It's now official, Uganda's 🇺🇬 citizens will be taxed for using social media platforms as parliament has approved law for a $ 0.05c daily levy per user. | Continue reading
The SKA global project could be a driver that contributes to South Africa's economic growth. | Continue reading
Highlighted presence of Afrika's tech scene at Viva Tech 2018 was due to multiple reasons. | Continue reading
Kenya's 🇰🇪 High Court has suspended 26 sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018. | Continue reading
Here are some of the shocking things we discovered about the ViewFines website (before they shut it down). | Continue reading
In one of the largest funding rounds in the tech sector in Nigeria 🇳🇬, Lidya has raised $6,9 million in a Series A round led by Omidyar Network. | Continue reading
Wearable technologies are the wave of the future, and can have a positive impact on a range of industries. | Continue reading
The World Bank's International Finance Corporation has investsled in Rwanda's 🇷🇼 I&M Bank to support small business growth. | Continue reading
South African 🇿🇦 police have held 3 suspects for questioning in relation to the "Bitcoin ransom" kidnapping of Katlego Marite, who has been found alive. | Continue reading
How businesses can make the most out of data analytics. | Continue reading
South African 🇿🇦 students invited to apply for a science and technology vacation programme run by the CSIR and the Department if Science and Technology. | Continue reading
Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 has embraced technology solutions to help with upcoming 2018 elections. | Continue reading
There are several projects and initiatives that offer hope amid all the bad news about Afrikan science. | Continue reading
Uber and Uber Eats drivers and delivery partners in South Africa 🇿🇦 will have access to an app that connects them to the closest private emergency response vehicles. | Continue reading
Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia among the countries that will benefit from a new agreement signed by the Arab Esport Federation. | Continue reading
Uber Eats has acquired South African 🇿🇦 restaurant technology company, orderTalk. | Continue reading
South African 🇿🇦 traffic payments processing website, ViewFines, has had its database of 934,000 people leaked online. | Continue reading
934,000 personal records of South Africans 🇿🇦 have been leaked publicly online (including ID numbers). | Continue reading
Facebook has unveiled its first ever hub space in Afrika. | Continue reading
Egypt’s 🇪🇬 new solar power plant integrates solar and conventional energy sources for stable supply and it will also be used to train Afrikan scientists. | Continue reading
Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a multiyear agreement with Netflix for content production through their company - Higher Ground Productions. | Continue reading
Organisations are on the losing side, with the introduction of GDPR, especially those that rely on leveraging personal data to compete. There will however be a benefit to consumers. | Continue reading
Scientists have provided what they see as evidence that South Africa 🇿🇦 can fulfill all its energy requirements completely from renewable energy sources. | Continue reading
The planting of messages and countering narratives in the media is not new. It's part and parcel of contemporary politics especially during elections. The Internet simply makes an old problem worse. | Continue reading
A look at civic education initiatives in Egypt 🇪🇬 (and the Middle East) and how this has influenced online activism. | Continue reading
Nigeria 🇳🇬 is set to have a dedicated blockchain incubator hub opened later in 2018. | Continue reading
As we celebrate HIV Vaccine Day, we have more hope than ever before. | Continue reading
As we celebrate HIV Vaccine Day, we have more hope than ever before. | Continue reading
You can now open a bank account in South Africa 🇿🇦 using a selfie thanks to biometric technology. | Continue reading
You can now open a bank account in South Africa 🇿🇦 using a selfie thanks to biometric technology. | Continue reading
New cruptocurrency ATM allows shoppers to buy Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum using South African Rands. | Continue reading
Zimbabwe's 🇺🇬 government is embracing Artificial Intelligence with mass roll-out of a Chinese facial recogtion solution. | Continue reading
South African 🇿🇦 startup secures spot on global accelerator programme to further develop its mom-focusses data, design, and analytics platform. | Continue reading
Kenyans 🇰🇪 have until 28 May 2018 to register for a license in order to be able to post videos on social media and the Internet in general. | Continue reading
Have you ever asked yourself, how are we complaining that mobile data is expensive and yet music videos across Afrika are getting millions of views on YouTube within a few days of launching? | Continue reading
Facebook is set to launch it's first ever community hub, NG_Hub, on the continent in Nigeria 🇳🇬. | Continue reading
South Africa's 🇿🇦 capital, City of Tshwane, is set to become the automotive capital of Afrika following an approximately $290 million worth creation of the Rosslyn Hub. | Continue reading
Kenya's 🇰🇪 Selina Wamucii, a mobile phone driven sourcing platform for fresh produce from Afrikan farmers, has received $100,000 grant from global social impact programme Expo Live. | Continue reading
The construction of Rwanda's 🇷🇼 nationwide LTE network, the first in Afrika, is now complete. | Continue reading
Upcoming forum aims to link academic institutions to the extractive industry with the aim to boost internship opportunities for graduates. | Continue reading
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 has issued a statement to banks effectively banning cryptocurrencies. However, a Zimbabwean cryptocurrencies exchange is going ahead with its ICO. | Continue reading
Few startups have been able to effectively maximize the use of social media. | Continue reading
A psychologist looks at why people feel so compelled to capture and share images of themselves. | Continue reading
OTT services are becoming the new battlefront for Zimbabwe's 🇿🇼 telecommunications companies. | Continue reading
As a startup founder, ask yourself: what problem have I solved that others have not? | Continue reading
As Amazon introduces a new smart-home device aimed at children, it's important to know many internet-connected toys are not secure, putting kids' security and privacy at risk. | Continue reading
A Q&A interview with Tom Kariuki, director of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA). | Continue reading