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Meta To Launch Web Version OF Threads After More Than Half Users left The App
Meta is set to launch its web version of Threads after the company CEO Mark Zuckerberg insinuated that the new X(formerly known as Twitter) rival, Threads has lost more than half of users who signed up for the platform in its first week. The app saw more than 100 million people signing up to the
Ghanian Agri-Tech Start-up, Oyster Receive $310K Funding
A Ghana-based start-up Oyster Agribusiness received substantial funding of $310,000. Oyster plans to collaborate with smallholder farmers and aims to promote sustainable agriculture, gender inclusivity, and effective talent management, With funding from Root Capital, a nonprofit lending organization, the company will be able to further its objectives. According to Enrich Africa, Oyster Agribusiness was Established
How Can AI Improve PR In Africa
Artificial Intelligence is expanding to every industry and PR and Communication across Africa is strongly growing and with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), the industry is evolving. According to the report on 2022-2023 Africa PR and Communications, AI is regarded by the majority of professionals in the industry as the technology that will “revolutionise
South Africa Avails e-Gov Services to Public
As the world moves into the 4th industrial revolution, where digitization is key moving to a paperless environment is essential for organizations. The Gauteng Department of e-Government, Research, and Development, as the primary drive behind the digital transformation in Gauteng province, is paying its efforts on digitizing Gauteng government services in order to achieve a
Amazon Launches AI Feature To Improve Customer's Shopping Experience
Amazon Introduces an Artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will enhance the customer's user experience, offering them a faster way to gauge others’ opinions. This new AI tool identifies key themes from reviews, streamlining decision-making for online shoppers. According to Amazon's director of community shopping, this review feature is already available to United States-based users and
MTN Uganda Reports Strong Growth With Fintech and Data Usage
MTN Uganda has reported a strong growth in service revenue. According to CEO Sylvia Mulinge, the telecommunication giant has reached $335 million in the first half of 2023, resulting in a 15% jump driven by gains in voice, data and fintech services. Mulinge stated that this aligns with the company’s targets and shows resilient performance
MultiChoice BEE shareholders to receive a combined R1.4-billion in dividends
MultiChoice South Africa’s black economic empowerment scheme Shareholders called Phuthuma Nathi, will be receiving a combined R1.4-billion dividend for the financial year ended on the 31st of March 2023, approved at the group’s AGM on Wednesday. Shareholders are going to be receive R20.37/share before dividend withholding tax (R16.30 after tax) in the first week of
Infrastructure issues identified as the top technology challenge that hinders the healthcare ecosystem in South Africa – 2023 Philips Future Health Index reveals
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the results of the South African edition of its report: Taking healthcare everywhere. The report indicates that healthcare leaders and younger healthcare professionals share a common vision for a more distributed healthcare system, powered by a dual-focus on creating a new future-fit paradigm of care
Amazon’s Google Search ad redirects users to Microsoft Defender scam site
Malicious actors are using Google’s ad service to get browsers to click on what seems to be a legit Amazon advert, only to be redirected to a Microsoft Defender support scam, Bleeping Computer reports. The Microsoft Defender scam site states that the device is infected with ads(exe).financetrack(2).dll malware, and it locks the user’s browser. On
Microsoft integrates Python with Excel
Microsoft has made an announcement that it is integrating the popular programming language Python with Excel, allowing users to analyse data in Excel using Python plots and libraries. At the moment, the company is rolling out a public preview for users in the Microsoft 365 Insiders programme beta channel. Microsoft plans to roll it out
A welcomed recovery in both nominal and real take-home pay in July, while average pensions rose further
A notable uptick in July has brought the average nominal take-home pay, as tracked in the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), to R15 503 (R14 509 in July 2022) and notably higher than in June (R14 619). After having stabilised in Q2, salaries increased in July despite the economic narrative that has largely remained unchanged. Many challenges remain
WeBuyCars launches an online car registration platform
South Africa's Number one Car Buying Service, WeBuyCars, together with with The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), is pioneering an online registration of motor vehicles and a change of ownership process. The online platform is offering an even more efficient method for motor vehicle dealers and financial institutions to transact directly with Natis. Now there
Salaries improve again in July
The average salary performed better in the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) for July 2023, providing welcomed relief for South African income earners. “The average nominal take-home pay in July was R15 503, notably higher than the R14 169 in June and R14 509 in July 2022,” says Shergeran Naidoo, BankservAfrica’s Head of Stakeholder Engagements. These improvements
BRICS Bank looking to give loan to save Transnet
Founded by the BRICS bloc of nations, the New Development Bank (NDB) is is considering granting an R18 billion loan to Transnet to upgrade the utility’s locomotives and help its rail corridors run at full capacity. Reports from BusinessDay revealed that the bank aims to complete the transaction by the end of the year to
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A Medupi built solely by South Africans
Building enough electricity generation to power two million homes in South Africa is something that can undermine the entire state. The Medupi and Kusile coal power stations began their work in 2007, and with some of the largest generators ever conceived, at 4.8GW each to be specific, have become emblems for the chronic problems plaguing
Flutterwave moves forward with IPO plans
Africa’s largest start-up at the moment Flutterwave is moving forward with plans for an initial public offering after making headway in resolving allegations of financial impropriety in Kenya so that it can access more and bigger international partners, its CEO said. One of the co-founders of the pan-African payments company, Olugbenga Agboola, pushed to the
Mobile RAN declines at its fastest pace in 7 years
The one thing that handles mobile communications, the global market for radio access networks has been declined at its fastest pace in almost seven years last quarter, according to a report from Dell’Oro Group, adding bad news to 5G equipment vendors already struggling with sluggish customer demand. As much as the markets were already expected
DMRE needing to account for delays to energy reform
The processing delay of the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill that came to light last week seem to be appalling. Because of the apparent administrative bungling, the bill has not been properly tabled at parliament by the department of mineral resources & energy, so it has not started the process through committees to become law. It
State airline from North Korea makes first international flight after three years
The state airline from North Korea is back online and it has made its first international trip since the start of the Covid pandemic, in a sign of easing border restrictions that could repatriate its stranded nationals abroad and increase trade with its powerful neighbour. It has been indicated by flight data that an Air