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Bill Gates is 100% right about mobile banking in Africa: here’s why

In the latest “Gates Notes” annual letter, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates wrote about the impact smart phones and mobile banking will have…

African mobile money could produce $1.5-billion in fees alone by 2019

According to a report released by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the use of mobile financial services in sub-Saharan Africa to perform tasks like…

Google consigns Helpouts to its product graveyard

Google is set to shutdown Helpouts, its real-time video expert assistance service, less than 18 months after making it available to the public. In…

These 5 South Africans have been shortlisted to go colonise Mars in 2024

South Africans Divashen Govender, Kobus Vermeulen, Adriana Marais, Edwin le Grange and Alexandra Doyle have been shortlisted as part of a group of 100…

Facebook looking for Sub-Saharan Africa Head

In the latest sign that Facebook is about to step up its African presence, the social networking giant has put up a job posting…

Load shedding love: an ode to the Nokia 6303i Classic

I am starting to adapt to my new environment. The tick is starting to subside. I have stopped subconsciously reaching for my phone whenever…

Apple iWork, iCloud now available to everyone

Anyone with an Apple ID can now access productivity tools like Pages, Keynote and Numbers for iCloud, regardless of their device. This cross-pollination of…

SoundCloud is moving on up with its ‘Next’ version [LeWeb]

Things are looking good for audio startup SoundCloud. Just a few months ago, the founder and CEO of the company told the world at…

Evernote launches new business offering [LeWeb]

Evernote is fast becoming a towering success, no one can deny that. Taking the stage at LeWeb Paris, CEO Phil Libin announced the company’s…

Meeker files: emerging markets own web growth, mobile on top

People around the globe are still coming online on the for the first time in their millions. That much of that growth comes from…

Voice assistants: who actually wants to talk to their phone?

In a world of communicating with our devices, voice control seem to have gotten a lot of attention. But is that really what we…

iTunes Music Store available in 56 new countries

iTunes 11, which launched on 29 November, has added 56 countries to its music store, including South Africa, India and Russia, according to a…

Google search app ads: one home run and a strike

Tech companies often seem to try too hard with their ads for new products. We saw it with Apple’s attempt at using celebrities to…

LeWeb Paris: bring on the Internet of Things

Imagine that everything you owned could talk to one another. Your fridge could update the shopping list on your cellphone to let you know…

10 practical must-do SEO tips for the non-SEO guru

Search Engine Optimisers (SEO’s) know that search engines have a very complicated scientific algorithm that they use in order to determine which web pages…

Big money: the 22 richest people in tech

If, like Bruno Mars and Travie McCoy, you “wanna be a billionaire so frikkin’ bad” then it looks like tech is still a good…

Ethical robots and forced piracy: top tech stories you have to read

Can machines have morals? Should anyone own the internet? Is the consumer software space all but saturated? Are outdated regulations actually making it inconvenient…

Connected tech communities and competitive advantage: the Kenyan way

In the last couple weeks I’ve had the opportunity to be in Nigeria (Maker Faire Africa), followed by South Africa (AfricaCom). Along with Kenya,…

Microsoft: IE sucks… less

The latest marketing ad for Internet Explorer is refreshingly honest. Rather than making big, bold claims about the browser it lists the marginal bits…

Malware and Adware: Microsoft fights back against cybercriminals

Pay-per-click (PPC) is one of the biggest ways of making money online. And wherever there is big money involved, fraud of some kind will…

RIM losing ground to competitors in big business

It appears Research In Motion is fighting the market share war on multiple fronts, having already lost substantial ground among the general public, the…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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