African tech startups received a total amount of funding in excess of US$185.7 million in 2015, according to data compiled by Disrupt Africa. According to the Disrupt African Tech startups funding report 2015 launched yesterday, 125 tech startups raised funding in 2015 around the African continent, to the tune of US$185,785,500. South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya proved investors’ favoured destinations in 2015; with 36 per cent of the startups that raised funding based in South Africa, 24 per cent in Nigeria, and Kenya in third place with 14....

An anonymous whistleblowing platform for Africa, Afrileaks has been launched. The launch of the website was first annouced at the end of last year but now is available to the general public. The online system will enable users to anonymously send material to investigative media organisations of their choice that include Daily Monitor, Mail&Guaridan, Premium Times, The Zimbabwean, Mmegi, Premium times, Zambian Watchdog among others. The site is run by an alliance of 19 African news organisations including the ones listed above that are committed to “speaking truth to power”....

Nairobi, Kenya, March 12 2014 – Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa and popular English football club Manchester United have announced details of a new mobile application designed to get its energetic fans in Africa closer to the club. This new app joins a growing collection of ways for fans to get the latest news, views and information from the Club....

Airtel Uganda just dropped a bomb with a too-good-to-be-true kind of campaign dubbed “Switch on”. The campaign was launched at a press conference held at the Airtel Uganda offices on Jinja road last Thursday. Impressed? Maybe, maybe not. However, when we first reviewed Airtel’s data service two years ago and then compared it head-on with Orange Uganda’s service a year later, it’s evident to us that the Telecom has come a long way....

Bluetooth technology has been around for a little while now. I remember back in the day when we used to send each other songs and ringtones over the interface. First thing we had to do is ‘pair the devices ‘. But what exactly is pairing bluetooth devices? How does it work? What is Bluetooth device pairing? Bluetooth pairing can be thought of as the process of establishing a trusted connection between two bluetooth devices using a numerical password, commonly referred to as a passkey....

Fancy a trip down memory lane? The Amazfit Bip reminded me of growing up in the 90s when Casio Disco watches were all the rage. I also kinda felt like James Bond wearing a juiced-up super-spy watch on my wrist which on the surface looks quite ordinary, when in truth, it was a fully-fledged fitness smartwatch. The Bip’s deceptive design is reminiscent of Apple Watch and other smartwatches but without a jaw-dropping price tag....

The Andela Fellowship is a full-time employment opportunity that will enable you to own your learning as you hone the skills you need to become a global technology leader. We seek out exceptional people from a variety of backgrounds who are committed to unlocking their full potential and improving the world through technology. THE APPLICATION PROCESS Stage 1: Application and Aptitude Assessment Stage 2: Home Study You’ll need to complete an introduction to software development self-study course focused on Python....

Almost two years since its release, the Infinix Note 5 is finally getting Android 10, ladies and gentlemen. I bet you didn’t see that coming. I know I didn’t. Most mainstream smartphones are yet to get the holy grail of upgrades months after it was launched. Believe it or not, the Infinix Note 5 initially shipped with Android 8 Oreo back in 2018 before the jump to Android Pie last year, same time....

Like most of us, you’ve probably come to like and hate your smartphone keyboard. That Auto-correct that gets in your way and types something that you didn’t intend to is perhaps one of the most annoying experiences about smartphone keyboards. Yet it’s also one of the most time-saving features ever invented on mobile devices. Android and Windows Phone(WP) both have great keyboards no doubt. Having just a QWERTY keyboard isn’t enough anymore as Blackberry would want us to believe....

The battle for Internet TV bragging rights have heated up with the entry of a new player hot on the heels of American internet-based video-on-demand service Netflix. ShowMax is video streaming service owned by Naspers, a multinational internet and media group which incidentally also owns South Africa-based satellite TV subscription service -DSTV. ShowMax has officially launched internet TV services to 36 countries across sub-Saharan Africa bringing to total 65 countries worldwide subscribing to video-on-demand services from ShowMax....

