Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, trading as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe, together with its long-term technology partner Comviva, has won two silver awards at this year’s Emerging Payments Awards. Cassava Smartech and Comviva won the silver for the [c]
Over 90% of IT decision makers across South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe have accelerated their Cyber Security due to the substantial emergence of digital ways of working. This according to the latest 2021 research undertaken [c]
E-Livestock Global has launched a solution powered by Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance solution, which enables Zimbabwean farmers to prove the origin and health records of their cattle, while reducing risks to buyers. A first in the [c]
You may know her as Okoye, general of the Dora Milaje in Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame – three of the highest-grossing films of all time. But for millions of fans, Danai Gurira will always be [c]
In a move aimed to support more SMEs, BaseKit will partner with Liquid Telecom to provide a website and eCommerce builder to customers of the African communications provider. The service will be available in South [c]
As part of the commitment to be creating opportunities and facilitating development in Africa, WorldRemit, the digital money transfer service, has announced the launch of its WorldRemit Entrepreneurs Program in Kenya, as well as in Nigeria, [c]
Google has released the names of the 20 startups that will take part in its Startups Accelerator (formerly known as Launchpad) Africa Class 5 which will this year be done remotely. This year, Google will [c]
Liquid Telecom has extended financial support, expertise and technology for a dedicated national toll-free ‘2023’ helpline and call centre to the Zimbabwe government. The toll-free and call centre facility, recently launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, [c]
Zimbabwean AI expert William Sachiti, CEO of UK-based start-up Academy of Robotics has published an open-source technology known as ‘Trees of Knowledge’ to improve access to education through smartphones in Africa. The free-to-develop technology enables a [c]
Liquid Telecom has completed the roll out of free Wi-Fi zones across 48 higher and tertiary learning institutions in Zimbabwe as part of its long-term initiatives to equip citizens across Africa with digital skills. To [c]
DStv and GOtv viewers from Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe will, in the New Year, get to enjoy a new talent search reality show. From January 12, 2020, Old Mutual’s Amazing Voices, a pan-African [c]
WorldRemit has announced that 16 applicants from Africa have been shortlisted for its Future Stars programme, with 8 of the finalists being female coaches. WorldRemit and Arsenal launched the second edition of the Future Stars [c]
Industry and government are looking forward with anticipation to the 8th Innovation Africa 2018 which will see a record gathering of ministers and government officials responsible for education and ICT across Africa. The summit will take [c]
Two Kenya-based start-ups are among six African start-ups selected to benefit from the 2018 Amref Africa’s Innovate for Life Fund Accelerator programme. The start-ups have been selected out of over 300 applications drawn from all over [c]
Software Group, a Kenya-based enterprise software vendor, has secured a deal to digitize the operations of Metbank, one of the pioneers of digital banking in Zimbabwe. Last year the company entered into a similar partnership [c]
By Dustin Homer “Bob is gone.” At the end of November 2017, under intense pressure, Robert Mugabe stepped down as president of Zimbabwe – a position the controversial leader had held for 30 years. Global [c]
iflix, the SVoD service for emerging markets, has announced that it will be the exclusive online home for Sky’s historical period drama Britannia. From this week, iflix subscribers across the region including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and [c]
SatADSL, a provider of professional VSAT services via satellite, has announced the availability of the industry’s first multi-hubs Cloud-based satellite delivery platform (C-SDP), with C-, Ku- and Ka-band capability. The firm has also revealed plans [c]
Econet Wireless’ payTV subsidiary KweseTV has been taken off air following an appeal by the country’d broadcasting industry regulator, Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ), to the country’s Supreme Court. In its appeal to the Supreme [c]
Liquid Telecom has launched a new Wi-Fi roaming hub that enables operators and ISPs to access its network of public Wi-Fi hotspots across Africa for the first time. Africa Wi-Fi Hub will allow Liquid Telecom’s [c]
EcoCash, the mobile phone-based money transfer platform developed by EcoNet Wireless of Zimbabwe with Mahindra Comviva coming in as the technology partner, has won the Best Mobile Payment Solution award at Glomo Awards held at [c]
Equity Bank is now offering its customers various models of the ‘GTel’ smartphones beginning this Valentines. As part of the promo, Equity is selling the GTel smartphones at select branches where customers can buy the devices [c]
Strive Masiyiwa’s Econet Media has acquired Uganda’s troubled TV broadcaster WBS TV Station. The Zimbabwean enterpreneur has received the green light to purchase Wava Broadcasting Station (WBS TV) Station, which according to media reports was [c]
Data protection legislation is changing fast across Africa, as governments try to balance the rights of citizens to digital privacy and security with encouraging national, regional and international commerce. It is imperative businesses keep up with these [c]
Agility has announced the winners of its Africa 2016 Photo Competition, a series of photographs that show how quickly Africa is modernizing, growing and even leading the way in new technology. The winning images depicted a fisherman [c]
Liquid Telecom Kenya is rolling out the new Internet Protocol version six (IPv6) addresses to all its customers in Kenya. At the same time, the internet service provider has warned that Africa is set to [c]
SSP, a global provider of general insurance technology systems and solutions, continues to expand its African insurer customer base, and has announced one go-live and four new deals so far in 2016. The projects are [c]
Standard Bank is on a committed journey of rapid digitization across the continent, offering its customers more convenient ways to interact with their personal banking services. The latest innovation in this digital transformation journey is the [c]
GeoPoll, Kantar Media, and Cuende have launched “Pan-African OOH”, the first data product to regularly measure consumption of Out of Home mediums across Africa. This joint product uses a consistent methodology to bring robust Out [c]
The winners of this year’s DStv Eutelsat Star Awards were announced on Tuesday night during a ceremony held in Nairobi, Kenya, that also celebrated rising student interest in science and technology. The fifth edition of [c]
Mahindra Comviva, a provider of mobility solutions, and EcoCash – the leading mobile money service provider in Zimbabwe – are the joint winners at the 6th edition of the Kalahari awards. The award is the [c]
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