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Five Kenyan Startups have been selected to join the Japan-led Ninja Accelerator Program. Kwara, Amitrucks, Cinch Markets, Sokowatch and Zana Africa have joined the program powered by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in partnership with Double Feather Partners (DFP),...

Tesla has now at least 25,000 supercharging stalls around the world which squarely puts them in front in the DC charging market. Tesla on social media announced the fete by simply saying: 25k Superchargers around the world — and counting....

Square, the mobile payments company owned by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has added Jay-Z to its board of directors. In an SEC filing Friday, Square said it has expanded its board from 11 to 12 directors to add Shawn Carter, also known as...

E-bike maker Revolt Intellicorp Pvt Ltd has stopped taking orders for its bikes citing that it has been overbooked and if it continues, might fail to deliver the orders. Revolt will re-open bookings after meeting the current set of orders...

A large Out-of-control Chinese rocket is expected to crash land this weekend and has caused alarm. The Pentagon says it's tracking the orbit of a 21-ton Chinese rocket stage that will tumble into Earth's atmosphere sometime on Saturday—and could possibly...

The car dealership business in Kenya is chaotic, to say the least. Buying, selling or swapping a car grew into something so risky that many owners have opted to keep off in fear of losing their vehicles. That, however, is...

KQ in conjunction with Skyports, a UK-based logistics firm, announced that they will operate commercial drones in the country. This comes after KQ was forced to reduce its commercial flights when the Covid-19 pandemic struck the country. KQ ventures into...

Yesterday a set of electric vans were launched by Meta Electric, a business unit of Meta Group Africa. The vans are manufactured by Build Your Dreams(BYD), a Chinese manufacturer. The T3 Electric Vans offer up to a 300KM range at...

The self-service app having been released in August 2020, has helped customers to check their electricity bills, buy tokens, and report a power outage and other incidents. The company wants to upgrade the platform and soon businesses and households will...

Telegram’s group video call will be a fully implemented feature that includes support for web-based video conferencing. Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, announced via a text message that the feature will be launched next month. “We will be adding...