Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture recently celebrated its second year of operations with close to 8,000 farmers across 10 states in the country empowered, over 1,000,000 broiler birds reared as part of its…

HUAWEI CLOUD, the cloud-computing services of Huawei, today announced it unveils a new region in South Africa, making the company the world’s first cloud service provider that operates a local data center to provide cloud services in Africa. Huawei Cloud South Africa…

Travelstart has announced a pay-in-store partnership with Pick n Pay in a move expected to see South Africans can now book their flights on Travelstart.co.za and pay for them at their nearest participating Pick n Pay store nationwide. Travelstart’s Head of Global Partnerships Odette…

  Lamudi, a Rocket Internet backed real estate platform has recently welcomed two media and digital classifieds companies, Ringier AG and Axel Springer, as new strategic investors. Both companies will share a seat in the advisory board, which will for now be…

Telecommunications service provider, SEACOM has acquired 100% of FibreCo Telecommunications in a move to achieve its vision to expand its African footprint through the consolidation of fibre assets particularly as the market moves into the 5G environment with its requirement for pervasive…

 Celulant, has built an Augmented Reality (AR) Facebook Messenger bot to help customers discover, try out products before they buy in a move expected to provide simple and convenient payment experiences in partnership with Facebook. The firm has integrated its Mula app with an Augmented Reality…

On 17th November 2018, during Seedstars Banjul, MoneyFarm won the Gambia’s round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for up to USD 1 million in equity investment.  MoneyFarm, an agro-business platform that…

  Those who like playing Android games often land on the Play Store searching for new games to satisfy their demanding tastes. But the more we play these games, the more we realize that this modern stuff do lack novelty and originality….

Franc Group, a self-insurance platform that gives its users the opportunity to grow their wealth, was named “Best Startup in South Africa” for its innovative sustainable solution. “I am overwhelmed and honored. We’re very aware of the quality of companies that have…

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is extending its VSAT service through a new partnership with Kymeta, enabling it to deliver enhanced satellite mobile connectivity across Africa. Kymeta’s lightweight, high throughput satellite communication systems will be integrated with Liquid Telecom’s satellite connectivity to…

The biggest concern of any organization is recruiting excellent resources. After successful recruitment, it is important to retain the resources. Resources might have various problems like poor work environment, traditional work processes, no usage of office phone system, etc. One important factor…

  Home workers should be in a position to access and use the same resources as they would utilize them within the office to ensure their day to day operations are not disturbed. In this article, we are going to look at…

Managing ethics and compliance risks is essential for quite a few different reasons in the business world. First, you want to create a safe, inclusive environment where your employees feel comfortable and protected. You also want to reduce the risks that can…

Kenyans can now access information on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) directly from their mobile phones. This follows the launch of an SMS and USSD service called Fafanuka which is Swahili for ‘to be enlightened’. The announcement was made during the World Diabetes Day celebrations at…

Video is driving the demand for data services as a key revenue generator for telecoms operators. At AfricaCom, the largest telecommunications event in Africa, global ICT giant Huawei highlighted the importance for carriers to focus on the end user experience and building…

Loon, the Alphabet company working to launch balloon-powered Internet on Telkom’s network in 2019, has secured all necessary regulatory approvals and has begun importing and installing ground infrastructure in Kenya. With this progress, Loon and Telkom expect to begin conducting initial tests with balloons…