In the race to connect the unconnected, Africa has often been left at the margins of global capital flows. But that narrative is starting…
Google Now gets Popular Science’s Innovation of the Year
Google Now has won Popular Science’s Innovation of the Year, putting it in the company of past winners such as the Large Hadron Collider,…
Tyme Capital: MTN and Pick ‘n Pay team up to launch mobile bank in South Africa
It seems the mobile money space in Africa just became a little bit more crowded. MTN has partnered with retail chain Pick ‘n Pay…
Kenyan government plans to almost double the country’s bandwidth
Kenya’s government has announced plans to lay a fifth fibre-optic cable in the region, which is expected to practically double the country’s bandwidth capacity…
Mozilla lets you give Firefox OS a whirl from your desktop
We recently wrote about Firefox OS — Mozilla’s attempt at a mobile OS. At the demo we got, it seemed promising. Now you can…