With a few exceptions, most electric cars are delicate, expensive creatures designed for paved streets and well-heeled early adopters. And that makes them ill-suited to rural Africa. Check also: Kenya To Open Vehicle Assembly Plant For Peugeot And Citroen Cars many roads away from the cities aren’t paved at all, and just about any EV would be out of reach. That’s where ...
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Apple Launches $999 iPhone X
Apple Inc on Tuesday rolled out its much-anticipated iPhone X, a glass and stainless steel device with an edge-to-edge display that chief executive Tim Cook called “the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone.” Check also: How To Transform Your iPhone Or Android Smartphone Into A Satellite Phone The launch contained few surprises, with leaked details on the phone and other ...
Read More »Liquid Telecom To Deliver Microsoft Cloud Products And Services To Businesses Of All Sizes Across Africa
Liquid Telecom’s award-winning pan-African fibre network will support growth of Microsoft Cloud across the region Check also: Liquid Telecom Launches Live Tracking Map Of Safari Rally Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global,is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Microsoft through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme and is now delivering scalable and secure cloud ...
Read More »Google reportedly offered $30 billion to buy Snapchat
Nerdy Google has failed at social time and time again, so it considered buying teen sensation Snapchat. The search giant held informal talks with Snap and floated an offer of $30 billion in 2016 before Snap’s last funding round, and just before its IPO this year, according to Business Insider’s Alex Heath. Check also: Google to Give Training to 1 Million Africans ...
Read More »How To Get A Job In China’s Booming Tech Sector
China’s tech companies are among the country’s most attractive employers, with graduates often naming Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei and Tencent as their top choices. Check also: Apple Is Secretly Fighting To Keep You From Repairing Your Phone “The appeal: Good payment, great upward mobility,” says Michael Li, partner of Rupro, a Shanghai-based tech recruitment firm. “Local companies have been growing very fast ...
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