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Instagram reveals South Africa’s 10 most followed hashtags of 2019

2019’s sure been a year. For South Africa, that means extreme highs and depressing lows, but one things for sure, the country didn’t stop…

Google’s changing how you search for and read news online

Searching for news on Google is about to change in a big way. Instead of displaying top news stories in search in a single…

Load shedding, elections and the Rugby World Cup: what SA searched for in 2019

With the year and decade coming to an end, Google revealed what South Africans spent their time searching for over the past twelve months,…

SA entrepreneur Eran Eyal convicted in US over fraudulent Shopin ICO, Springleap startup

SA entrepreneur and former Springleap and Shopin founder Eran Eyal has been convicted of fraud in a New York court. While he won’t serve…

Kenyan AI startup UTU raises $500k round from Japanese VCs

Nairobi-based artificial intelligence startup UTU has raised $500 000 in a round in which at least two Japanese venture capital (VC) firms participated in….

Here are the winners of the African App Launchpad Cup

Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (Itida), in collaboration with RiseUp Summit, have announced the winners of the African App Launchpad Cup. The finals of…

Microsoft’s Xbox Series X is now official and launching in 2020

After months of teasers, Microsoft on Friday unveiled its next-generation console in the form of the Xbox Series X, which looks very much like…

Meet the Nokia C1: a new entry-level Android Go phone for Africa

HMG Global on Wednesday announced yet another budget Android Go smartphone in the form of the Nokia C1. The phone is chiefly for emerging…

4 reasons the Huawei Nova 5T should be your next smartphone [Sponsored]

Few phones in South Africa gives consumers the amount of value that the Huawei Nova 5T can. A powerful device wrapped in a gorgeous…

The true cost of Audi’s electric car strategy

Audi has started the transition to becoming an electric vehicle company and the costs are significant. The German premium brand has always executed a…

BMW i4: how far and how hard will BMW’s latest electric car go?

BMW was the first legacy car company to really embrace the possibility of battery vehicles. Although many of its German rivals are now scrambling…

Tesla’s Cybertruck could change the bakkie business forever

Tesla has finally revealed the worst nightmare for legacy vehicle brands, a battery-powered bakkie. The Californian company has been disrupting the traditional automotive business…

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