African and international investors have expressed interest in investing $31 billion at Africa’s top investment venue, the Africa Investment Forum Market Days. The forum has attracted a total of
Talk360 has announced it will debut its own payment platform next year. The platform will be the world’s first single checkout integrating all local currencies and payment methods across
In collaboration with Cisco, UK-based organization Black Girls in Tech has unveiled its brand-new cyber academy with the goal of increasing the participation of women in the technology sector. Following
Xiaomi, a Chinese producer of consumer goods, has opened its first physical location in South Africa over the weekend, taking a page from the playbook of its rival. This comes
According to Eskom, the over $500M (R9 billion) World Bank concessional loan accepted for the Komati Power Station restructure is a “major milestone” towards the development of renewable energy. The
Finally, Zimbabwe’s first orbiting satellite, ZimSat-1, has been launched. ZimSat-1 was scheduled to go into space alongside other payloads yesterday, Sunday, November 6. However, a fire alarm prior to
Astrosoft, a leading ICT firm based in Bayelsa state has partnered with the Bayelsa Tech Hub (powered by Bank of Industry) and Google Developers Group (GDG) Yenagoa to host the
A report from Raru’s website has stated that it is no longer accepting orders. Following months of consumer complaints about orders not being delivered on time and refunds not
MetroFibre Networks is being charged by Telkom for illegally accessing its fiber network. To settle the dispute, Telkom had submitted a petition against MetroFibre Networx to South Africa’s independent
If there was an emoji to describe the African tech funding scene in recent times, it should look like this: (ಠ_ಠ). You should probably look that symbol up online;
A gateway will be built in Luanda, Angola, by the Paratus Group and OneWeb as part of a multi-year arrangement that will go into effect in the second half of
Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN, is selling its Afghanistan operations to M1 New Ventures of Lebanon for $35 million (R637 million). The telco revealed this today when it released
