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Car sales in MENA set to boom after BMCI, KIFAL Auto deal

Vehicle trading in the Middle East and North Africa region is set to be transformed following an agreement between online marketplace KIFAL Auto and…

Fintech growth drives boom in African mobile app market

Propelled by a growing fintech space, the African mobile app market is booming. New research by AppsFlyer and Google found a 25% increase in…

Payfast rebrand brings PayGate and SiD under one roof

South Africa’s leading payment gateway provider Payfast has undergone a major rebrand. Having joined forces with PayGate and SiD under Network International, the company…

January most popular month to quit your job, but don’t rush

For ambitious fintech professionals lacking development opportunities, January is often the month to quit their jobs, with 21 January the most popular day. The…

Red flags: Mega-deals driven by non-African investors

African start-ups raised a record $5.3 billion last year, though that may be the high-water mark as a deepening slump in the technology industry…

Growth in cashless transactions spurs new fintech solution

Last year, exciting developments in South Africa’s payments sector were good reason to be cautiously optimistic about 2023 with new products and services setting…

Cybercriminals eye passwords, cloud vulnerabilities

The cybercriminal is relentless, often sophisticated, and extremely persistent, warns ESET South Africa chief executive Carey van Vlaanderen. She says in a constantly evolving…

Malawi banks on young tech innovators to trump cheap imports

Malawian engineers and entrepreneurs say competition from China and Japan and a lack of resources are hobbling the country’s tech industry. Innovators struggle to…

More than 500 MTN sites down following deadly SA storm

Following the deadliest storm on record in South Africa, telecoms giant MTN confirmed that widespread infrastructure damage and power outages in KwaZulu-Natal resulted in…

ICT in SA bounced back, but ‘growth patchy due to structural changes’

While the global ICT industry is returning to its previous growth pattern of 5%-6% growth year over year, new BMIT research shows that while…

Innovation key to tackling socio-economic challenges in SA

A new digital chapter in the story of a resilient Rainbow Nation can now be written, believes BCX, Africa’s leading premier ICT solutions and…

SA food tech startup Mogale Meat debuts cultivated chicken breast

Mogale Meat, a South African cellular food-tech company, has debuted Africa’s first cultivated chicken. According to the company, the launch signals the birth of…

Visa opens Innovation Studio in Africa to advance future payment solutions

The global payments company, Visa (Visa Inc), has opened a new Innovation Studio in Nairobi, its first dedicated innovation site in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)….

[Opinion] Women in tech: addressing the gender bias

A quick glance at research on gender equality in the tech sector yields uncomfortable, but unsurprising results. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global…

SmartWage seed round raises $2M to transform African workforce

Human resources and communications technology start-up SmartWage raised $2 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round that drew participation from Idris Bello (founding partner…

UPS partners with Jumia for last mile shipping in Africa

The first African technology company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Jumia has announced a partnership with UPS. UPS will leverage…

Autism awareness NFT uses crypto for good

The Hedgie Fund mastermind Matt Landon is releasing a trait-based, randomly generated NFT collection. These “Hedgies” use characters, sets and props from the animated…

African Development Bank to stimulate African crops with $1B boost

While Africa’s food crisis has been building for some time, the conflict in Ukraine has exposed the continent’s dependence on imports. In response, the…

Mobile Money industry processes record $1 Trillion in 2021

Mobile money adoption and use saw continued growth in 2021, processing a record $1 trillion annually according to the GSMA‘s 10th annual ‘State of the…

Samsung South Africa adds additional funding to developer programme

App Factory and the Future Innovation Software Development programme have received additional investment from Samsung South Africa to increase the number of experienced software…

NFT Lab takes Africa’s biggest collection to OpenSea

Invictus NFT Lab aims to demonstrate the potential for blockchain technology to bring tangible benefits to the real world and is operated by global…

African Development Bank is the biggest backer at South Africa Investment Conference

President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed the heads of businesses onto stage at the fourth annual South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) to announce investment commitments of…

Reserve Bank greenlights new SME bank Lula

The South African Reserve Bank has given its regulatory approval for a new partnership specifically designed to address the most usual challenges SMEs face…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves