Month: April 2022

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Trace and the Mastercard Foundation Launch Free Learning App for Young Africans

On Thursday, Trace and the Mastercard Foundation launched Trace Academia, a free-to-use, interactive, mobile-based learning application that aims to enable 26 million young Africans to acquire on-demand, market-relevant skills. Trace…
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Kenya Airways Planes Grounded: Everything We Know

Kenya Airways planes were grounded amid disagreements about lease fees with two leasing firms. The two lessors were opposed to Kenya Airways’ new payment terms. As a result, the lessors…
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Google to Shut Down Call Recording Apps on Android, According to New Policies

Google has reportedly made some changes to its developer policies. It will no longer allow third-party recording apps on Android starting on 11 May 2022. According to Android Authority, a…
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Financial Inclusion in Africa with Vipaso & Horizon – ITNA Digital Innovation Podcast EP 2

This week on IT News Africa’s Digital Innovation Podcast, Luis Monzon interviews Peter Neubauer, CEO of Austrian fintech startup Vipaso. Vipaso has recently released its digital payments innovation “Horizon” in…
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Construction Begins on New $250-Million Hyperscale Data Centre in Lagos

Nigerian company Kasi Cloud Ltd has announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony in Lekki, Lagos on 19 April 2022, to signal the beginning of construction on the company’s first…
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