Digital news from Gabon, Africa and the world — by the DigieWomen Awards Africa.
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An automatic selection of technology news from Gabon, Africa and the world, updated several times a day from specialised media feeds. Every story links to its original article.
Digital news from Gabon, Africa and the world — by the DigieWomen Awards Africa.
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Microsoft's global outage disrupted South African businesses and public institutions, including Eskom, Absa and FlySafair, exposing the country's growing dependence on Big Tech's cloud infrastructure.
Four friends funded an e-hailing app with proceeds from their property-maintenance business—and now they want South African drivers to keep 100% of their fares. With 30,000+ registered drivers, Bro Cabs is betting subscriptions can beat Uber and Bolt’s commission model. In this…
Cape Town fintech Lumepay has disclosed a $6 million pre-seed round to fund its cross-border payments business. Founder-led angels and South African fintech investors put up the money at the start of 2026, and the company has not identified a lead. A further $10 million or so…
Vodacom is looking beyond South Africa for growth, with its controlling stake in Safaricom strengthening its position in mobile money and digital financial services across Africa.
[DIGITAL BUSINESS AFRICA] – Le groupe sud-africain MTN accélère sa croissance en 2026. Au 30 septembre, l’opérateur télécoms a enregistré un chiffre d’affaires des services de 176,2 milliards de rands sur les neuf premiers mois de l’année, en hausse de 17,2 % à taux de change…
[DIGITAL BUSINESS AFRICA] – Et si l’historique des paiements d’un commerçant devenait plus déterminant que son relevé bancaire pour accéder au crédit ? C’est le pari de Yoco, fintech sud-africaine spécialisée dans les solutions de paiement pour les entreprises. Après avoir…
