Shoprite quietly launches mobile banking to 20 million customers
Shoprite Group, South Africa’s largest retailer, which also operates in Ghana, has quietly launched a basic transactional bank account linked to its Xtra Savings...
MTN to sell South Africa towers to IHS for US$413.6 million
MTN Group is reportedly set to sell sell a big chunk of its South African tower portfolio to IHS Towers in a US$413.6 million...
Nigerian tech start-up TeamApt targets Unicorn status
Nigerian tech start-up TeamApt is in the market raising its third round of funding at a value of more than US$1 billion, which will...
Intel’s planned chip production in China stopped by White House
The Biden administration has stopped a plan by Intel to increase chip production in China over security concerns, Bloomberg reports.The White House move has...
Netflix readies to challenge TikTok with short videos feature
Video streaming platform, Netflix is gearing up to introduce a feature designed to offer short video snippets of children programmes, to boost its appeal...
Facebook to abolish facial recognition system
Facebook has announced this week that it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing...
Microsoft also downplays Facebook’s metaverse hype
Microsoft President Brad Smith has subtly joined top tech executives downplaying Facebook's metaverse, saying that the technology sector needs to compromise with regulators and...
Netflix launches first game on smartphones
Netflix is launching its first games worldwide as it seeks to break into the game subscription market.Starting Tuesday, the company will roll out updates...
Former Google boss dismisses Facebook Meta, raises concerns about safety of...
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has joined the many voices weighing in on Facebook's metaverse and expressing concern about the future of artificial intelligence.Schmidt,...
Tesla recalls almost 12,000 vehicles due to software error
Elon Musk's world leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, Tesla has recalled 11,704 vehicles sold since 2017 in the US because of a software error...