In the new Ericsson ConsumerLab report, Ready, steady, game! , 67 percent of gamers say they will increase their Augmented Reality (AR) usage in the next five years. The increasing popularity of video games is driven by the growth of mobile gaming, and now makes up 26 percent of all media consumption hours. The report […]
Read MoreThe newly introduced MTN Nigeria KaiSO smart feature phone will open opportunities for local apps developers to develop apps that addresses local needs across Nigeria. MTN Nigeria has started to roll out the new Smart S 3G phone across all of its African markets and has launched MTN Smart, a smart feature phone running on […]
Read MoreTaxify has announced it’s changing its name to Bolt saying this is in line with firm’s broader vision of the fast-evolving transportation industry. Speaking on why the company chose to make the change, Markus Villig, CEO and co-founder, said, “Taxify launched five years ago with a mission to make urban transportation more convenient and affordable. […]
Read MoreBoeing has grounded the entire fleet of 737 MAX 8s and 9s following the recent Ethiopian airlines crash which killed all 157 aboard. This decision by Boeing came just moments after President Donald Trump announced an emergency order to ban the airlines in US airspace. In a statement, the company stated that it had temporarily […]
Read MoreE-commerce firm Jumia has filed for an Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), which will make it the first African technology company to list on the exchange. The timeline of the listing and share price of the IPO has, however, not been stated in the SEC filing application. In its SEC […]
Read MoreOn March 11, 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer programmer working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, sent in a proposal for an information management system. His boss responded with a note that read “vague but exciting.” That proposal was the first sketch of what would become the World Wide Web, creating the system […]
Read MoreMTN has developed an instant messaging platform which it hopes will become the “African WeChat”, with plans to launch it in two markets in the next month or so. “We intend to launch it across the entire portfolio, South Africa included, but we will start with the West and Central Africa (WECA) markets as a […]
Read MoreGlobal spending on artificial intelligence (AI) systems is forecast to reach $35.8 billion in 2019, an increase of 44.0% over the amount spent in 2018. With industries investing aggressively in projects that utilize AI software capabilities, the International Data Corporation (IDC) global Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Systems Spending Guide expects spending on AI systems will more […]
Read MoreThe desalination market in Africa has recovered from the global economic downturn in 2015-2017, which resulting in low desalination investment across the continent with North Africa leading by 79.9 percent. A study from Frost & Sullivan, which revealed that the African desalination market is now stablising and investment in desalination is gaining traction stated that […]
Read MoreMicrosoft has opened its first data centres in Africa, becoming the first global provider to deliver cloud services from data centres on the continent. Microsoft has announced the opening of its first data centres in Africa, becoming the first global provider to deliver cloud services from data centres on the continent. “Microsoft Azure is now […]
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