Author: Akin Naphtal

The gaming market in Africa continues to grow as more creators, gamers and other stakeholders make significant investments in the industry. In a report published in 2021, South Africa led the continent in the population that plays games at 40%. That year, Nigerians spent $185 million, while Ghana’s total was $42 million, while Kenya and Ethiopia spent $38 million and $35 million. READ ALSO: Kenyan Clean Energy Startup iGas Launches Digital LPG Marketplace to Simplify Accessibility South Africa Protech Startup Flow Secures $4.5m Funding for Global Expansion Why Indifferent on if companies should invest in ChatGPT? This is a clear…

Kenyan clean energy startup iGas has launched a digital LPG marketplace that aims to accelerate access to clean cooking by solving affordability, accessibility and last mile delivery constraints. Formed in 2021, but only available to the public late last year, iGas enables gas vendors – commercial or domestic – to create online shops from which customers can purchase gas through the iGas app. Vendors get shop visibility, digital business management, sales analytics and periodic reports, while customers can access their nearest verified LPG shops, seamless payment options, refill fund options, and a convenient purchase experience. READ ALSO: South Africa Protech…

South African prop-tech startup Flow has secured a US$4.5 million pre-Series A investment round to drive its international expansion. Founded in 2019 by Daniel Levy and Gil Sperling, Flow goes straight to the source of the largest social platforms in the world – Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn – to match people with property. Its API platform matches social media users with property by automating rental and seller listings, and driving pre-assessed leads straight to estate agents and landlords. READ ALSO: Why Indifferent on if companies should invest in ChatGPT? Digital Economy and the world; 7 Chief Digital Officers speak on…

There are thousands of stories of invention, innovation, and discovery playing out across the technology industry at this exact moment. They are real but largely unseen until an event – a data breach, a cloud outage, a social movement – brings them to our attention. The cloud and AI are no longer frontiers. The digital economy is the new tech green space. Nearly 8 out of every ten companies have experienced at least one cloud data breach. The transition to net-zero will be as disruptive as the industrial revolution. Businesses need to separate the trends from the hype to capture…

Microsoft is reportedly investing $10bn in OpenAI, the owner of the somewhat controversial large language model chatbot ChatGPT. It uses a deep learning technique to generate text and conversations often indistinguishable from those created by actual humans. ChatGPT has dazzled amateurs and industry experts ever since its launch at the end of November last year. Given a prompt, ChatGPT can answer complex questions, provide suggestions and even debug programming code all while sounding extremely human. “It’s very hard to believe the text was created by a machine learning algorithm,” says Stephen Osler, co-founder and business development director at Nclose. READ…

Twitter has been hit by a 40% year-on-year drop in revenue after more than 500 advertisers paused spending. According to reports, staff were informed that more than 500 advertisers paused spending after Elon Musk took over in October. The company over the years has been reported to have the advert as their main source of income. Twitter’s disclosed that its main source of income is advertising with $5.1bn in revenue in 2021. But advertisers pulled out after concerns of a rise in hate speech on the platform and an increase in impersonator accounts after the platform relaunched its blue tick…

Following the effect of digitilisation transforming the ways of life, this article is intended to get views from tech thought leaders about how digital economy and how its transformation will help businesses across to navigates into a changing world. Against a backdrop of global shocks, fragmented systems and an uncertain business environment, we asked chief digital officers from diverse industries about their priorities for technology leadership in 2023. They highlighted the need to double down on digital innovation that creates meaningful and responsible outcomes for people and the planet. According to Paul Daugherty, Accenture; There is the need to ‘Innovate…

Microsoft has become the latest corporation to announce massive job cuts, a move that will cost the company $1.2 billion in severance costs. Microsoft says the layoffs will also affect changes to its hardware portfolio and the cost of lease consolidation. While addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that the company was not immune to a weaker global economy. Speaking to WEF founder Klaus Schwab in a live-streamed discussion Satya said “No one can defy gravity and gravity here is inflation-adjusted economic growth,” READ ALSO: Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase Announce Plans to Quit…

OPPO has officially announced the release of its new Bluetooth audio chip, the MariSilicon Y, at OPPO INNO DAY 2022. This chip, built on N6RF process technology, is designed to revolutionize the wireless audio experience. One of the key features of the MariSilicon Y is its ability to deliver ultra-clear lossless audio through Bluetooth. The chip includes a dedicated NPU with up to 590 GOPS on-device computing power, which supports a brand-new, smart, spatial audio experience. Additionally, the MariSilicon Y has a data rate of up to 12Mbps on the physical layer, and is equipped with exclusive URLC codec technology…

The enabler of real-time clearing and Embedded Banking for financial institutions, ClearBank, has appointed Mark Fairless as Chief Financial Officer.In addition to leading ClearBank’s finance team, Fairless will be an Executive Director on its UK Board and a member of the Executive Committee. He will play an important role in supporting ClearBank’s continued growth in the UK, Europe, and internationally. READ ALSO: Microsoft Introduces Azure OpenAI Service With ChatGPT Coming Soon Ford to adopt Technology plans to cut dependence on VW for next generation of electric cars GTBank UK Subsidiary get fines from Britain’s financial watchdog of $9.3 million Value…