According to Alon Lits, General Manager of UBER Johannesburg,”Uber is excited to be partnering with ZAZOO and VCpay™. Their system complements UBER seamlessly and it opens up our technology to a new group of clients, who without a credit card or debit card would not otherwise have been able to use UBER. This partnership makes UBER more accessible than ever before.” “Though mobile users and e-commerce adoption is rising in South Africa, there is still a large number of South Africans who do not have access to a credit card to enable them to make online and in-app purchases....

The popular African preschool show helps kids discover new ways of learning that harnesses their creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking. Aimed at 3 to 6 year olds, Akili and Me helps young learners develop their vocabulary, literacy, counting, social emotional and life skills like empathy and conflict resolution through the adventures of Akili, a 4 year old who travels to a magical world of learning when she falls asleep. Created and first aired in Tanzania in 2015, Akili and Me was an instant hit with Ubongo’s youngest audience....

Fintech enabler, Ukheshe Technologies has announced a new partnership with global next-generation card solutions and digital security company, dzcard to enhance dzcard’s customisable solutions for various digital ecosystems and locations leveraging Ukheshe’s Eclipse API platform and its market leading digital payments solutions, allowing both companies to deliver digital strategies within their respective markets. Donovan Drew, President: Asia-Pacific of Ukheshe says the company’s digital payments enablement platform has expanded and evolved significantly as the financial services market seeks innovative solution providers that can address fundamental payment gaps....

Homegrown solutions take on the world At HAVAÍC, our investment thesis is centred around investing in businesses that solve real-world challenges. With the world having adjusted to new ways of shopping, learning, and doing business as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the appetite for solutions that solve real, tangible problems are without a doubt the best opportunities for growth. Solutions that offer people and organisations better ways of living and working with less friction will reign supreme....

A partnership between Ecobank and Visa will see mVisa rolled out in 33 African countries by the end of this year. The service is an innovative mobile payment platform that will allow consumers to pay for goods and services for everyday expenses. Such expenses include bill payments to groceries and taxi services. They will be able to use mVisa by simply scanning a QR code on a smart phone or entering a merchant identification number into their feature phones....

As its name suggests, the X Fold resulted from Vivo’s sincere intention to treat the market for foldable smartphones seriously. A few days ago, the new folding smartphone was prematurely presented in photos, allowing for a complete. A direct descendant of the X Fold, this new model aims to provide hardware updates worthy of the moniker. First, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 will replace the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in the X Fold+....

The Swedish automaker noted that the driver-side airbags may rupture when deployed due to faulty inflator propellant tablets. The rupture may happen if the inflators are exposed to “elevated moisture levels and frequent high inflator temperatures,” they may begin to create dust, which increases the burn rate and pressure in the inflator. This occurrence can lead to ruptures when the airbag deploys, which can in turn spew shrapnel at the driver....

Suppose a company has specified an ASIC miner as an Ethereum miner, then the ASIC machine will mine Ethereum currency. ASICs are popular as cryptocurrency generators. You might wonder why these machines are unpopular cryptocurrency generators and why people also use graphic processing units. Graphic processing units are not developed for the sole motive of mining. Moreover, a graphic processing unit is highly versatile in cryptocurrency mining. It can support the mining of every cryptocurrency....

Image source Invest in a superior quality laptop – A laptop where people invest their money plays a vital role in a person’s general gaming experience. A few gamers fear the factor of buying a new laptop as they think it would cost them too much. But, it is far from the truth. The reality is you will come across impressive deals on laptops and so; it will turn into a cost-efficient and easy matter for you to get a new laptop....

“Non-fungible” means that it’s unique and can’t be replaced with something else. For example, a bitcoin is fungible — trade one for another bitcoin, and you’ll have exactly the same thing. A fungible token is an asset that can be exchanged on a one-for-one basis. Think of dollars or bitcoins — each one has the exact same value and can be traded freely. A non-fungible object, by contrast, has its own distinct value, like a classic car or piece of art....

WhatsApp is said to be working on a couple of new features that will allow users to hide their last seen, status, and profile picture from specific contacts, and a feature where users will be able to listen to a voice note before sending it to their contacts. Both the features are currently in a beta stage and will be rolled out in a future build of WhatsApp, according to WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo....

An upgrade to the Last Seen Controls is one of the most requested features with an emphasis on privacy. You can presently set your Last Seen status to be displayed to Everyone, My Contacts, or Nobody using the Last Seen status function. The messaging app will soon include a new feature that will appeal to the majority, if not all, of its users. Thanks to the recently added option – My Contacts Except – you’ll soon be able to make your last seen status visible for specific contacts....

Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp was ordered to pay a 225 million euro ($ 266 million) fine for not being transparent about how it handled personal information, its first fine under the European Union’s enhanced data protection law. The Irish Data Protection Commission, the leading Silicon Valley privacy watchdog in Europe, said it found violations in the way WhatsApp explained how it processed user and non-user data, as well as how data was shared....

Why you should use a Crypto Wallet Additionally, a cryptocurrency wallet (or digital wallet in general) maintains the blockchain address where a particular item is located together with the encryption keys required to sign transactions digitally. As per David Huseby, cybersecurity guru for the Linux Family Foundation Hyperledger Project, if the owner removes that address, they lose the power over the virtual cash or another asset. When using a cold storage wallet, you download the private keys and save them on a USB drive or smartphone, so they’re not accessible online....

If you have read or heard about bitcoin, ‘the unbanked in Africa’ must have come up. To be honest, you do not have to know what bitcoin is, a quick google search can show you what I mean. Much of this content on the ‘bitcoin for the unbanked in Africa’ narrative, links back to sources off the continent, which is not at all surprising just like discussing gun ownership on the continent....

On Friday, Facebook Inc said that former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will remain suspended for at least two years. Trump is already facing a permanent ban from Twitter. In April, Facebook’s Oversight Board had delayed its decision about Trump being allowed to use Facebook and Instagram. The board had said that the decision was delayed because it wanted to carefully consider all comments and responses associated with this case....

It’s easy to forget the small things you scheduled through the week in your planner unless you set reminders for them. From healthcare to recruiters — message reminders are often easily leveraged as a cost and time-saving exercise, for both the business owner and the end-user. What are SMS reminders? SMS reminders are alert messages conveyed to a customer using SMS as the communication channel. They’re utilized by businesses to make sure that their customers don’t forget their existing appointments or ones that they have to schedule in the near future....

How to create surveys for your business? The great news is that there are plenty of tools in the market that can help you to design your surveys with ease. You just have to come up with a relevant theme that could motivate your audience to answer the survey questions. At the same time, one needs to choose the right time to send surveys to the target subscribers. It may help you to get the best responses within less time....

Next week the smartphone will be unveiled on the final Tuesday of 2021, and the manufacturer still reminds us that we should never take things at face value without verifying them. Without a doubt, Xiaomi will be celebrating the end of the year with Xiaomi 12. But remember this gadget would be among the first smartphones to benefit from Qualcomm’s new snapdragon, the 8 Gen 1, apart from the Motorola Edge X30 released a few days ago....

Xiaomi has equipped its new headphones with 11 mm diameter transducers capable of ensuring a frequency response of 20 to 40,000 Hz. The headphones are also Hi-Res Audio Wireless certified, compatible with the classic AAC and SBC codecs, and with the LHDC 4.0 codec via Bluetooth 5.3. One of the most impressive features of the Xiaomi Buds 4 Pro is the active noise cancellation (ANC). Because this should dampen disturbing ambient noise by a considerable 48 dB, an AI wind detection should ensure that strong wind can be hidden....