In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Is your life ‘powered by the web’? Google could give you $25k
Okay so you spend a lot of time on the web, but does it actually power your life? If the answer is “yes, holy…
Kipochi brings Bitcoin to Africa through M-Pesa
Kipochi just launched its Bitcoin transfer service in Kenya using M-Pesa as its running platform. This service would allow people across Kenya to send…
Computer modeling solves ‘fairy circle’ mystery
This is pretty cool. For years circular barren patches of land, known as Fairy Circles and typically found in the grasslands of the western…
Africa to fall from top spot as global mobile payments pass $235bn
Africa has led the world in mobile payments from the very start. A lack of wired infrastructure and large numbers of unbanked people with…