Forget chatbots and robo-advisors, Absa just introduced an AI-powered digital clone of award-winning journalist Fifi Peters, and it’s rewriting the rules of what’s possible…
Africa to have 1bn mobile subscribers by 2015
We all know that mobile in Africa is a big deal. It allowed countries to leapfrog some Western technologies and has fostered innovative products…
Middle East, Africa to see highest cloud traffic growth through 2016
The cloud isn’t a weird abstract concept any more, it hasn’t been for a while now actually. Global cloud traffic is growing massively, especially…
So much for mobile in emerging markets? InMobi pulls out of Africa, Russia
Multi-national mobile ad network InMobi is set to close up its operations in Africa and Russia. The San Francisco headquartered company claims to be…
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…