In a Space-First event, the Polaris Dawn Mission on SpaceX’s newest dragon capsule was the first private spacewalk in history. The Polaris Dawn team is led by billionaire entrepreneur, Jared Isaacman, who is the CEO of Shift4. The crew includes two SpaceX employees and a former military pilot. After weeks of delays due to technical checks and weather, it was finally given the green light. Until today, only government run space programmes have commandeered spacewalks. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has developed exciting new suits that are light years ahead of those used before by NASA and other space exploration groups. The…
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AST Space Mobile launched their new Blue-Bird Mobile Connectivity Satellite Network today that will be able to connect directly with mobile devices via a low band frequency. They are currently being deployed by SpaceX Falcon 9 with the first deployment of 5 new AST Blue-Bird satellites happening this morning. Just before 11H00 (CAT) this morning (12 September) the Falcon 9 had a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in what was its 382nd successful launch The new-gen tech allows terrestrial networks to link with the Blue-Bird Satellites, providing the downlink…
Business & Tech News Indian Investment in Kenya Causes Strike: The Indian Conglomerate Group Adani,headquartered in Ahmedabad, entered into a $1,85 billion investment deal negotiation with the Kenyan Government for the leasing rights for the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. The Adani Group’s businesses include sea and airport management. The strike started early yesterday morning bringing all flights to a standstill. The Kenya Airport Workers Union, who lead the protests, objected to the planned, saying they feared there would be job losses. The Kenyatta Airport is one of the main airport hubs in the region and the protest…
Huawei’s new tri-foldable, Mate XT smartphone, has been launched in China with social chatter abuzz with what Huawei fans believe to be a development in mobile tech that has overshadowed Apple’s new iPhone16 Launch. The Mate XT, is the industry’s first tri-foldable phone, and the new advances in Ai powered smartphones are what industry experts believe will drive demand. The launch of the Mate XT follows Huawei’s dominance in the 5G premium smartphone market last year with the launch of its Mate 60 series and earlier in 2024 when it launched its high-end Pura series phones. Both the Mate XT…
The Fintech Industry in Africa has seen significant growth over the last decade with multiple players entering the market. Many have been created for consumer ease and others have focussed on international company payment solutions. Adumo has a fairly unique position in the market with a complete focus on their client’s business needs as part of their company DNA, putting reliability and product innovation front and centre in the business priorities. The agile Fintech claims the status of South Africa’s largest independent payment processing partner and have been operating in the Sub-Saharan market place for over two decades. The company…
Business & Tech News Military Use of Ai Summit Concludes: The Responsible AI in the Military Domain or REAIM summit was hosted in Seoul, South Korea yesterday. Discussions concluded with a non-binding agreement set out, that humans and not artificial intelligence should make the key decisions on the use and deployment of nuclear weapons. The summit was attended by over 100 countries, including China, the USA and Ukraine. The goal was to create a “blueprint for action” to govern responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military. China was among sixty countries which did not support the legally non-binding…
Will The new iPhone 16 Pro & Pro Max do the trick for Apple and boost lagging sales figures? This is the key questions markets will be asking as they face growing competition from the likes of Huawei and Samsung. The new iPhone launch drew a lot of criticism on social media for its lack of artificial intelligence features in China, and a general lack of innovation in the design and capabilities. The Launch was delayed for months and the markets don’t appear to like what they see. Mobile phone sales make up over half of Apple’s revenue and…
Governments in emerging markets, such as India, have played a crucial role in promoting the adoption of contactless payments through policy and infrastructure investments and developments, that have supported the rapid development of payment systems outside of traditional banking products. These have seen digital transactions grow from 2.5% in December 2018 to 16% in December 2021. In Africa, similar initiatives have shown that they can stimulate adoption of cashless transactions with a higher level of security and ease of payment for consumers the result. Contactless payments have become the norm in developed markets, but in Africa, even in developed cities…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is in essence, suing Alphabet, Google’s holding company, for being a monopoly. This is the third major case against the Social media giant after having been found guilty recently of playing a monopolistic role in the digital search engine market. This case is about the dominance in advertising revenue and suppressing other platforms by its business practices. Google currently earns around $2,7 million a day in advertising revenue and the prosecution believes it has a case to show that Google has been manipulating markets for decades in its favour. The DOJ evidence promises to…
Business & Tech News Kenyan Airport Plans Halted: Plans to outsource the management of Kenya’s main international airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, East Africa’s largest aviation hub, to Indian company the Adani Group, have been halted. An order by the Kenyan High Court has been issued to temporarily halt plans to transfer the management of the airport. The order prevents a government proposed 30-year lease to operate the International Airport from taking effect for now. The Kenyan Aviation Union has opposed the deal over fears that it will lead to job losses and start the employment of non-Kenyan workers at…
