Flutterwave Payment Technology Limited, a leading Nigerian fintech company, has reacted to media reports that it was involved in an alleged money laundering scheme in Kenya. A statement by the …
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Engineer at Google reveals that AI chatbot has become sentient
The suspension of a Google engineer who claimed a computer chatbot he was working on had become sentient and was thinking and reasoning like a human being has put new scrutiny on …
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SA Startup Zapper is considering options to raise capital, including a stake sale, that could value it to nearly $1 billion. The Cape Town-based mobile payments business hired Ernst & …
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Global technology company, Mastercard, has signed a three-year partnership with the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) which seeks to drive the growth of tourism numbers in Kenya by leveraging various Mastercard …
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Paystack Partners with Xero; Integrates features into its platform.
Modern online payment platform Paystack on the Tuesday announced its new partnership scheme with Xero. Xero is an accounting software app that helps business owners to optimize numbers, receipts, banks …
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AfDB supports South Africa’s just energy transition, sets up facility
African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina says the development finance institution is ready to support South Africa’s transition from coal to renewable energy and announced that a just energy transition facility was being …
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Schneider Electric Touts Managed Power Services as the Next Wave of Growth Opportunity
Mr. Oluwaseun Oloyede -By Jerome Onoja Schneider Electric has identified Managed Power Services as the next big thing in the power sector when the leader in energy management automation encouraged …
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South African mobile operator MTN Group MTNJ.J said on Friday first quarter pretax profit rose 21.1% year-on-year, supported by service revenue growth amid demand for data and financial services. MTN, with 276 …
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Charlette N’Guessan invents a facial recognition software.
A facial recognition app designed by software engineer Charlette N’Guessan, a woman with unique identity issues. She is an Ivorian tech entrepreneur based in Ghana, co-founder of BACE API (www.bacegroup.com). …
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Zenda, a Dubai based fintech app for school fees, has secured $9.4 million in a seed funding round. Founded in 2021, Zenda is an app that is appealing an satisfying to parents …