Category: Pan African Communications
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Who Needs Open Banking When You Have Apple FinanceKit?
In its latest iOS 17.4 update, Apple is offering an API called FinanceKit that allows developers to fetch users’ transactions and balance data from users’ Apple Card, Apple Cash, and Apple Savings accounts. The company made a similar move in the U.K. in November 2023. Launch partners in the new update are online budgeting platforms Monarch, YNAB, and Copilot.…
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PayPal Is Planning an Ad Business Using Data on Its Millions of Shoppers
PayPal is launching an advertising business leveraging its extensive user data to drive growth. The company has appointed Mark Grether, former head of Uber’s advertising unit, as senior vice president and general manager of the new PayPal Ads division. Grether will develop ad formats, oversee sales, and hire staff for the division. Key Developments Strategic Hires…
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Burkina Faso extends military rule by five years
Burkina Faso’s military rulers will remain in power for another five years after national talks ended in agreeing to extend the transition back to democracy by 60 months from July, according to the text of an approved new charter. “The duration of the transition is fixed at 60 months from July 2, 2024,” Colonel Moussa…
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Borrell : EU members will have to arrest Netanyahu after receiving an ICC warrant.
🇪🇺⚖️🇮🇱 Josep Borrell on Tuesday commented on the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials in connection with war crimes in Gaza. In his statement, he emphasized that, by law, all member countries of the European Union will have to assume obligations. He explained that as soon as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Persistent undersea cable issues cause Internet disruptions in East Africa
Persistent problems with undersea cables are causing internet disruptions across East Africa, prompting frustration among users in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda. Industry expert Ben Roberts explained that faults in the cables linking the region to the global network via South Africa are to blame. Despite efforts from service providers, including Airtel Kenya and Vodacom…
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Vodafone looks to integrate crypto wallets with sim cards
The telecom company is reportedly seeking $1.8 billion in loans amid a plan to raise a total of $2.9 billion in debt Vodafone, a United Kingdom-based telecommunications provider, hopes to bring blockchain technology to smartphone users by integrating cryptocurrency wallets with subscriber identity module (SIM) cards. The ambitious move comes amid a company finance plan…
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The Lights Are On in South Africa and Many People Are Suspicious
South Africa is enjoying a rare streak of uninterrupted electricity right before elections, drawing more suspicion than praise in a nation that’s become accustomed to the daily power cuts that have dragged on for years. The country is currently in its fourth successive week of no outages — the longest period South Africans have consistently…
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Ethiopia committed to African peace and development, chief of leadership academy says
🇪🇹 Ethiopia is dedicated to bolstering peace, development, and democracy across Africa through the cultivation of effective leadership, Zadig Abraha, President of the African Leadership Excellence Academy (AFLEX), said. Highlighting the academy’s initiatives aimed at fostering capable leadership, he revealed that over the past two months alone, more than 120 leaders from African countries have…
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Ghana’s High Court reportedly rejects suit against president to hasten decision on anti-LGBT bill
🇬🇭 The court ruled that it would be inappropriate to force Nana Akufo-Addo to act on a bill that has been the subject of two High Court cases, local media said. The Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-LGBT* bill, was passed by Ghanaian parliamentarians in February, but…
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The Special Criminal Court of the Central African Republic has issued an international arrest warrant
❗️ The Special Criminal Court of the Central African Republic has issued an international arrest warrant against former President Francois Bozize According to the statement, the order was given for alleged crimes committed between February 2009 and March 2013 by the presidential guard and other internal security forces and services in the civil prisons and…
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