This provides a bigger and better opportunity for businesses throughout Africa to focus on getting the attention of the large online consumer base. Mark Casey, Global Media and Entertainment Leader at Deloitte Global says that, “This must mean something for businesses as it is clear smartphones are becoming ever more embedded in our lives. Usage indicates a serious shift away from just information and communication to virtually everything – from how we consume media, to banking, purchasing and gaming, for example....

Customers who purchase the Samsung S6 EDGE 32GB or the Samsung S6 EDGE 64GB which goes for Ksh. 82,999 and Ksh. 94, 999 respectively will get 4GB data per month for 4 months. Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi said; “The new Samsung S6 from Airtel will enable our customers acquire state of the art handsets and unique innovative data offers such as the #unlimiNET with unique data plans that offers them the freedom to make #UnlimitedConnections to their professional, family and social networks through the internet with a seamless experience our world-class quality network....

New Times Rwanda reports that the service dubbed ‘Igurize Amafaranga’, will give subscribers a two-week period to repay the loan. Speaking at the launch of the service in Kigali, Phillip Onzoma, the head of Airtel Money, said there was a growing need for financial institutions to partner with telecom companies to extend financial services to all Rwandans. “While Rwanda has one of the highest banking penetration rates in the region, the mobile phone is increasingly becoming a trusted device for financial transactions, such as payments, transfers, card-less withdrawals and credit facilities,” he said....

Group chief executive officer Alexander Forbes, Sundeep Raichura said this was part of the firm’s wider strategy of better empowering pension fund trustees and members of the pension funds in Kenya. “We live in a digital world yet the pension industry in this country still operates with procedures from an analogue age, this is a shortfall that we want to mitigate through these products,” Raichura said. Developed in conjunction with Software Technologies Limited, the end to end solution will be used to store and provide online access to all Trustee Board information....

Below is all you need to know about the trade-in program. What smartphones are applicable for trade-in? The trade-in program is available for the Note series devices, S series devices and A-80. What phones can be acquired using the Trade-in program? Currently the program only applies for the S- 21 range of devices, that is the S21 Ultra, the S21+ and the S21 What condition should the phone I want to trade-in be in?...

Android 10 gives control over the privacy of your device. Users can adjust all privacy settings in one place, decide what data to be stored and control when the location is shared with other apps. The software as well allows you to opt-out of retargeting and personalized adverts. With the new software, important security updates and privacy fixes are sent directly to your phone. The Android 10 software first rolled out to google pixels phones in the US by early September this year....

Sea Moster’s round of investment was from FirstRand’s Vumela Fund, managed by leading SME Venture Fund Manager Edge Growth. “Towards the middle of 2019, we finally felt that we were ready to actively engage with investors to help us create products, and revenue share opportunities, in addition to building on our solid service relationships,” says Glenn Gillis, CEO. “We chose Edge Growth as our preferred VC partner because of their years of experience, a great reputation for fairness and strategic guidance, and because they bring impeccable empowerment credentials to the table....

On the first day of trading in 2022, the Silicon Valley-based tech company’s shares briefly hit a record of $182.88 around midday on Monday. The stock later pulled back from that level, closing 2.5% higher at $182.01. The iPhone maker passed $2tn in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic that has stoked demand for personal electronics and digital services, and reached over $1tn (£740,000) in 2018. ‘A fantastic accomplishment’ Advertisement. The world’s most valuable company is the first to reach the milestone as investors bet that consumers will continue to shell out for iPhones, MacBooks and other gadgets and services such as Apple TV and Apple Music....

The list of changes and improvements implemented with iOS 15.6 is as follows: The TV app now includes the option to stop, fast-forward, or rewind a live sports event that is currently in progress. the fixing of a problem that made the device’s storage appear in the settings even when it was accessible; a problem that might cause Braille devices to lag or stop responding when using Mail has been fixed; the solution to Safari’s bug that allows a tab to go back to the previous page....

On the other hand, many consumers rapidly regretted their decision to upgrade to iOS 9. Some even suspected Apple of deliberately degrading the performance of their iPhone 4S with the latest OS. In the United States, a class-action lawsuit was filed. Apple has now agreed to settle the lawsuit, allowing the plaintiffs to receive cash compensation from the company. Apple might pay up to $ 20 million in total, split among the claimants, each of whom would be entitled to $ 15 in damages....

