In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
10 African tech startups worth watching
It’s practically a tradition to follow a post like this with a good old-fashioned flame-war where everyone reveals his or her own sense of…
Coming soon: A homegrown tech entrepreneurship guide
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Michael Joseph and Mpesa: A missed opportunity
Michael Joseph was the CEO of Safaricom, taking the mobile operator from 5 employees to dominating the Kenyan mobile operator market with over 80%…
Village Telco: Addressing the issue of rural connectivity
In the words of African telecommunications expert Steve Song, Village Telco is “an easy-to-use, scalable, standards-based, wireless, local, do-it-yourself, telephone company toolkit”. He’s just…
