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  • July 30, 2021 Editor 0
    Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group CEO honored with Awards Across Multiple Continents
    Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group Founder and CEO, also of US-based CBSegroup was...
    BUSINESS featured Internet TECH Women 
  • July 7, 2021 Editor 0
    Tangerine: Africa’s No.1 tech-driven financial solutions provider
    Leading financial services and technology platform, Tangerine officially launched on Wednesday 7th...
    featured Internet 
  • June 30, 2021 Editor 0
    Maviance: a cameroon based company raises 3m to digitize financial services across central Africa
    Maviance, a Cameroon-based company providing digital financial services like agency banking and...
    featured 
  • April 14, 2021 Editor 0
    African fintechs patnerships to interlink mobile money and digital assets
    The Seychelles-based Securities, Commodities and Derivatives Exchange (SECDEX), and KOINON, the global...
    featured 
  • August 26, 2020 Editor 0
    Microsoft adds new Transcribe in Word feature
    Microsoft is adding an audio transcription feature into Word for the web...
    APPS featured TECH 
Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group CEO honored with Awards Across Multiple Continents

Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group CEO honored...

July 30, 2021 0
Tangerine: Africa’s No.1 tech-driven financial solutions provider

Tangerine: Africa’s No.1 tech-driven financial solutions...

July 7, 2021 0
Maviance: a cameroon based company raises 3m to digitize financial services across central Africa

Maviance: a cameroon based company raises...

June 30, 2021 0
African fintechs patnerships to interlink mobile money and digital assets

African fintechs patnerships to interlink mobile...

April 14, 2021 0

Featured

  • July 30, 2021 Editor 0

    Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group CEO honored with Awards Across Multiple Continents

    Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group Founder and CEO, also of US-based CBSegroup was honored with multiple awards across continents. Sophia Bekele was honored with the Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence (WOI) Award and the CEO Today Africa Awards. The Women of Influence award “recognizes established business leaders who have...
    BUSINESS featured Internet TECH Women 
  • July 7, 2021 Editor 0

    Tangerine: Africa’s No.1 tech-driven financial solutions provider

    Leading financial services and technology platform, Tangerine officially...
    featured Internet 
  • June 30, 2021 Editor 0

    Maviance: a cameroon based company raises 3m to digitize financial services across central Africa

    Maviance, a Cameroon-based company providing digital financial services...
    featured 
  • April 14, 2021 Editor 0

    African fintechs patnerships to interlink mobile money and digital assets

    The Seychelles-based Securities, Commodities and Derivatives Exchange (SECDEX),...
    featured 

Business

  • July 30, 2021 Editor 0

    Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group CEO honored with Awards Across Multiple Continents

    Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group Founder and CEO, also of US-based CBSegroup was honored with multiple awards across continents. Sophia Bekele was honored with the Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence (WOI) Award and the CEO Today Africa Awards. The Women of Influence award “recognizes established business leaders who have...
    BUSINESS featured Internet TECH Women 
  • November 30, 2020 Editor 0

    Installation of Huawei 5G banned in the U.K.

    United Kingdom on Monday detailed plans to phase out Huawei from its 5G networks. Come September...
    BUSINESS Internet MOBILE TECH 
  • November 27, 2020 Editor 0

    TECNO new innovations to meet Africans needs

    For the past 15 years, many aspects contributed to Africa’s rapid economic growth. Mobile phones were...
    BUSINESS MOBILE TECH 
  • November 27, 2020 Editor 0

    DCA WebForum Hosts Leading Ladies in Africa’s Finance Sector on timely topic of Women Bankers for Women Entrepreneurs: A post 2020 strategy for success.

    The DCA Group hosted its 5th impactful and insightful Executive Roundtable conversation on the topic of...
    BUSINESS FINANCE Women 

Interviews

  • Bliss Group Africa.: Mothering and childcare focused e-commerce companies BabyBliss Nigeria and MumsVillage Kenya have merged to create a pan-African entity
    July 23, 2020 Editor 0

    Kenya’s MumsVillage in merger with Nigeria’s BabyBliss to build a larger eCommerce platform

    Mothering and childcare focused e-commerce companies BabyBliss Nigeria and MumsVillage Kenya have merged to create a...
    BUSINESS featured Q&A Women 
  • Jack Dorsey, Twitter's CEO Voice Tweets Gryphon
    July 9, 2020 Editor 0

    Twitter might just launch a subscription platform, hints job listing

    Twitter appears to be having a subscription platform for its social networking service in the works....
    APPS Q&A SOCIAL MEDIA 
  • COVID 19 Read consumer
    July 8, 2020 Editor 0

    Opinion: Factors that will likely shape ecommerce in the second half of 2020

    As we enter the second half of 2020, Dan Barker examines the key trends that are...
    BUSINESS Q&A 
  • DCA WebForum Series 3 Executive Roundtable The Impact of COVID-19 on SME Financing in Africa
    July 3, 2020 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    Power Panel at DCA WebForum voice their thoughts on impact of COVID-19 SME Financing in Africa

    The DCA Group hosted an engaging and insightful Executive Roundtable conversation, with Top Industry and Business...
    BUSINESS featured Internet Q&A Women 
  • Afrikamart Agritech startup aims to be largest African fresh food supplier without owning any farm
    December 20, 2019 Editor 0

    Afrikamart Agritech startup aims to be largest African fresh food supplier without owning any farm

    Senegalese Agritech startup Afrikamart aims to be the largest quality fresh food supplier in West Africa....
    APPS featured FINANCE Q&A 
  • Mali based insurtech startup OKO Finance helps rural farmers access crop insurance innovation
    December 17, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Mali based insurtech startup OKO Finance helps rural farmers access crop insurance

    Malian insurtech startup OKO Finance has helped many rural farmers to access crop insurance for the...
    BUSINESS FINANCE MOBILE Q&A STARTUPS 

Cyber Security

  • Microsoft Office 365 Transcribe in Word
    July 21, 2020 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Phishing scam emails ask users to renew their Microsoft Office 365 subscription

    Phishing campaigns work by impersonating some well-known organization or brand, and that certainly includes a company like Microsoft. With products like Windows, Office, Outlook, and OneDrive prevalent among consumers and businesses, Microsoft is a tempting target for cybercriminals to spoof. Two recent phishing attacks analyzed by security provider...
    APPS Cybersecurity TECH 
  • Tiktok experiences brief outage, launches new Ad Platform amidst calls for ban
    July 10, 2020 Editor 0

    Tiktok experiences brief outage, launches new Ad Platform amidst calls for ban

    TikTok has had a difficult week, to say...
    APPS Cybersecurity Internet 
  • Facebook End-to-end encryption
    May 27, 2020 Editor 0

    Facebook shareholders want to postpone end-to-end encryption plan

    It is reported that investors at Facebook’s annual...
    APPS Cybersecurity Internet MOBILE 
  • Kaspersky
    February 28, 2020 Dianne Jacobs 0

    Kaspersky partners with Arctic Security

    Kaspersky has announced a new partnership with Arctic...
    BUSINESS Cybersecurity Internet 

Start-Ups

  • November 26, 2020 Editor 0

    TikTok granted a 7-Day deadline extension

    The Trump administration has given Byte Dance, TikTok’s owner another week to complete a sale of its popular video-sharing app. This is in regards to resolve U.S. national security concerns raised earlier in the year. The deadline extension The new extended deadline is Dec. 4. The popular app...
    BUSINESS MOBILE STARTUPS TECH 
  • October 26, 2020 Editor 0

    Future Jobs to look out for in the coming years.

    Technology is day by day becoming the way of life for each an every one of...
    APPS BUSINESS Commentary Internet STARTUPS TECH 
  • Bolt Food
    August 21, 2020 Dianne Jacobs 0

    Online Taxi firm Bolt enters into food delivery business

    Taxi hailing service Bolt is venturing into the food delivery business in Kenya targeting alternative revenue...
    APPS featured Internet STARTUPS TECH 
  • MTN Rwanda
    August 13, 2020 Dianne Jacobs 0

    Kenya’s Central Bank Proposes law to combat predatory lending by mobile loan apps

    Digital app lending companies operating in Kenya are set up for a shake-up after the country’s...
    APPS featured FINANCE Internet STARTUPS 

Recent Posts

  • July 30, 2021 Editor 0

    Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group CEO honored with Awards Across Multiple Continents

    Sophia Bekele DotConnectAfrica Group Founder and CEO, also...
    BUSINESS featured Internet TECH Women 
  • July 7, 2021 Editor 0

    Tangerine: Africa’s No.1 tech-driven financial solutions provider

    Leading financial services and technology platform, Tangerine officially...
    featured Internet 
  • June 30, 2021 Editor 0

    Maviance: a cameroon based company raises 3m to digitize financial services across central Africa

    Maviance, a Cameroon-based company providing digital financial services...
    featured 

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