Moroccan startup accelerator HSEVEN, has introduced three incubation and acceleration programs to help African entrepreneurs build high-impact startups. The three programs named “Rise-Up,” “Re-Start,” and “Disrupt” aim to speedily transform the African economy during the fourth technological and industrial revolution and also the COVID-19 pandemic. Founder and CEO of HSEVEN,

Facebook has announced its Google photos transfer tool now officially available globally after its first release in April. Under their “Driving Innovation in Data Portability With a New Photo Transfer Tool,” it was first released on April 30 but was available to users in the United States and Canada only.

Orange Digital Ventures has opened applications for its MEA Seed challenge to support entrepreneurs and tech-driven startups during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has made access to financing difficult for startups since the number of active investors has reduced. In the MEA Seed challenge, Orange ventures seven seed-stage

Mobile Communications Company, Vodacom is supporting the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg with a data package to allow students to continue with their online studies. This follows the COVID-19 led lockdown that has forced many schools to move online for teaching and learning. For that matter, Vodacom is providing

Facebook has introduced a new feature called “Manage Activity” to help its users delete and archive old posts altogether at once, instead of having to go through a hard time to clear them individually. Facebook made this announcement on Tuesday in a blog post clearly explaining that, if a user

Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music together support “Blackout Tuesday” with some playlists, moments of silence, and social media blackouts. According to The Verge, The campaign is aimed at protesting police violence and racism as well as honoring George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police has

Kenya has planned to introduce a digital tax on all online platforms and services provided in the East African Market. Tech companies such as Uber Technologies Inc, Google parent Alphabet Inc and Netflix Inc will pay tax for the services they offer and which are being paid for. Per the

Zoom (ZM), the popular video conferencing app has announced plans to provide its paying customers more secure encryption. The plan to provide more security was discussed on a call with civil liberties and child sex abuse activists according to Alex Stamos, the Zoom security consultant. According to Stamos, the plan

Whogohost is a top African domain registration company and they clock 13years today. In a Twitter post shared by Whogohost, they expressed their joy in working with their customers for so many years tweeting; “Yaay!!! It’s our anniversary today. We are celebrating 13 years of powering great ideas, 13

Tech Giant, Google has introduced a website that helps users to spot online scams. This follows the increase in Digital hoaxes, malware, and cyber-attacks during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The website is known as, Scamspotter.org and will show users how to identify false stimulus checks, fake vaccine offers, or

Google’s new digital tools have helped businesses get the necessary help they need in operating their businesses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid business shutdowns. According to a newly released report by the Connected Commerce Council, some small business owners confessed, they would’ve partially or totally closed down