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The Zimbabwe government accuses mobile money operators of fueling the exchange rate collapse and therefore issued a shutdown notice, which the Central bank later revised. The regulation now restricts people…

MTN’s Mobile Money will now allow South African consumers to make purchases online using their MoMo wallets, doing away with the need for a credit card for Internet shopping. MoMo Pay is committed to partnering…

A new video conferencing application, Gumzo (“chatting” in Swahili), was created in 8 weeks by Usiku Games, a Nairobi company that has previously focused on making video games for the African market. Gumzo is free to join and…

The Italian clothing brand OTB (owner of Diesel) has launched Hyperoom, a 360-degree digital sales platform and exhibition space designed to create “immersive and emotional engagements” with fashion buyers and vendors browsing collections online. The…

Microsoft has announced the closure of its retail chain across the globe, and will focus on its ecommerce business and provide virtual technical support to customers. It will continue to invest in its digital storefronts on…