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South Africa’s Information Ministry Announces Proposed 2G and 3G Shutdown Plan

South Africa’s Information Ministry Announces Proposed 2G and 3G Shutdown Plan

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, South Africa’s minister of communications, has put up a schedule for decommissioning the 2G and 3G networks by 2025. The plan is contained in the ministry’s next-generation radio frequency spectrum draft policy. On Wednesday, Cabinet approved the policy, allowing it to be released for public comment.

South Africa’s Thumela Launches Last Mile Deliveries Platform

South Africa’s Thumela Launches Last Mile Deliveries Platform

South African startup, Thumela, has launched a counter-to-counter last-mile logistics system to make it easier, quicker, and more affordable for e-commerce companies and people to send and receive packages. Thumela was launched in May this year with the focus of delivering packages using vetted and trustworthy public taxi drivers who

Nestcoin’s Metaverse Magna secures $3.2 million seed to build Africa’s largest crypto gaming community

Nestcoin’s Metaverse Magna secures $3.2 million seed to build Africa’s largest crypto gaming community

Metaverse Magna (MVM) has raised $3.2 million seed to build Africa’s largest gaming decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). It was incubated in partnership with Old Fashion Research (OFR), a multi-strategy blockchain investment fund. This was after Nestcoin procured a pre-seed fund of $6.45 million in February of this

FinEstate Launches Platform For International Real Estate Investment

FinEstate Launches Platform For International Real Estate Investment

North America-based real-estate establishment, FinEstate, has launched a web platform that enables Nigerians to invest in properties abroad. The organization itself made this known through a press release it published. The platform gives Nigerians access to invest in real estate in other developed nations, specifically in Canada, the United States

el-dokan, MENA's First Enterprise E-Commerce Startup, Secures $550K Pre-Seed Round

el-dokan, MENA's First Enterprise E-Commerce Startup, Secures $550K Pre-Seed Round

el-dokan, the first-of-its-kind startup in the MENA region offering enterprise e-commerce technology, has received $550,000 in a pre-Seed round led by a group of local and regional investors including EFG EV and Flat6Labs, 500 Global, and Hala Ventures. This is the fourth undisclosed seed round that the startup is

Carzami, Egypt’s Online Retailer for Used Cars Receives Pre-Seed Investment from Contact

Carzami, Egypt’s Online Retailer for Used Cars Receives Pre-Seed Investment from Contact

Carzami, Egypt’s online retailer for high-quality used cars and vehicle financing has raised an undisclosed sum in a pre-seed round from Contact Financial Holding, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial services provider. Its scalable inventory financing facility, which it intends to use to transform Egypt’s, used car market, with

South African Retail Giant, Massmart, Exits Nigerian Market

South African Retail Giant, Massmart, Exits Nigerian Market

Due to declining consumer demand and currency volatility, South African retail giant, Massmart has sold its Games Discount World stores in Nigeria. According to information obtained by BusinessDay, the assets were sold to the main shareholder of PricePointe Wholesale Club, a company that runs a wholesale store in Lagos. As

Nigeria Government To Partner With Binance For Economic Growth

Nigeria Government To Partner With Binance For Economic Growth

The federal government of Nigeria has revealed that it is in the process of securing an agreement with Binance a cryptocurrency exchange company, in other to develop a digital city, similar to that which is in existence in Dubai. Binance is one of the world’s leading blockchains, it has

WorldRemit and Hello Paisa Partner to Ease Money Transfers in Zimbabwe

Digital Remittance

WorldRemit and Hello Paisa Partner to Ease Money Transfers in Zimbabwe

WorldRemit and Hello Paisa, two top worldwide digital remittance startups, recently announced a partnership to offer cash pickup services across Zimbabwe. Through the collaboration, which went into effect on July 27, 2022, Zimbabweans can now receive money transfers in US dollars at more than 120 Hello Paisa payout locations throughout

Egypt's Auto Service App, 3atlana Receives a Six-Figure Seed Round

Egypt's Auto Service App, 3atlana Receives a Six-Figure Seed Round

3atlana, Egypt’s auto service app, has received a six-figure seed round from Ghabbour Auto, the country’s leading automotive manufacturing company, to strengthen its AI system. The 3atlana app allows its users to access door-to-door services, in which an engineer and mobile car center are dispatched to their location,

Emonovo, Egypt's Edtech Startup that Matches Perspectives with Universities Raises Bridge Round to Scale

Emonovo, Egypt's Edtech Startup that Matches Perspectives with Universities Raises Bridge Round to Scale

Emonovo (formerly MARJA3), MENA’s leading edtech startup that connects Arab perspectives students with top universities worldwide, has announced an undisclosed bridge round from strategic angel investors from the US, Europe, and MENA, as well as a follow-on investment from Flat6Labs, to scale its platform. The edtech platform, which uses

eSIM Adoption. Is Africa Ready?

eSIM Adoption. Is Africa Ready?

