Everyone is now used to the idea of a paperless cash economy, the currency has become digitized. This has seen the evolution of cryptocurrency which has surged in popularity recently. Today, one of the most recognized cryptocurrency is Bitcoins. What is Bitcoin? Unlike Cash, Bitcoins are a decentralized form of currency, meaning that its distribution […]
US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter on Friday which the company said is due to the risk of further incitement of violence. The Twitter account with 88.7 million followers deprives Trump the tool he has used to communicate directly with the American people for more than a decade. President Donald Trump […]
Jumia is one of the biggest ecommerce shops in Africa allowing customers to make orders online using its platform. If you are new to the platform, it is fairly easy to make an order of the product of your choice, all you have to do is create an account with them and provide details of […]
Elon Musk, Chief Executive of Tesla, overtook Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to become the world’s wealthiest person, US media reported Thursday. Musk is a major shareholder of the electric car company and has benefited from Tesla’s surging share price over the last year. CNBC estimated Musk’s wealth at $185 billion. Tesla had a strong 2020 […]
TransUnion currently operates in 8 countries in Africa: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Malawi. They offer Commercial, Consumer, Insurance and Auto risk information solutions across a number of industries, as well as personal credit management solutions in Africa. You can check your CRB Status with TransUnion Nipashe to see if you […]
The Cooperative Bank Kenya (Co-op Bank) has made it possible for customers to access their bank accounts via mobile phone to make transactions. You can easily withdraw cash from Cooperative Bank account even if you don’t have a smartphone by using Cooperative Bank USSD Code *667#. Here is how you can do it: On your […]
A free tool dubbed Kuzi that will help farmers and pastoralists across Africa to predict and control locust behaviour has been launched. Kuzi—the Swahili name for the wattled starling, a bird renowned for eating locusts—is an AI-powered tool that generates a real-time heatmap of locusts across Africa, shows all potential migration routes, and gives a […]
WhatsApp has been working hard to ensure the security of its users from being breached, using the two-step verification system you can prevent your WhatsApp account from being hacked. The two-step verification option allows Whatsapp users to set a 6-digit passcode as an extra layer of security to confirm it is them when they are […]
A lot of things have changed last year. People have had to stay inside to stay safe. But just because we needed to stay indoors and isolate, it didn’t mean that businesses could just come to a stop. And in an attempt to keep going, many companies have migrated from offices to working from […]
Kenya-based digital bank for emerging markets Umba has raised a US$2 million seed funding round to help it expand product capabilities. The startup with currently operates in Kenya and Nigeria raised from new investors including Lachy Groom, ex-Head of Issuing at Stripe; Ludlow Ventures; Frontline Ventures and Act Venture Capital. Umba says it provides an […]