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Binance, the World’s Leading Cryptocurrency Exchange Offers Courses in Africa Starting on 31 Jan Binance Masterclass education series will provide tools and skills to build DApps on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network for 8 weeks under the theme Rebuilding Financial…
Read MoreBusiness Views on 5G Sought in SA
A study is being carried out by the Dept of Communications and Digital Technology for ICASA (the telecoms regulator) on the government’s policy to encourage 5G (a proposal of the…
Read MoreLoon’s Balloons Punctured Raises questions of how to bridge the digital divide
Last year we reported that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, had launched over 30 balloons to provide internet connection to over 35,000 sq miles of Kenya. However, Alphabet has now announced that due to technical…
Read MoreIs Africa AI Ready?
A new report released by Oxford Insights shows that despite the digital divide and data poverty in Africa, 5 countries on the continent have been particularly successful in leveraging technologies…
Read MoreThe African Startup Ecosystem in 2020
Despite COVID, 2020 was a record year for investment into the African tech startup ecosystem, with more startups raising more money and from more investors, than ever before. This is…
Read MoreIs Western-style Venture Capital (VC) Selection Suitable in Africa?
The East African venture advisory firm Kinyungu Ventures believes not and has published a white paper (“Chasing Outliers: Why Context Matters for Early Stage Investing in Africa”) detailing what it says is a “misalignment” between…
Read MoreWither the Online Conference Services post-COVID?
Microsoft’s Team seems to be the favourite online conference carrier (author’s note, we tried it and found it a challenge for a micro body like ours with limited IT experience,…
Read MoreNewsletter publishing in the future
Substack has become the favourite online platform for thousands of writers and content creators to get their work published and distributed. Its ease-of-use and simple fee model appeals to content…
Read MoreGrowing Digitalisation for Informal retailers in Bangladesh
Like its neighbour, India, more than 95% of all retail in Bangladesh goes through neighborhood stores. There are about 4.5 million mom-and-pop stores in the country and the vast majority…
Read MoreDelivery Hero Launches Venture Fund
Delivery Hero, the Berlin-headquartered global food and grocery delivery giant has launched an independently managed early-stage venture capital fund, DX Ventures, to invest in startups all around the world. The…
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