By 2025, six billion gadgets, including smartphones, watches, tablets, automobiles, and utility meters, are anticipated to employ eSIM— the next-generation SIM technology. According to Counterpoint’s most recent research, which lists twice as many firms as last year, there are now more vendors offering over-the-air management systems for the technology

South Africa’s Internet censorship rules for all online content — including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter

South Africa’s Internet censorship rules for all online content — including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter

The Film and Publications Regulations, 2022, which established South Africa’s internet content restrictions and went into force in March of this year, have been gazetted by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies. The regulations, which are now referred to as South Africa’s “internet censorship laws,” grant the

Zipline partners with Jumia, launches drone package delivery in Ghana

Zipline partners with Jumia, launches drone package delivery in Ghana

Leading pan-African e-commerce company, Jumia has partnered with California-based Zipline on Thursday, September 1 to launch automated drone for on-demand delivery in Ghana. Zipline is a logistics company launched in 2014 known for delivering whole blood with medical products, including vaccines, infusions, and common medical commodities to countries such as

Kuda Lays Off Employees To Attain Strategic Growth Plan

Kuda Lays Off Employees To Attain Strategic Growth Plan

Nigeria and UK-based digital bank, Kuda, has revealed that it has cut its workforce, thereby joining the league of African tech organizations that are cutting down on their team. Word of the cut-down was confirmed by the company itself through an email which formally disclosed the steps it was taking

Vodacom becomes first to launch 5G technology in Tanzania

Vodacom becomes first to launch 5G technology in Tanzania

Vodacom Tanzania plc has launched 5G technology in Dar es Salaam. This was unveiled by the company’s Acting Managing Director, Hilda Bujiku in the presence of Minister of Information, Communications and Information Technology, Nape Nnauye on September 1. The subsidiary is a member company of Vodacom Group Limited, a

DPO Group Kenya Joins Virtual Pay, Secures CBK Payment Licence

DPO Group Kenya Joins Virtual Pay, Secures CBK Payment Licence

DPO Group a payment processing fintech in Kenya has received authorized approval from the Central Bank Of Kenya (CBK), granting it the licence to now operate as a Payment Service Provider (PSP), serving consumers in the country. DPO becomes the second startup reported to have received the same type of

Snap Announces Leadership Restructuring for EMEA, Others as it Plans to cut 20% of its Workforce

Snap Announces Leadership Restructuring for EMEA, Others as it Plans to cut 20% of its Workforce

Snap is restructuring its international leadership in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific regions beginning with the hiring of Ronan Harris, who has been Google’s U.K. and Ireland chief for the last five years, while also revealing plans to lay off 20% of its global

Eni, Italian Oil and Gas Giant Set to Execute 10-GW Solar, Wind Power Projects in Egypt

Eni, Italian Oil and Gas Giant Set to Execute 10-GW Solar, Wind Power Projects in Egypt

Eni SpA (BIT: ENI), one of Italy’s leading oil and gas companies, is planning to build solar and wind power projects with a total capacity of 10 GW in Egypt over the next few years, according to a statement released earlier this week. Claudio Descalzi, Eni’s CEO, made

South Africa to Launch New ‘App Store’ and Artificial Intelligence Institute to Boost Tech Subjects

Artificial Intelligence

South Africa to Launch New ‘App Store’ and Artificial Intelligence Institute to Boost Tech Subjects

South Africa has announced plans to build an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute to improve the teaching of robotics and coding in public schools. The AI Institute is being founded in collaboration with institutions of higher learning, particularly the Johannesburg Business School of the University of Johannesburg and the Tshwane University

What Zanzibar Silicon Valley means for Zanzibar and other African governments?

What Zanzibar Silicon Valley means for Zanzibar and other African governments?

On Tuesday, August 30, the Government of Zanzibar announced the launch of ‘Silicon Zanzibar’ in partnership with Wasoko, a B2B e-commerce Company formerly headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The Wasoko innovation hub is developed to create an abode for tech companies across Africa. Previously known as Sokowatch, it was named Africa’

South African startup Trabel Launches its “NoPBX” Technology in Namibia

Telecommunication

South African startup Trabel Launches its “NoPBX” Technology in Namibia

A partnership with TelePassport Communications has allowed South African company Trabel to offer its NoPBX PBX-over-GSM service in Namibia. Utilizing only their current cellphones, any business can set up their switchboard, select their own phone numbers, and be operational in minutes using Trabel’s NoPBX platform. According to Trabel, the

UberEats Will No Longer Deliver in Parts of Soweto Due to Safety Fears

UberEats Will No Longer Deliver in Parts of Soweto Due to Safety Fears

Following growing safety concerns and threats to its business and delivery drivers, food delivery service, UberEats has planned to stop serving some areas of Soweto, South Africa’s largest metropolis. South of Johannesburg’s Soweto will no longer receive deliveries from UberEats starting on September 5, the company’s South

South African Gym Management Startup Octiv Secures Series A Funding

South African Gym Management Startup Octiv Secures Series A Funding

Octiv, a South African software platform for gym management, has secured an eight-figure Series A fundraising round from one of the top venture capital firms, Knife Capital. An executive from BVNK also made an angel investment in the round. Octiv will be able to scale customer service levels to keep