Author: Akin Naphtal

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…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that WhatsApp’s global first shopping partnership with JioMart. Zuckerberg made the announcement on his official Facebook page calling it the “first-ever end-to-end shopping experience on WhatsApp”. Users will able to “buy groceries from JioMart right in a chat.” “Business messaging is an area with real momentum and chat-based experiences like this will be the go-to way people and businesses communicate in the years to come,” he wrote. In a press statement Jio said the JioMart on WhatsApp feature “will enable users in India, including those who have never shopped online before, to seamlessly browse…

Kenyan startup Roam, previously Opibus, has launched a new electric mass transit bus, the Roam Rapid, which is specifically designed to address the unique challenges of public transport in Nairobi and Africa as a whole. Founded in 2017, and rebranded earlier this year, Roam is the leading provider of electric vehicles designed and manufactured locally. Its vision is to create reliable and cost effective products designed for the pan-African mass market. The company raised US$7.5 million in equity and grant funding late last year to help it scale its operations, and it has now launched the Roam Rapid, the first…

The World’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform Binance has opened a crypto education hub in Yaounde, Cameroon to promote the use of cryptocurrencies on the African continent through cooperation with Inoni Tech The Crypto hub will provide training and services for young people across Francophone Africa and provide crypto enthusiasts with more resources to help them flourish within the ecosystem as well as create offline interactions through the utilization of this hub. Binance has been steadily expanding its footprints in blockchain ecosystem education across Africa since January 2020, when the Binance Africa team inaugurated the Binance Masterclass Series with in-person training…

ANKA, the “all-in-one solution for selling anywhere, shipping globally, and receiving payments quickly”, has announced the appointment of Morin Oluwole as its first Strategic Advisor. Morin is currently the Global Luxury Director at Meta, where she leads a global business team and is also an avid leader within the Women@ Meta and Black@ Meta employee resource groups. Morin will lend her expertise to ANKA by supporting the strategic development of the wider team, product development, and ecosystem. Having spent her career in leadership positions in global marketing, partnerships, and innovation, Morin has steered businesses at the forefront of technological and…

Polish Payment Standard (Polski Standard Płatności, PSP), the operator of the BLIK mobile payment system, is acquiring Viamo – a provider of peer-to-peer (P2P) and business payment services in Slovakia. BLIK makes its first international foray with the acquisition of Viamo. The commercials of the deal have not been disclosed. This is PSP’s first foray abroad as it looks to expand across the Eurozone. In its home market, its BLIK system is already well-established, with over 11.3 million active customers. Founded in 2014, PSP is jointly owned by Alior Bank, Bank Millennium, Santander Bank Polska, ING Bank Śląski, mBank, PKO…