Tag: africa

Google, Apple, Tesla, Dell, and Microsoft have been sued for child mortality in the course of sourcing for Cobalt in ...

Supply Chain Platform Grainpulse secures $11 Million to Link Farmers with Fertilizer

Grainpulse, a supply chain platform for farmers has secured $11 million. The Uganda-based platform will leverage the funding to link ...

Google, Apple, Others Sued over Children Death in DR Congo Mines, KongPay Debuts Cardless Withdrawal & USSD Features and More

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KongPay Debuts Cardless Withdrawal & USSD Features

KongaPay, the payment platform of Konga.com has rolled out new features. It has added withdrawal and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data ...

San Francisco-based Chipper Cash to offer P2P Payments in Nigeria

Chipper Cash Acquires $6 Million, Expands to Southern Africa

San-Francisco-based Chipper Cash has acquired $6 million seed funding. The funding round was led by Deciens Capital and supported by ...

African Smartphone Market Reaches 55.8 Million Units Shipments in Third Quarter of 2019, Google’s Chrome 79 will Let You Know When Your Password is Compromised and More

Hi Guys! Welcome to the Big 5 Daily! Let’s not keep you waiting! Enjoy! Big news! The African smartphone market ...

Google’s Chrome 79 will Let You Know When Your Password is Compromised

Google has rolled out Chrome 79 with a feature that will let you know when your password is compromised. As ...

Solar Energy Startup upOwa raises $2.7 Million Fund to Scale Growth & Expansion

upOwa, a Pay-As-You-Go solar energy startup based in Cameroon has raised $2.7 million funds. The startup will use the fund ...

YouTube’s Updated Policy to Bar Implied Threats & Hate Speeches

YouTube is set to bar implied threats, comments and hate speeches from users on its platform. The decision came as ...

Kenya’s Competition Authority Approves Airtel & Telkom Merger

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved the merger between Airtel and Telkom Kenya. The approval came after a ...

African Smartphone Market Reaches 55.8 Million Units Shipments in Third Quarter of 2019