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De Wit hails from South Africa but brings years of experience in global businesses, having served leadership roles at True Money, a fintech unicorn with more than 65 000 agents across six countries. These roles included various marketing positions and leading True Money as country managing director in Myanmar. Christo joins Luno at an exciting time, with a team of over 1000 staff. According to the company his immediate focus will be to build on the growth of Luno in South Africa by raising awareness about crypto as a long-term investment....

As early as June 7, Apple could present the new MacBook Pro 2021 to the public at WWDC, the well-known insider Jon Prosser is sure in this regard. Already in the past, Apple’s developer fair served as a stage for new, professional Macs. Recall the two last generations of the Mac Pro or even the iMac Pro, which Apple removed this year without comment and a successor from the program....

Once it is not custom, the registers of the EEC put us on the track of apple devices not marketed. A new listing published this August 2nd reveals many Mac models that have obtained a license to sell in Russia. If these numbers refer to existing models, for the most part, Consomac reports that two references do not correspond to any Mac or MacBook currently marketed by Apple. As it stands, these two devices are designated by numbers A2442 and A2485 on the EEC document....

In addition to these Mpesa-paying online jobs in Kenya, most online jobs in Kenya pay through PayPal. A Kenyan freelancer has to use an intermediate service to withdraw their PayPal money, such as Equity Bank. Here are a few high-paying online jobs in Kenya that accept Mpesa payments. Writing E-Books Academic Writing Jobs Academic writing jobs pay more than article writing jobs, but they need more research. In addition, they have stricter structure, formatting, and referencing requirements....

The funding will be distributed in a span of three years in partnership with the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The fund is intended to help acquire vaccines for more than 50 million of the continent’s 1.3 billion people, improve its vaccine manufacturing and delivery system, and strengthen public health institutions. Reeta Roy, the foundation’s chief executive, said in a statement, ensuring equitable access and delivery of vaccines across Africa is urgent, she said that this initiative is about valuing all lives and accelerating the economic recovery of the continent....

Less than a dozen collectors of art and automobiles were invited to Germany to participate in the auction which was held in early May. Mercedes required the buyer to display the car at events and special occasions, not just keep it locked away in a secret garage. The record sale beats the previous holder by almost double the amount. Before Mercedes, the highest sale went to a Ferran GTO which sold for $80 million in a private auction and on another occasion in 2018, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO had gone for $48 million....

On 1st of April, as I was publishing my Uniconization of African Fintech piece, Mastercard was busy announcing their $100 million investment into Airtel Money (Airtel Africa’s mobile money subsidiary) to acquire a minority position – half what TPG Capital did2 . Even though I had gotten wind of the transaction knowing that Mastercard was already in bed with Airtel Money3 – some part of me thought of it as an April fools joke…J....

It is a category 2 micro finance institution and a for-profit organizational in Buea, Cameroon. The company is founded to be a development micro bank—making loans in small amounts widely available to people of the low class (generally perceived as unbankable). MetroCredit business idea has three different platforms, to provide venture capital services to innovative youth ventures in areas of agriculture, trade and ICTs, provide short & long term business loans to growing businesses, provide an App platform where people can send and receive money on mobile phones and open village banks to help communities The finance startup is trying to bring micro credits to an under-served population of young farmers and small business entrepreneurs who want to establish their small startup businesses in the community but lack that very small venture capital to start up....

Making the Windows 10 App store attractive, modern, and pleasant space for everyone is one of Microsoft’s objectives. Furthermore, Microsoft would work on deploying a new version of the application market of its OS. A more attractive and practical Store for developers For developers, Microsoft would notably allow the use of third-party and in-app payment systems. In other words, and unlike Apple, Microsoft would thus prepare the firm not to take any commission on sales paid in this way....

Internet Explorer browser was popular back in early 2000 but begun to slowly decline following the launch of Firefox in 2004 and Google Chrome in 2008 and in addition the introduction of mobile operating systems for instance Android and IOS which do not support Internet Explorer platform. As Internet Explorer retires from the browsing space, Microsoft is encouraging its consumers to transition to Microsoft Edge by June 15 2022 as the platform offers amore faster, more secure and modern browsing experience....

