The technology company, Apple has expanded its ‘App Store’ to 20 new countries. The countries include; Afghanistan, Gabon, Cote d’Ivoire, Georgia, Maldives, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Rwanda, Tonga, Zambia, and Vanuatu. This expansion will give app developers the opportunity to

IntiGo, a Tunisian taxi scooter startup has launched delivery services to consumers and businesses due to the lockdown announced to contain the spread of Corona-virus (COVID 19). This comes after Tunisia had announced a lockdown across the country to control the spread of Coronavirus since the country at the time

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) IT students’ association named the School of Technology Students Association (SOTSA) has developed a mobile application called ‘COVID-19 ALERT GHANA’ to support the government of Ghana in a fight against the Corona Virus. COVID-19 ALERT GHANA mobile app is purported to

The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is processing applications for this year’s Challenge until April 18, 2020, amid the COVID 19 pandemic. This challenge will enable participating countries to compete in the Challenge finals at the MEST Africa Summit 2020. The challenge is meant to help post revenue

A Cape Town start-up has invented an affordable security smart alarm that sends notifications to communities on an app. This app will help the vulnerable communities, especially those who struggle to afford high-tech security systems, electric fencing, burglar bars and the services of a 24-hour armed response unit. According to

The Cabinet Secretary(CS) for Education in Kenya, Professor George Magoha has announced that the government will facilitate learning through Radio, Television, YouTube and the Kenya Education Cloud starting March 23, 2020. This action follows the fact that 15 million learners are home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The severity

ElCoach, a Cairo-based fitness startup has raised six-figure (USD) in seed funding, without disclosing the exact amount. The investors that took part in the round include Egypt’s Endure Capital, 500 Startups (500 Falcons), Wise Capital and some local angel investors. The startup plans to use the investment to expand

EMQ announces expansion to Africa. Global financial settlement network, EMQ has announced its footprint expansion into Africa, offering customers from around the world secure, affordable and real-time cross-border settlements across multiple markets in the continent. The expansion to Africa follows a series of launches to reinforce EMQ’s network infrastructure

Social media platform, WhatsApp is planning to introduce a disappearing messages feature. This feature will allow users to send messages to each other where they can then set a duration in which the messages will delete after a set period of time. According to Beta, the current settings ranges between

Engineers Without Borders ‘EWB’ Canada has announced the launch of Hummingbird Impact. Hummingbird Impact is a venture fund that leverages on nearly a decade of EWB Canada’s experience delivering talent and seed capital to early-stage, for-profit social ventures in Africa. Hummingbird Impact is raising a $20M blended- finance impact

Co-creation Hub popularly known as ‘CcHUB’ is calling on to fund and provide research and design support, via their Design Lab, for COVID-19 related projects. This comes after the current Coronavirus pandemic and its related consequences in other sectors of various economies across the globe. The project is in the

Seed accelerator company, Y Combinator sets to host Demo Day online on March 16, 2020. This action taken by YC follows the widespread of Corona Virus alias Covid 19 in many countries. A report by the YC stated, “We believe this is the right thing to do for the safety

A Ghanaian owned youth operating company, Henson Geodata Technologies(HGT) has launched ‘Myagro360′ a mobile app to aid local farmers improve their records and pest management. Myagro360 is an integrated farm management application that assists a farmer from the pre-production stage to the sale of farm produce. The premium AI

Twitter Inc has reached an agreement with Elliott Management that allows Jack Dorsey to remain as chief executive and adds three new directors a few days after Elliott’s plan to push out the social media company’s chief became public. This agreement comes after Twitter’s chief executive officer,

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against domain name register, Namecheap and its proxy service, ‘Whoisguard’ for the registration of domain names that deceive the masses by pretending to be affiliated with Facebook apps. The lawsuit follows Facebook’s regular scan for domain names and apps that infringe their trademarks so

Net1, a South African payment processor has finally sold KSNET, South Korean payment processor to Stonebridge Capital and Payletter for about $237 million. This follows the intrinsic value of KSNET which was not appropriately reflected in Net1’s overall valuation last year. Therefore, the Board of Net1 decided to sell

Paga, a mobile payment company has entered a strategic partnership with Visa, a global payment technology company. This partnership aims at providing alternative payment channels, in this case, mobile wallets, within its global ecosystem. Also, Paga’s partnership with Visa is a step further in its global expansion plans. Currently,

Pezesha, a Kenya-based financial startup has emerged the winner of The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoft) booth-camp held on March 8 in Luxembourg. The program, CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa aimed at providing training and networking boot-camp for 13 Financial Technology (Fintech) companies whose primary goal is to develop financial inclusion

Apple is rejecting all corona-virus-related mobile apps that are not recognized by the Government or official health organizations. This comes after the various misleading information of the popular Corona-virus. The said measure taken by Apple is to prevent the spread of misinformation on corona-virus. Apple is manually assessing apps, looking

Partech Africa, Prime Ventures alongside The International Finance Corporation  (IFC) have invested $9.6 million in Terrapay to fund the company’s expansion after acquiring shares in the Comviva, a global leader in mobility solutions. TerraPay has acquired more than 25 licenses to operate in over 60 countries in Africa,

CATAPULT acceleration program sponsored by ‘The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology’ is being hosted starting from March 1, 2020, to March 8, 2020, at Luxembourg. The 1-week program aims at providing training and networking boot-camp for 12 Financial Technology (Fintech) companies whose primary goal is to develop financial inclusion in

Microtraction has increased its investment $25 and reduced the percentage it takes to 7%. This new deal replaces the deal of $15 for 7.5% previously. This follows the high cost of start-up development in maturing African countries. However, this new standard deal will aid in reducing start-up costs. “Our

WhatsApp introduces “Dark Mode” an eye-soothing feature to reduce eye strain in a low light environment. WhatsApp has introduced dark mode, an eye-soothing feature recently to its already existing messaging app after some tech giants attempted to invent a ‘dimmer pixel switch’ some years ago. This comes after several requests