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MTN Uganda, the country’s largest telecoms firm, has eliminated some charges on its mobile money platform to help spur greater use of digital transactions and discourage the use of cash…

African governments are teaming up with technology giants including Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp to fight misinformation about coronavirus on social media platforms. The regulations on the lockdown in South Africa has criminalized false news.…

The SA Government has agreed to zero-rate educational sites for VAT over the lockdown period. The telecoms are responsible for applying this to relevant sites that they carry. So far…

Amazon has removed the deals page and product recommendations from its homepage, eliminated the ‘frequently bought’ list for each product and is no longer accepting new discount coupons from brands. The company…

Flutterwave has launched Flutterwave Store, an online portal that lets African merchants sell online by creating digital shops. According to TechCrunch, the Flutterwave Store is the startup’s response to the…