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Google Chooses 15 New Startups for its Startups Accelerator Africa

Google today announced the participants in Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7. The selected startups are developing solutions in areas such as healthcare, education, fleet management, logistics automation, and…
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Microsoft Startup Accelerator: The 12 African Startups Chosen So Far

Flapmax announced today the twelve companies selected for the first cohort of the FAST startup accelerator, created to help strengthen and scale Africa’s digital ecosystem in partnership with US tech…
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Paratus is Building Namibia’s Largest Data Centre for $8.2M

The Namibian arm of pan-African network provider Paratus has today announced the launch of its carrier-neutral Data Center (DC) facility in Windhoek, Namibia in August 2022. This new facility, named…
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Towards a Stable & Sustainable Future with Power 4.0

A digital overhaul of the power and utilities sector – Power 4.0 – is delivering enhanced process efficiency, improved asset utilization, centralized visibility, better regulatory compliance, enhanced sustainability and stellar…
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What is V-Hub? Vodacom’s New Portal for SMEs

Vodacom Business, the enteprise IT branch of major South African telecom Vodacom has launched a new online portal to give advice and support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across…
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Massive Increase in DDoS Attacks Observed – Record Numbers Reached

Compared to Q3 2021, the total number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Q4 shows an increase of 52%. This is 4.5 times more than the same time…
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New Bitcoin SV Ambassadors Appointed for East & West Africa

The Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) blockchain’s – the original Bitcoin blockchain created in 2018 – Switzerland-based organisation has appointed two new BSV Ambassadors as part of its global ambassador programme.…
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Tanzania’s RAHA Telecom Undergoes Brand Change – Now Part of Liquid

Tanzania’s RAHA Liquid Telecom yesterday officially announced that it would be changing its identity and brand to Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies. The company will now be…
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SA Company Wins $50-Million in Africa’s “Largest-Ever” Crypto Raise

VALR.com, a cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in South Africa, today announced that it has raised $50 million (over R750 million) in Africa’s largest ever crypto funding round. This values the company…
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