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MTN announced today it has received a final approval licence to operate its mobile money platform in Nigeria, the continent’s…

US-based data centre giant Equinix today announced it has completed its deal to acquire West African data centre and connectivity…

Over the past decade, mobile money has expanded from a niche offering in a handful of markets to a mainstream…

Hackers stole more than $600 million or R8.7 billion worth of digital ledger used by players of the popular online…

HackerRank, the developer skills company, announced $60 million or R873 million in Series D funding led by Susquehanna Growth Equity. To date,…

Disney+, the streaming service from The Walt Disney Company, has confirmed launch dates for the 42 countries and 11 new…

Huawei’s net profit jumped 76% to $17.8 billion in 2021 despite revenue declines across its business as the company maintained…

Entrepreneur couple Dwight and Angelique Morrison have created a new social media app “PS Remember” connecting students all across Africa.…

CSquared, an open-access wholesale broadband infrastructure company, lands Google’s Equiano, a subsea internet cable running through Portugal to South Africa, in…

The Special Tribunal on Wednesday ordered German multinational software corporation – Systems Applications Products (SAP) – to pay back more…

BrandMed Group, a South African connected healthcare company, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), to…

South Africa’s Competition Commission (the Commission) has referred social media giant, Meta Platforms Inc – previously known as Facebook Inc…

Financial technology insurance consultancy Askari has concluded an agreement with Hollard Mozambique Insurance to launch its digital strategy targeting cross-border…

Airtel – India’s largest telecom service provider for customers & business – has teamed up with Axis Bank, the nation’s third-largest private…

Netflix announced today that it is buying Next Games, a developer and publisher of mobile games based in Helsinki, Finland.…

At the 2022 Mobile World Congress (MWC), Huawei launched innovative gigabit fibre-to-the room (FTTR) solutions. The solutions extend fibre to…

MyHealthTeam, creator of the largest and fastest-growing social networks for people facing chronic health conditions, today announced its partnership with…

LinkedIn announced today it had entered into an agreement to acquire Oribi, an Israel-based marketing analytics company. As part of…

Safaricom Telecommunication Ethiopia Plc has selected VMware as its Telco Cloud Platform partner. Safaricom, as part of an international consortium…

Meta is expanding the availability of Facebook Reels for iOS and Android to more than 20 countries across sub-Saharan Africa.…

African FinTech player Flutterwave announced today that it has raised $250 million or R3.7 billion in Series D funding, valuing…

At a virtual Google for South Africa event today, Google unpacked its support for startups, SMMEs and nonprofits in a…

Oracle today announced support of over R15 million for tech startups in Africa to help accelerate their digital initiatives with…

German software company SAP is making a foray into FinTech through the acquisition of US-based provider of working capital management…

Acronis, a Swiss cyber protection firm, today launched its Cyber Cloud Data Centre in Johannesburg. The new data centre is…