Innovation & Technology

Multichoice Africa recently announced that it had deals with Netflix and Amazon. Adding streaming services will give Africa's biggest pay-TV group, MultiChoice, a head start when online viewing takes off on the continent, it said recently, following presentation on its website. Although CEO Calvo Mawela, did not name the partners or give further details of the partnerships in a recent...

Kuda Nigeria based fintech startup, which is a pan-African mobile challenger bank for customers has announced it has a US$10 million seed funding round focused on accelerating its growth and expansion to meet customer's intense demands for its services across Africa. According to TechCrunch, this funding round is the biggest seed round ever to be raised in Africa. The funding comes...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the creation of a Digital Economy Department, which will be responsible for promoting the digital economic agenda of the federal government. Among other things, this department will renew the Commission’s strategy for delivering its programmes and policies, and give the necessary push to promote the national digital economy. In a press release signed by...

Nigeria has got another locally-built vehicle and a video showing it is already trending The short clip showed the vehicle’s strong outlook and its exquisite body paint, some Nigerians who commented on the video said it showed a great promise for the country. Many Nigerians could not stop talking after the video of a vehicle made in Nigeria went viral online. Called...

WhatsApp, one of the most popular instant messaging platforms on the planet, has rolled out a new feature in select markets that makes it easier for users to verify whether the assertions made in messages they have received on the app are correct. The Facebook-owned service has enabled users in Brazil, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, UK, and the US to...

Chipper Cash, a fintech startup that facilitates cross-border payment across Africa has raised $100 million in a Series C round. This funding round was led by SVB Capital, the investment arm of U.S. high-tech commercial bank, Silicon Valley Bank. Others who participated in this round include existing investors — Deciens Capital, Ribbit Capital, Bezos Expeditions, One Way Ventures, 500...

In line with its focus on accelerating access to affordable broadband connectivity in Africa's underserved populations, and more recently, due to the increased customer demand for connectivity solutions, Tizeti West Africa's pioneer solar-based internet service provider today announced the successful upgrade of its core network infrastructure capacity to 100Gbps. This upgrade will provide additional capacity to support Tizeti's services...

Morocco is set to receive a donation from the United States to boost and sustain its efforts in vaccination with its campaign against the virus regarded the largest in Africa, and the country's efforts recognized as one of the on the Continent. The donation amounts to the sum of $ 2 million, and it follows another donation earlier received by...

It is the bane of every security researcher: no matter how sophisticated the tool is to fight harmful behaviour on any given interface, hackers will always adapt, scale up their game, and find new ways to work around the mechanism. In an effort to get ahead of the scammers, Facebook is trying a new approach: to unleash an army...

Alibaba Group’s Cainiao is in talks with Chinese vaccine makers over COVID-19 vaccine logistics, a representative said recently, as the company launched a partnership with Ethiopian Airlines to transport medicine to the Middle East and Africa. “We are currently in discussion with some domestic COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers and international organizations on cooperation over COVID-19 vaccine logistics,” the spokeswoman said. “This is...