SOCIAL MEDIA FRAUDSTER TURNS HIMSELF IN TO THE POLICE

The leader of a social media fraud syndicate has been arrested after he turned himself in at the Police Headquarters. According to Starr News, an investigation was conducted upon a tipoff by...

NIGERIAN AGRITECH STARTUP GETS $325K BOOST FROM GSMA AT MWC2018

Farmcrowdy, a Nigerian Starup that provides a digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, was awarded a grant of $325,000 from dedicated GSMA global team Mobile...

MTN TO RAISE $500M FROM SALE OF SHARES IN NIGERIA

MTN Group plans to raise about $500m from the sale of shares in its Nigerian business during the first half of the year. This is in its quest to fulfill the terms...

MARK ZUCKERBERG TO EXPOLE BLOCKCHAIN

CEO of major global technology companies, Mark Zuckerberg has committed to exploring blockchain. According to him, just as he takes personal challenges in learning new things every year, this year is no...

HUAWEI INVESTS R1.2BN IN NEW SA CAMPUS

Chinese electronics giant Huawei is ramping up its investment in South Africa, creating a new campus consisting of 18 buildings in Johannesburg to house its various operations in the country. The company...

MainOne Ghana Introduces Partner Reward Scheme

Ghana based communications and data solutions provider, MainOne, has announced the launch of a partner reward scheme called ‘The MainOne Customer Referral Program’. The objective of the program according to officials...

Vodafone Launches ‘Vodafone PayDay’ To Kick Start 10th Anniversary

Vodafone Ghana has introduced a new promotion, dubbed, 'Vodafone PayDay' as one of the means of commencing its 10th Anniversary celebration in Ghana. The PayDay promotion is a new lifestyle package usage...

Ford To Introduce Transportation Service On Demand To Speed Up Patient Appointments

Ford in partnership with Beaumont Health in Michiganbe is launching an on-demand transportation service to speed up patient appointments. The transportation service dubbed GoRide, has 15 transit vans to accommodate people with...

Barclays Bank Upgrades Mobile Banking App

Barclays Bank has upgraded it's mobile banking app in Botswana to give customers a better banking experience. According to the Bank, the newly refreshed app is meant to give customers a better...

Telcoms In Talk With UCC Over Ban Of Scratch Cards

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and telecom companies are in talk over the ban of scratch cards in the country. Their discussion, is to determine the fate of airtime scratch cards ahead of...