MTN Uganda in partnership with SIMFY, the developers of ayoba, has today launched a dynamic campaign dubbed ‘Life inside ayoba’ that will see ayoba users sending MTN MoMo for free to fellow ayoba users. Introduced to the Ugandan market last year, ayoba, the African superApp, is the first ever instant messaging app that allows its users the liberty of sending cash digitally in-app while chatting, allowing them to seamlessly transact without having to drop their conversations....

The Infinix Hot is a line of budget smartphones made by Infinix Mobility. These devices are known for their affordable price points and their emphasis on providing a good user experience for the price. The recipe for these devices is pretty simple. Slap on a large battery, high-resolution cameras, a cheap Mediatek chip, and viola! They are marketed toward budget-conscious consumers who are looking for a good-value smartphone. Related: Infinix Hot 10T Review: Don’t Write off This Econobox Infinix Hot 12 Play: Here’s Everything You Need to Know Infinix Hot 12i in Nigeria: Price and Where to Buy Previous iterations of the same have proved worthy devices and have enjoyed immense popularity among the youth in the country, especially college and university students....

How would you like to take charge of your own entertainment experience, listening to your music and watching videos and movies at your own convinience with any device without much spending on data? If this is something you want for yourself, then you’re in the right place. Sure there are plenty of ways of building your own home media center. With a basic computer, an external hard-drive and windows media center software, you’re off on the road to organizing and enjoying your home media....

With the expanded notoriety of distributed and cloud computing, organizations across the globe are getting away from the customary on-premise IT services that they have come to depend on for a while. In this article, we are going to understand these cloud computing forms; IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS mean. We shall also compare them and give examples of each. Cloud-based administrations and computing services have changed how organizations are functioning currently....

Almost every Chromebook comes with at least one rectangular-shaped USB Type A (USB-A) port. This port is used to connect various kinds of peripheral devices, such as a flash disk, portable hard drive, mouse, camera, or keyboard. Most Chromebook support USB 3.0 which is at least 10 times faster(4.8 Gbit/s or 600MBps) than the previous USB 2.0 standard (480 Mbit/s or 60MBps). The USB 3.0 is normally colored coded with the blue color....

MTN Uganda in partnership with Hellofood Uganda and the 40/40 foundation launched the “Feed a Child” initiative. This initiative follows on from the MTN-Hellofood Xmas Party held in December 2015, where 230 children from orphanages in Kampala were treated to a day of fun activities and a special meal allowing them to be part of the Holiday season celebrations. Under this initiative, members of the public can donate a meal to a child in need by visiting the Hellofood website at www....

on the parking lot outside Africa Internet Express (AIX) warehouse in Nairobi’s Baba Ndogo estate, close to twenty semi-trailer trucks, a hundred motorcycles decorated with logos of different companies providing courier services wait to be loaded with packages for delivery across the country. The customers shopped online. Africa Internet Express (AIX) saw the blessings of e-commerce in Kenya and moved fast to incorporate established and growing logistics providers into a single network to provide a constant stream of business through the consolidation of sales volumes from two e-commerce marketplaces; Jumia and Kaymu and meet the exponential needs of online shoppers and sellers....

In a country with a great unemployment rate, this might be a great opportunity for many especially because in it’s current state Uber’s model presents great benefits for drivers. They help you find passengers for 20% cut on the fee which seems fair in comparison to parking your car at the stage waiting for clients who may or may not come. What do I need to become an Uber driver in Uganda?...

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, May 7, 2015/African Press Organization (APO) — DHL, the world’s leading logistics service provider, held its 5th annual Global Technology conference in Dubai last month, featuring a number of key sessions on doing business in Africa. Under the theme of “Connecting Markets, Trends & People”, the conference hosted some 300 delegates, including many DHL customers from leading global technology companies, for a three day program of plenary sessions and workshops....

Some manufacturers are killing off the headphone jack from their devices. However, headphones are still a great accessory for many music lovers. There are so many different types of headphones in the market today. They come in different styles and they produce music sound differently. Whereas the end goal of all headphones is to actually play music from the devices they are connected to, the difference comes in how they are connected, worn and how well they fit you....