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…
Kenya to start taxing mobile transactions
The Kenyan government has announced plans to implement at 10% tax on mobile money payments, including those made via MPesa. According to The Next…
Rocket Internet woes continue with mass Nigerian layoffs
Looks like things aren’t exactly rosy at ecommerce cloning giant Rocket Internet at the moment. A couple of weeks ago, he company revealed that…
Best and worst sub-Saharan African countries for startups
We decided to delve into the World Bank’s Economy Rankings for 2012, released earlier this year, to see which sub-Saharan African countries have economies…
Opera hits 200m mobile users, reports massive African growth
It may not be a big in the world of desktop browsers but Opera’s mobile effort makes it a serious player in the browser…
