Social media Company, Facebook has announced 12 African community leaders who have been selected to join its  Community Accelerator Programme. Facebook’s Community Accelerator programme invests in leaders who are building communities around the world. The six-month programme aims to equip community leaders with the training, mentorship and funding they

South African Internet connection company, Vumatel, also known as ‘Vuma’ has introduced its ‘Fibre to Schools initiative’ in Limpopo, a province of South Africa. The launch comes after the recent launch of Vuma fiber-to-the-home services in Polokwane. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vuma, Dietlof Mare said, “Fast fibre Internet is

Vodacom Business is collaborating with Cloudflare to protect businesses of all sizes against cyber attacks. News reports earlier this month reveal that South African businesses have seen a 33% increase in the volume of cyber-attacks since March. One common type of cyberattack is a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack which targets

KoolSkools, a Moroccan edtech,  has secured over $416,000 from MITC Capital’s Maroc Numeric Fund II and an angel investor. In an announcement to MENAbytes, the startup said about  $310,000 of the capital came from Maroc Numeric Fund II while the rest came from an undisclosed angel investor.

Telkom has introduced an online education solution for learners through the Lightbulb Education platform. Lightbulb Education helps learners to achieve their goals by creating a path to achieve this goal through a personalized learning journey. CEO and founder of Lightbulb Education,  Allan Mushabe said that technology is transforming the way

Make-IT in Africa has announced the winners of the ‘Partners in Acceleration – Challenge Fund for Innovation Hubs’. Accelerators that emerged winners are Innohub Foundation (Ghana), iBizAfrica Strathmore University & Pangea Accelerator (Kenya), Centre for Values in Leader & Greenhouse Capital (Nigeria), and BPN Rwanda & BAG Innovation (Rwanda) have won

South African health tech startup, Aviro Health in collaboration with the Western Cape Government Department of Health, has rolled out an automated Chatbot system that leverages Whatsapp to confirm the delivery of chronic medication to patients’ homes. The Chatbot platform allows users to confirm existing appointments with their healthcare professionals

Halal Angel Network has collaborated with UK based FinTech, Delio to digitize the Halal investment market for angel investors worldwide. The angel network is adopting new, innovative technology to digitize the way they showcase, distribute, and manage Halal-based deals to the international audience as well as connecting angel investors worldwide.

Vodacom Business has declared that it is joining forces with Cloudflare to give organizations all things considered, quicker, progressively secure, and dependable site administrations. Cybersecurity has become a significant worry for associations of all sizes as ensuring gadgets, systems, customer information and applications is a fundamental segment of working together

Google Maps is testing a new feature that will show users the location of traffic lights in cities. The new feature is currently available only on Android. In an interview with The Verge, Google said “To help people stay better informed on the road, we’re testing a Google Maps

Loon, an Alphabet Inc. company in conjunction with Telkom Kenya, has launched the world’s first commercial high-speed internet service in the Rift Valley of Kenya using balloons. This service is expected to provide low-cost fourth-generation internet service to rural communities in Kenya. Although this is new to Kenya, the

City of Johannesburg in collaboration with Tshimologong Innovation Precinct is calling on innovative tech startups to apply for this year’s Smart City Innovation Challenge. Interested startups developing technologies that in response to the current COVID-19 can submit a proposal and a contingency plan on moving forward to smart city

Synthesis, an innovative software development and consulting company has launched ‘Halo’, becoming the first official Tap on Phone technology provider in Africa. In collaboration with Nedbank, the Tap on Phone solution was unveiled on the 30th of June. Halo is a radical advancement in mobile payments that enables secure contactless

MainOne Cable Co., a Nigerian broadband-information organization, plans to extend its West African tasks to fulfill the developing need for availability in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. MainOne, which works an undersea link interfacing West Africa to the remainder of the world, will finish an information hub in Ghana

Google has declared that it will be turning out dark mode across Docs, Sheets, and Slides applications on Android. As per the organization, the new subject will “shrewdly change the item interface and client produced content in manners that can make it increasingly usable in low-light conditions and spare battery

Pick n Pay, South African second-largest supermarket chain store has introduced a new service that enables customers to make cash deposits directly into their own bank account at its till points. According to the company, the service will be available at all Pick n Pay stores, including clothing stores, with

Nedbank is planning to roll out a new contactless payment solution known as “Tap on Phone” to enable merchants and business owners to convert their mobile phones into ‘payment acceptance devices.’ The ‘Tap-on-Phone’ solution would help SMEs to use smartphones to accept quick, easy, and secure, payments from their customers