Author: Akin Naphtal

Highly rated tech magazine, TechBerg has unveiled tech icon, Gwynne Shotwell, the current Chief Executive Officer of Youtube as its Woman in Tech Wednesday (WTW). WTW, one of the most high-profile tech personality ratings is a weekly review and rating of female tech personalities across the globe. It’s a special publication based on critical analysis and facts in the tech space. Born in 1968, Susan Diane Wojcicki is a Polish-American business executive and presently CEO of YouTube. She has been in the tech industry for over 20 years. Wojcicki was involved in the founding of Google, and became Google’s first…

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) says that London based fiber broadband server, Community Fibre, has selected its TCS HOBS™ platform as a means of furthering the support and growth of businesses. A press release of TCS expresses that Community Fibre and Internet Service Provider (ISP) intends to serve about half of the nearly four million population target the company has set of itself. Furthermore, Community Fibre seeks to capitalize on the TCS HOBS platform to quickly present offerings and new products that contribute positively to its customers. “Community Fibre will launch new digital services with superior innovation and a much-improved time…

New York-based healthcare fintech Nitra has raised $62 million in a mix of equity and debt capital. Investors in the seed round include Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), New Enterprise Associates, Pantera Capital, KB Financial Group, Jerry Yang/AME Cloud Ventures and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC, among others. Miami-based VC firm CoVenture is providing the debt facility. Nitra says the new capital will be put towards accelerating the company’s growth, launching new products and scaling its team. The funding will help the fintech launch its first product, a Visa business card for the healthcare industry that will allow physicians to earn unlimited rewards…

Expansion of Africa Data Centre Samrand Facility from 10MW to 40MW; Africa Data Centre’s entire platform capacity is expected to exceed 100MW on completion of the Samrand Facility. Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, announced that it has broken ground on the expansion of its Samrand facility in Johannesburg, from 10MW to 40MW of IT load. “The expansion,” says Tesh Durvasula, CEO of Africa Data Centres, “will happen in multiple phases. The construction of the first phase is starting today and will deliver 20MW across eight data halls by 2023. The next phase will…

Singapore-headquartered cross-border remittance firm Lightnet has secured a $50 million capital commitment from LDA Capital. Lightnet will have the option to increase the $50 million to a total commitment of up to $100 million over the next three years. The funds will be utilised to facilitate web 3.0 payment and blockchain ledger-based remittance services focused across Asia Pacific by expanding operating corridors and obtaining licences. Operating in concert with close partner Velo Labs, Lightnet aims to create the first, real-time blockchain settlement flow for remittance and payments between Money Transfer Operators (MTOs) and banking institutions under regulatory supervision and support.…

Tech focused magazine, TechBerg, has unveiled Tim Cook, C.E.O of Apple Inc as its Tech personality of the week. Tim Cook has proven to be multi-dimensional and productive, being the seventh chief executive officer of Apple Inc, an American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics and online services. Cook focused his attention mainly on Apple or on issues where the company plays a part. He has led the company into becoming one of the world’s largest companies. Within months of his appointment, Apple’s stock price almost doubled and sales remained strong, the company’s revenue and profit increased from…

Cybercrime was not widely talked about in Africa up until recently, even though, Sub-Saharan Africa is often presented as particularly vulnerable to online attacks. Cybersecurity expert Franck Kié believes that if the issue was tackled head on, it could become an engine for growth. Analyst Franck Kié, founder and general commissioner of the Cyber Africa Forum, thinks cybersecurity was not a hot topic on the African scene despite the threat because African countries face other emergencies. Franck Kié: There are other issues in Africa that are also quite important, economic issues, health issues. And it is true that cybersecurity was…

Last week, Twitter launched its Location Spotlight feature to its users. This function would be made available to professionals everywhere. These professionals can be anyone from content creators to large corporations. The Location Spotlight enables companies or organizations with physical locations to list their addresses, contact details, and other key information. This would make it simpler for their customers to contact them via phone, text, email, or Direct Message. In addition to Location Spotlight, Twitter promised to roll out more features including business tools and resources. Twitter said in a statement that significant work has been done for more than…

The Crypto Kiosk at Maerua Mall in Windhoek is now home to Namibia’s first Bitcoin ATM. According to all applicable Namibian and international legislation, the Crypto Kiosk is operating in full compliance with the Namibian Financial Intelligence Centre (NFIC). Bitcoin ATMs resemble conventional ATMs but connect directly to a cryptocurrency exchange or private wallet rather than to a bank account. The Bitcoin ATM can convert cash into cryptocurrency and liquidate cryptocurrency into cash, sending both directly to cryptocurrency wallets. Users of the Crypto Kiosk can buy or sell Bitcoin and Ethereum, two of the biggest cryptocurrencies. Users must have an…

Google has launched a new service called Google Wallet in South Africa, which enables users to safely store their credit cards, loyalty cards, and boarding passes, as well as quickly and conveniently retrieve any of these items. Customers are able to pay for items simply by tapping their phone against a point of sale system at the checkout counter when using the Google Wallet app, which keeps the information for a consumer’s credit or debit card and allows consumers to pay for items using their phone. In South Africa, cardholders of partner banks like FirstRand Bank, Discovery Bank, Investec, Standard…