTUPS TECH 
  • 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 
  • Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund 2019
    March 14, 2019 Staff Writer 0

    Miss.Africa Digital Celebrates International Women’s Day With its Annual Seed Fund Application Drive

    DCA Trust celebrated the Women’s Day by launching the 2019 Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund Application Drive....
    featured STARTUPS TECH Women 
  • February 22, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Co-creation Hub’s Design Lab in Kigali, Rwanda wants to own local problems

    The launch of Co-creation Hub’s Design Lab in Kigali, Rwanda last week was important in many ways....
    featured STARTUPS 

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  • April 17, 2019 Editor 0

    Jumia hits US$196-million in landmark New York IPO but investors may regret funding an elusive dream

    Jumia billed as Africa’s first “tech unicorn”, is...
    BUSINESS Commentary featured FINANCE 
  • April 10, 2019 Editor 0

    Opera introduces Reborn 3, a desktop browser, freeVPN, ad blocker and Crypto Wallet

    Opera Software has launched a new version of...
    APPS featured Internet 
  • 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 

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