African technology news: fintech, startups, funding rounds, telecoms, digital policy and innovation across the continent.
Despite investing heavily in growing its mobile subscriber base, Telkom has been losing market share against Vodacom and MTN over the last five years. In the nineties and early 2000s, …
LG is planning to launch its smallest-ever consumer OLED panel measuring just 20 inches by the end of 2022. That was the word from LG Display vice president Kang Won-seok …
A South African agritech startup, Homefarm, has announced securing R1.7m (approximately $100,000) in a seed funding round. PixelBlue, the parent company of Homefarm, disclosed the raiser in a media release …
Pastel, a Nigerian bookkeeping and digital platform for merchants, on Monday secured a $5.5M seed fund. The seed round was led by pan-African venture capital firm TLcom Capital and included …
Binance has hired former HSBC South Africa global banking head Hannes Wessels to lead its South African operations. Wessels has been at HSBC for 22 years, serving in senior executive …
The Bank of Ghana has assured that its quest to implement the digital currency, also known as the e-cedi, will not disrupt or collapse the mobile money (MoMo) system. According …
South African gamers seem to prefer Sony’s PlayStation over Microsoft’s Xbox, though the games consoles’ distributors have declined to reveal their exact market share. Statcounter’s console operating system market share …
For investors trying to decipher if the stock market rebound has staying power, Apple Inc. holds a clue. The world’s most valuable company has the biggest influence in the S&P …
Internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has launched an Air Mobile uncapped data deal for R497 per month. Similar to other uncapped mobile data offers on the South African market, the …
SFS Capital, a leading investment management in Nigeria has launched the SFS Fund Mobile App to enable individuals start their Mutual Fund investment journey with ease. The SFS Fund Mobile …
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