TECHNOLOGY

The crypto king is being hit hard and it is under tremendous selling pressure. Today marks the eighth consecutive day of sell off for Bitcoin. It is down nearly 78 percent from its all-time peak of nearly $20K (depending on which exchange you look at). Year-to-date, the price is down nearly 69.26%. At the time of writing, the price is ...

For many people, making money online would be an absolute dream come true. If they could find a way to make money with a website or some other online venture, they could quit their job to focus on entrepreneurship, spend more time with their family, and finally take back control of their time and their lives. The crazy thing is, ...

On Sci tech this week, Ignatius Annor introduces you to MyAgro, an organization operating in Mali and Senegal with the vision to get rural farmers out of poverty. MyAgro’s unique mobile layaway platform is allowing farmers to save money for seeds and fertilizers using their own mobile phones. ‘MyAgro’ uses scratch cards, just similar to mobile phone credit cards. So, ...

Its a Wednesday 2pm class in the densely populated township of Ivory Park, on the outskirts of the South African city of Midrand, it’s time for some eleven-year-olds to compete in their local computer coding club. Armed with basic coding blocks, kits for inventors, laptops and boundless imagination, six teams of elementary students compete. Children use electronic boards to make ...

Tech CEOs, beware: If you piss off Mark Zuckerberg, he might order his employees to stop using your company’s products. The Facebook founder was reportedly so enraged by criticism from Apple CEO Tim Cook that he personally instructed executives to stop using iPhones in favour of Android devices. That’s one revelation from a new bombshell report from the New York ...

This month, AirtelTigo, the country’s second-largest telecommunications operator is marking its historic one-year anniversary with a long-term strategy to pursue growth, innovation and transforming lives in communities. In a message to employees, the Chief Executive Officer for AirtelTigo, Mrs Mitwa Ng’ambi, commended the staff for their professionalism, expertise and determination during the integration period. “I commend you all for your ...

Staff at Google offices around the world are set to stage an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company’s treatment of women. The employees will demand several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm, including a call to end forced arbitration – a move which would make it possible for victims to ...

If you’re just getting familiar with the idea of phones with dual rear cameras you might not be ready for what the new Huawei P20 Pro has to offer. With the first triple camera array in a smartphone, the P20 Pro’s photographic capabilities are supercharged to outperform its hottest competition in a myriad of ways. The Huawei P20 Pro brings ...

Airtel Africa Ltd, a subsidiary of India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd, said on Wednesday it raised $1.25 billion from six global investors including SoftBank Group Corp, Warburg Pincus LLC and Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd. It also said it was looking to go public on an international stock exchange. The fundraising, through a primary equity issuance, now values the company at $4.4 ...

Political campaigners in Brazil have used software that scrapes Facebook for citizens’ phone numbers, and then automatically sends them WhatsApp messages and adds them to WhatsApp groups. Almost three weeks ago, 147 million voters in the country went to the polls for legislative elections and the first round of the presidential elections. This Sunday, they will decide between far-right candidate ...