Speaking at the forum that brought together judges, lawyers, public administrators and IT professionals held at the Strathmore Law School last week, Christopher Akiwumi, Microsoft’s Middle east and Africa Director of Government Affairs said that, ‘The technology that courts are seeking to introduce will provide improved access to justice in a number of ways ranging from making it easier for litigants to participate in the court processes, to providing efficiency and increased productivity and ensuring there is enhanced transparency,’ Some of the court processes that need to be digitized include case management systems, e-filing and document management systems as well as digitalization of courtroom applications and functions such as audio visual and transcription capabilities....

The sponsorship will see Microsoft offer financial support for the event where 40 tech based start-ups from across Africa are expected to pitch to potential investors. DEMO Africa recently released the names of the final 40 start-ups that will launch on the DEMO Africa stage where Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Egypt will have the highest representation. Commenting on the collaboration, Fernando de Sousa, GM Africa Initiatives at Microsoft, underscored the importance of innovations to the growing African economy....

Dubbed ‘Citizen Connect’, the pilot consists of a network deployed over a 62km x 152km (9,424 km²) area covering three regional councils: Oshana, Ohangwena and Omusati, and connecting 28 schools in northern Namibia, the biggest TVWS project of its kind in terms of area coverage. According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) country profiles, only 13.9% of the Namibian population is using the internet, this project aims to see more online....

There have been reports that DPO Group and its investor Apis Partners are consolidating payment platforms for a huge pan-African exit or international IPO. “We’re excited to announce that PayFast has been acquired by DPO Group, Africa’s leading Payment Service Provider (PSP). The merger is a significant milestone for PayFast and for the payments and ecommerce industries in South Africa,” PayFast announced in a statement. According to PayFast, merging with the Group will allow it to integrate its processing and facilitation capability and expertise with DPO’s range of payment services, which has huge geographical reach across Africa....

Tiger Global is making its second investment in the B2B e-commerce industry after backing Wasoko in its mega Series B round. It’s also worth noting that this deal took place before Tiger Global’s $17 billion loss during this year’s tech sell-off. Box Group, Knollwood, and D Global Ventures are among the other investors in this growth round. Afore Capital, Oldslip, and FJ Labs were among the seed round backers who doubled down....

Naspers which pressed to a fresh record on Wednesday despite a downgrade of its bonds to BB+ status by rating agency Fitch, has made new efforts to consolidate its operations in Nigeria, and we were able to get access to an interview conducted with the new head of business development of one of its ventures in Nigeria, Mr Oreoluwa Adegbite. Oreoluwa Adegbite has more than 7 years working in the media and business development space in Nigeria, and has been at the heart of the growth of Ad dynamo, iROKOtv, and Jobberman in the country....

The free plan will provide Kenyans with ad-free access to the majority of Netflix’s shows and films, as well as personalized recommendations and parental controls. “At Netflix, we want everyone to be able to enjoy Blood and Water’s suspense, Bridgerton’s romance, and Army of the Dead’s adventure. “We are now giving audiences in Kenya the opportunity to experience these stories for themselves, completely free of charge,” said Cathy Conk, Netflix’s Director of Product Innovation....

The Business Tech Show follows identification of a key focus area that is absent from the market. The Kinetic team said they decided to combine 3 of their more successful events into one action-packed, industry-focused and audience-targeted event. This event aims to combine crucial elements of the “Cloud and Virtualisation Africa Summit”; “IT Infrastructure & Broadband Summit” and the “Enterprise Mobility Africa Summit”; forming one dynamic platform to demonstrate how the effective use of strategic technology and innovation can be used as a tool to drive business forward and encourage digital business growth....

Targeted at the medium and enterprise business segment, QoreID provides a suite of secure verification and authentication solutions that connect businesses to trusted identities and critical consumer analytics such as alternative credit scoring for the unbanked and much more. Our platform is built to help power sustainable growth within the emerging consumer credit and open finance markets, building products that help Fintechs get access to compliant customer information. Speaking on the launch, Esigie Aguele, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of VerifyMe, stated that QoreID is positioned to transform businesses across Africa and drive growth within key markets by making customer acquisition faster, more affordable, and more efficient....