Read Time: 4 minutesA year after its much heralded debut on the New York Stock Exchange, e-commerce start-up Jumia has shut down in three African states, struggled to turn a profit and got…

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Jumia: The e-commerce start-up that fell from grace

Read Time: 4 minutesA year after its much heralded debut on the New York Stock Exchange,…

Cyber criminals publish more than 4,000 stolen Sepa files

Read Time: 3 minutesCyber criminals who stole thousands of digital files belonging to environmental regulator Sepa…

Catalyst Fund, Mastercard Foundation and MEST, launches $4.3M Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana

Read Time: 3 minutesThe two-year program will improve the livelihoods and financial resilience of MSEs in…

Sokowatch goes green with East Africa’s first commercial electric tuk-tuks

Read Time: 2 minutesEast African e-commerce platform Sokowatch, has announced the launch of electric tuk tuks to…

AppsAfrica Awards 2020 -Winners Announced

Read Time: 2 minutesTwelve winners of the AppsAfrica Awards 2020 which celebrate the best in mobile and tech from…

How to Detect Hidden Cameras with your Smartphone

Read Time: 2 minutesHow you might be feeling once you enter a zone where you are…

Covid-19: Amazon offers to help with US vaccine delivery

Read Time: 2 minutesAmazon has offered to help distribute Covid-19 vaccines in the US, in a…

How Quantum Computers Could Usher In a Golden Age of Computing Power

Read Time: 5 minutesExplained: Quantum engineering Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing…

How to home-school without a laptop or broadband

Read Time: 4 minutesSchools across the UK remain closed to most pupils, and are offering remote…

Ex-Google engineer among those pardoned by Donald Trump

Read Time: 2 minutesPublished4 hours ago A former Google engineer sentenced to 18 months in prison…

OPINION | Israel helping African governments to place us all under surveillance

Read Time: 4 minutesAs internet penetration and smartphone usage in Africa grows, digital spaces are increasingly…

WhatsApp users flock to rival message platforms

Read Time: 2 minutesMessage platforms Signal and Telegram have both seen a huge surge in downloads…

WhatsApp and Facebook to share users’ data outside Europe and UK

Read Time: 3 minutesWhatsApp is forcing users to agree to sharing information with Facebook if they…

CES 2021: The tech expo swaps Vegas for a virtual show

Read Time: 8 minutesUnder normal circumstances this would have been one of the busiest weeks in…

CES 2021: New tech unveiled at annual showcase

Read Time: 10 minutesVegas missing the CES crowdOpening the online show earlier, host Justine Ezarik –…

Elon Musk becomes world’s richest person as wealth tops $185bn

Read Time: 3 minutesElon Musk has become the world’s richest person, as his net worth crossed…

Signal and Telegram grow in popularity as users shun WhatsApp

Read Time: < 1 minuteFollowing WhatsApp’s latest update in their terms of service, messaging apps Signal and…

US intelligence task force accuses Russia of cyber-hack

Read Time: 3 minutesUS intelligence agencies have said they believe Russia was behind the “serious” cyber…

Bitcoin tops $34,000 as record rally continues

Read Time: 2 minutesBitcoin’s value surged above $34,000 (£24,850) for the first time on Sunday as…

Trump Twitter ‘hack’: Police accept attacker’s claim

Read Time: 2 minutesBut they will not be punishing Victor Gevers, who was acting “ethically”. Mr…

Five Russian hacks that transformed US cyber-security

Read Time: 4 minutesThe latest hack, allegedly by Russia, is a reminder that Moscow is America’s oldest…

Google sued again over anti-competitive search practices

Read Time: 3 minutesGoogle is being sued by 38 US states, accused of trying to make…

US cyber-attack: Russia ‘clearly’ behind SolarWinds operation, says Pompeo

Read Time: 4 minutesUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia for what is being…

Online harms law to let regulator block apps in UK

Read Time: 5 minutesUK watchdog Ofcom is set to gain the power to block access to…

Coronavirus: Hackers targeted Covid vaccine supply ‘cold chain’

Read Time: 3 minutesThe company says it tracked a campaign aimed at the delivery “cold chain”…

Web Summit: Facebook urges Biden to restore global internet

Read Time: 3 minutesThe Chinese internet operated on “a completely different set of values” to Silicon…

US turns up heat on China’s biggest chip-maker

Read Time: 3 minutesThe move by the Department of Defense means US investors are now barred…

Timnit Gebru: Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher

Read Time: 2 minutesTimnit Gebru says she was fired after sending an internal email that accused…