BasiGo’s Electric Buses will offer long range, improved reliability, and lower operating costs than diesel buses. The electric buses are recharged each night thus, enabling a dramatic impact on air pollution and climate emissions. With BasiGo’s unique Pay-As-You-Drive financing solution, the K6 Electric bus is made affordable to all owners who are eager to transition to clean, electric drive. The unveiling comes a month after the company secured a $ 4....

“We want to build a circular agriculture ecosystem that is sustainable – which means that it needs to be locally-led,” said Allie Burns, Village Capital CEO. “Throughout this project, we will focus on lifting up local leaders who can provide the contextualized support that African entrepreneurs need to grow and scale.” During the second half of 2021, Bopinc and Village Capital will recruit, vet and select 10 SMEs in both Kenya and Ethiopia for the first cohort of O-Farms that will participate in a series of capacity building events focused on business model development, technical skills, investment readiness and networking with a community of investors and mentors who work in and around the food system....

Under this agreement, the operating license issued by CAF grants StarTimes the right to broadcast all the competition’s matches (a total of 32 matches) in the territories of sub-Saharan Africa. The collaboration between CAF and StarTimes is the first of its kind between the two entities, with the ambition of offering African football fans wider access to one of CAF’s most important competitions. The agreement reinforces CAF’s ambition to facilitate access for the largest number of football fans in Africa to images of its top competitions....

The company was founded in April 2019 as a blockchain-based startup that offers a decentralised email service that will give users high-security standards for corporates communicating via emails and other communication tools The company will use the investment to build its customer base. And expand its team and develop additional private communication tools to further expand its offering with several value-added options and grow our footprint. “As the first Blockchain Email Service Provider in the MENA at Pravica, our strategy is to guarantee the user, full data privacy....

In this day and age everything can be done from home and whether employers like it or not this pandemic has made it the new norm. It is also the time for software engineers and people in IT to thrive because they’ve been given the chance to use their knowledge by being innovative. This new app allows you to bill your clients for your valuable time, so if you’re a consultant you may need this app as soon as possible....

The narrative of Africa is nothing but positive. From time immemorial, Africa has been battling with all sorts of labels. These include lack of infrastructure, inequality, lack of opportunities, high crime rate, overpopulation, bad governance, corruption, and poverty. Many on the continent are already used to the over-flogged statement that Africans live on less than a dollar a day and that it is the world’s poverty capital. The international poverty line the World Bank says is $1....

Operated by your iPhone or iPad, CarPlay is engineered as a replacement for the media, phone, messaging, and navigation systems that normally come standard in a new vehicle with that of iOS (Apple’s mobile operating system). It also come equipped with SiRiand Alexa artificial intelligence so you can enjoy all these digital tools without taking your hands off the wheel. However, despite Siri, CarPlay will also work with your car’s buttons, dials, and touchscreens which makes operating it as easy working your iPhone and/or your car’s entertainment system/stereo....

The travel pass is offered in conjunction with Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention or Africa CDC. The pass is accessible to users of Cassava FinTech’s Sasai Super App and is recognized as one of the leading initiatives in the fight against the cross-boarder spread of Covid 19 in Africa. The partnership will be critical to enhance the security of Travel Pass through Mastercard’s Community Pass Platform which is an interoperable digital platform facilitating service delivery for marginalized individuals and communities thus including access to critical health services like patient care plan tracking for Covid 19....

The report additionally illustrates three fintech product areas with the highest potential to support inclusive recovery and build resilience for vulnerable populations – insurtech, micro-savings and investment, and financial products for platform workers – with practical tips for investors to better assess startups in these areas. The report compiles insights gleaned from the 75+ members of Catalyst Fund’s Circle of Investors, and critical input from three leading inclusive fintech investors – Accion Venture Lab, Flourish Ventures, and Quona Capital – and includes insider tips, key metrics investors should be looking for in fintech startups, and ways of adapting to instances in which face-to-face conversations and in-person observations of end users are no longer possible....

The initial waiver was set to lapse on June 30th having been implemented mid-March. Customers will enjoy free mobile money transactions until the end of the year. CBK and mobile money service providers agreed to waive fees charged on transactions not exceeding Sh1,000 in March in the onset of the pandemic. This was in order to encourage cashless transactions to flatten the curve of spreading the virus. The extension follows significant growth in mobile money transactions since they were waived....