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South African civic engagement technology platform, GovChat is planning to partner with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to digitize the application process of the COVID-19 social relief grant.
Twitter is planning to attach labels and warning messages to tweets that contain misleading information about COVID-19.
This follows the disinformation in a new conspiracy video about COVID-19 which has
Egypt’s venture capital arm of Commercial International Bank (CIB) CVentures, has committed an undisclosed amount in London- based fintech Countingup.
The round was led by the VC arm of
South African online grocery delivery startup, Zulzi has received R30-million from a JSE-listed company.
The platform allows users to get direct access to thousands of grocery items through a mobile
Egyptian beauty Startup, an e-commerce platform Source Beauty has secured an undisclosed pre-seed investment from 500 Startups.
Source Beauty allows users to purchase beauty products for women with a focus
The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to launch a contact tracing app this month.
This app will help people in under-resourced countries to test and trace people exposed to
Gozem, Ride-hailing company collaborates with Etisalat Benin Francophone ride-hailing company, Gozem has collaborated with Etisalat Benin to make it’s “Moov Money” service accessible to its customers.This move by
Video Communications Inc. Zoom has acquired Keybase Inc to reinforce its service encryption.
This follows several complaints from users about the security of the platform.
The company in a statement
Ugandan government through the ministry of Kampala is imposing strict guidelines for all boda-boda as and taxis requiring them to operate under digital companies.
This requirement comes after the lift
Swvl, an Egyptian transportation startup has secured over $20-million in a new round before the COVID-19 invaded the country.
Swvl is a premium mass transit system that provides buses. It
Video conferencing platform, Zoom is planning to introduce new security features to address the criticisms that have plagued the platform recently.
This follows the several backlashes on security the App
African tech giant, Andela has laid off 135 employees in New York and across four African countries.
The four African countries which were affected include; Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and Egypt.
