Africa

‘Africa loves’ Donald Trump according to Patrice Motsepe

“Africa loves you,” exclaimed businessman Patrice Motsepe, as he shook the hand of US President Donald Trump in Davos on Thursday. At a panel…

Cape Town ranked the 46th ‘most festive city’ in the world in 2019

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but it’s not snowing in the south-western tip of Africa. The wind’s howling and four seasons are constantly…

MTN, Huawei fire up ‘Golden Band’ 5G trial at AfricaCom 2019

MTN and Huawei at AfricaCom 2019 demonstrated the potential of 5G technology in South Africa through a live demo. The demo, consisting of one…

Africa will ‘leapfrog the world’ but it needs to get 4G right first

According to Huawei’s carrier network unit CTO Paul Scanlan, Africa will “leapfrog” the rest of the world, provided it can solve some of its…

Digicloud Africa partners with Google Cloud as its continental distributor

Google on Monday announced that Digicloud Africa has become its value-added distributor supporting G Suite and Google Cloud resellers across Africa. The idea behind…

Robert Mugabe: Twitter praises and shuns Zimbabwe’s first leader, dead at 95

Former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, is dead at 95. Mugabe died in a Singaporean hospital on Friday after receiving treatment for an illness….

South Africa has a laugh with #BokoHaramChallenge on Twitter

Amidst the tension brewing between South Africa and Nigeria following looting and attacks against foreign nationals in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africans took to…

Researchers ‘discover’ a new dinosaur species hiding in Johannesburg

Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) and Johannesburg’s Wits University have identified a new species of dinosaur that has been hiding in a…

Petrol price increases on Wednesday, South Africa, but it could be a lot worse

South Africa is set for another financial blow this week, as the national base petrol price will increase on Wednesday. The Central Energy Fund…

This was the only ‘real’ shot in The Lion King. Did you notice it?

There’s only one “real” shot in the new CGI version of The Lion King. Did you spot it? Well, if you didn’t, film director…

Kenya is now home to Africa’s largest wind power project

Kenya is now home to Africa’s largest wind farm. Inaugurated on Friday, the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project located well north of capital Nairobi…

Here’s how South Africa’s mobile network speeds rank vs the world

South Africa may boast the fastest mobile network speeds in Africa but it pales in comparison to global leaders, Opensignal reported on Tuesday. Surveying…

Google’s Equiano subsea cable will connect Cape Town to Lisbon by 2021

Google on Friday announced its plans to sink a subsea fibre optic internet cable between Europe and Africa. Dubbed Equiano, after a Nigerian writer…

Crypto-mining malware, phishing attacks on the rise across Africa

Digital security firm Kaspersky Lab in Q1 2019 reported more than 1.6-million malware attacks per day across the META region, it announced at its…

SA Weather Service issues update on ex-Tropical Cyclone Kenneth

Cyclone Kenneth on Thursday night made landfall in the Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado, striking the coastline with wind speeds of 220km/h. Now known…

Hurricane-strength Cyclone Kenneth set to strike Mozambique tonight

Just weeks after Tropical Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique’s eastern seaboard and interior, Cyclone Kenneth is bearing down on the country’s northern region and southern…

Mama K’s Team 4 is Netflix’s first Original animation written and produced in Africa

Netflix on Tuesday announced its first Original African animated series Mama K’s Team 4. “Mama K’s Team 4 tells the story of four teen…

Facebook is using AI to create population density maps of Africa

Facebook on Tuesday revealed its own efforts to support humanitarian work across Africa through the use of machine learning. “Facebook is working closely with…

#ShutdownZimbabwe: internet access disrupted amid protests

According to multiple reports, internet access across Zimbabwe has been disrupted amid ongoing protests that erupted after Saturday’s record fuel price hike. Last weekend,…

Polokwane’s a more popular destination than Cape Town, new study suggests

More people visited Polokwane in 2017 than Cape Town according to a study conducted by Mastercard. The company’s Global Destination Cities Index, published on…

Mozambique’s Maputo-Catembe suspension bridge is now Africa’s longest

Africa’s new longest suspension bridge is now in Mozambique’s capital city. The Maputo-Catembe bridge — which joins the southern and northern coastlines of Maputo…

#AfricaEmoji trends on Twitter once again thanks to a ‘virtual march’

Early on Wednesday, #AfricaEmoji began trending on Twitter in an attempt to make the emoji a permanent feature on the social media platform. Back…

Airbnb in South Africa: the numbers

Airbnb has hosted two-million guests in South Africa since 2008, the company today announced. This, and slew of other numbers, were presented by the…

SAWS issues heavy rain, possible flooding and storm watches across SA

‘Africa loves’ Donald Trump according to Patrice Motsepe

US government set to place more restrictions on Huawei in 2020

How SA brothers in their early 20s launched cash-advance fintech after lessons learnt in US

Top African startups are upbeat over plans for 2020 – here’s why

€60m Janngo Capital Startup Fund to back African tech startups tackling UN SDG goals

Registration for Telkom VS Gaming’s esports leagues opens on Monday

Fujifilm X-T200 is the lighter, more versatile upgrade of the X-T100

From A11 to A71: this is Samsung’s 2020 Galaxy A range for South Africa

Audi’s AI:ME could be the company’s future A2

BMW confirms the iX3’s battery and power details

The true cost of Audi’s electric car strategy

Africa

‘Africa loves’ Donald Trump according to Patrice Motsepe

Cape Town ranked the 46th ‘most festive city’ in the world in 2019

MTN, Huawei fire up ‘Golden Band’ 5G trial at AfricaCom 2019

Africa will ‘leapfrog the world’ but it needs to get 4G right first

Robert Mugabe: Twitter praises and shuns Zimbabwe’s first leader, dead at 95

South Africa has a laugh with #BokoHaramChallenge on Twitter

Researchers ‘discover’ a new dinosaur species hiding in Johannesburg

Petrol price increases on Wednesday, South Africa, but it could be a lot worse

This was the only ‘real’ shot in The Lion King. Did you notice it?

Kenya is now home to Africa’s largest wind power project

Here’s how South Africa’s mobile network speeds rank vs the world

Google’s Equiano subsea cable will connect Cape Town to Lisbon by 2021

Crypto-mining malware, phishing attacks on the rise across Africa

SA Weather Service issues update on ex-Tropical Cyclone Kenneth

Hurricane-strength Cyclone Kenneth set to strike Mozambique tonight

Mama K’s Team 4 is Netflix’s first Original animation written and produced in Africa

Facebook is using AI to create population density maps of Africa

#ShutdownZimbabwe: internet access disrupted amid protests

Polokwane’s a more popular destination than Cape Town, new study suggests

Mozambique’s Maputo-Catembe suspension bridge is now Africa’s longest

#AfricaEmoji trends on Twitter once again thanks to a ‘virtual march’

Airbnb in South Africa: the numbers

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