Category: Science/Technology

Union Bank is now a private company one year after...

Union bank, Nigeria’s second-oldest deposit bank will no longer be a publicly listed company after its acquisition by TitanTrust. ...

Copia, Kenya’s offline e-commerce king, wants more...

After 10 years of building an offline network, Copia’s new campaign will focus on helping users transition to placing orders on it...

Constellr wants to enhance farming in Africa with ...

Constellr’s data will contribute to Africa’s agriculture industry by helping smallholder farmers prepare for climate change. By @...

Flutterwave surmounts legal obstruction to boost i...

A Kenyan high court has approved the withdrawal of the second and last case against Flutterwave, leaving the fintech startup free ...

5 surprising things you can do with your photos in...

The new IOS 17 update provides a lot of new, great photo features that you might not know about. Here are five things that you can...

Google Maps gets a massive AI upgrade with 5 new f...

Google Maps is not resting on its laurels. The tech giant recently announced that it is giving it a massive AI upgrade with five n...

Mercedes-Benz will be rolling out 127 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations worth $2.13 million in South Africa next year. ...

The brain may interpret smells from each nostril d...

There might be an advantage to separating scent information from each nostril, a new study hints.

Many physicists think we live in a multiverse. But...

Our universe seems to be perfectly suited for life. But anyone who claims that's evidence of a multiverse is falling prey to a log...

'Bionic breast' could restore sensation for cancer...

Scientists are developing a new device that could help breast cancer patients who experience a loss of sensation after having a ma...

Elephants give each other names — the 1st non-huma...

Elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park appear to call to each other with individual names using low, complex "rumbles," a stu...

'Magical' Roman wind chime with phallus, believed ...

Phallic objects like this were common in the Roman world to ward off evil.

ChatGPT company OpenAI aiming for 'superintelligen...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview that he is focusing on “how to build superintelligence" and will seek more funding from...

AI threatens higher percentage of jobs in Washingt...

A new study found that artificial intelligence poses the greatest threat to jobs in Washington, D.C., than any other U.S. state or...

Eyowo stalls resumption of banking services again

Six months after the CBN revoked its license, Eyowo, one of Nigeria’s oldest digital banks, remains unsure of when it will resume ...

This Swedish non-profit has big dreams for tech st...

Sweden’s Norrsken Foundation hopes a $20 million investment in its first hub outside Stockholm will birth an new hub for impact st...

Eden Life is staking its future on an e-commerce m...

Eden Life’s entry into e-commerce means it will compete against market leader Jumia and its rival Konga. “[We want] to be bigger t...

Netflix loses market leader status to Showmax

As competition intensifies in Africa’s streaming market, Netflix, the previous market leader, which held more than 40% of the mark...

Next Wave: Maybe Africa needs to pause its rush to...

Digital IDs could worsen inequalities in Africa, but African governments are pushing for them without informing people of their pr...

Egyptian fintech giant Fawry has denied rumours that its systems were breached by Lockbit. On Friday, the company released a state...