The rise of mobility platforms such as the ride-hailing app Uber has transformed the way people move around cities. To date, the model has been compared to a digital taxi booking service, only it embraces the gig economy. But in recent times, the basic model...
Around the world, gaming communities have been at the vanguard of the current Web3 boom and have been instrumental in shaping the social dimensions of new decentralized technologies. Although Africa may not be as well known for its gaming ecosystem as other regions, emerging studios...
Nine out of 10 central banks surveyed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said that they are at least exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC), and half are actively developing a digital version of their fiat money. Those banks represent 90% of the...
MicroStrategy, which is one of a few companies with massive crypto holdings, has named a new finance chief in Andrew Kang, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (May 4). This comes after the company said last week that it would offer employees the option to...
February 02, 2023
Nokia will deploy new digital infrastructure connecting Southern and Eastern Africa. The Finnish telecommunications company announced on Thursday (Feb. 2) that it has been selected by the pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies (LIT) to deploy an optical transport network connecting Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. […]
May 04, 2022
MicroStrategy, which is one of a few companies with massive crypto holdings, has named a new finance chief in Andrew Kang, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (May 4). This...
October 08, 2020
Ugandan police are investigating the hacking of a third-party processor of phone-based transactions, Bloomberg reported, that affected MTN Group and Standard Bank Group‘s local units. Charles Twine, spokesman for the...
July 23, 2019
Swedish cryptocurrency exchange QuickBit revealed to investors that it accidentally leaked 300,000 customer records via an unprotected MongoDB database. “QuickBit has recently adopted a third-party system for supplementary security screening...
