The UKs Acting High Commissioner Andrew Hamilton has commended the Zambian Chevening Alumni for donating eight computers and a financial donation to a charity in Lusaka, Zambia
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Direct Pay Online expands to South Africa
The Kenyan payment solutions firm has continued Southern Africa expansion with the acquisition of PayThru South Africa
Vodacom opens NB-IoT lab in Johannesburg
The African mobile network operator Vodacom has opened a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) laboratory at its Vodaworld campus in Johannesburg, to help incubate and commercialise machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) system through narrowband networking
Africa’s smartphone market poised for growth
The recent reports have demonstrated that mobile markets in the African region has been showing a steady increase for last few years, with Africa’s smartphone market being aggregated to a total 95.37mn unit in 2016
Facebook announces winners for the Bots for Messenger Challenge
Facebook has announced winners for its ‘Bots for Messenger Challenge’ launched in February 2017, for the Middle East and African countries, with an aim to recognise and reward start-ups who were able to develop innovative new bots on Messenger