A selection of tech news from Nigeria and Africa at large.
TD Africa – Huawei SME Solutions | Dlocal Boost African E-commerce | Gofree Super Fintech App | Farmtrace Agritech Farm Management Solutions | Customer Data Ban On Loan Apps
Huawei partners TD Africa on solutions for SMEs – The Guardian News
Technology Distribution Company TD Africa has partnered Huawei in creating technology solutions for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The products included Network equipment, storage and Idea Hub. The Huawei Idea Hub provides a range of core productivity tools that promote digital transformation and help build a fully connected world. This was disclosed at TD Africa-Huawei SME product launch in Lagos.
Coordinating Managing Director (CMD), TD Africa, Chioma Chimere, said that the partnership would lead to revolution across Africa as it empowers the ecosystem. She stated that technology is key to bridging the digital divide existing in the world and Africa must embrace it.
“Today Huawei is coming down to the areas where people need to be empowered by bringing technology to them. Huawei is saying that you don’t have to be a big enterprise to own and use technology,” she added. Channel Director, Huawei, Gary Li, said the partnership aims to create more value using the SMEs product to achieve success with customers. Read more here.
dLocal to Boost African eCommerce Transactions with Innovative Payment Platform – TechEconomy
dLocal, a technology-first payments platform enabling global enterprise merchants to connect with billions of consumers in emerging markets, today announced the official launch of a new all-in-one payment solution to manage global platform payments in one place.
dLocal for Platforms is an end-to-end payment solution for marketplaces, on-demand services, and any other platform business models.“We understand that the payment system in Africa is different and more fragmented,” said Moses Sule, Head of Growth, Africa at dLocal.
“This is why we have dedicated resources to solidify our local footprint and workforce on-ground. Because of our understanding of the terrain, we know the important payment methods that the people in the region want to pay with, and we integrate those. We’ve built a playbook.” Read more here.
Nigerian fintech startup GoFree launches messaging, payments super app – Disrupt Africa
Nigerian fintech startup GoFree has launched a super app that combines messaging, collaboration, and payment functionality in one platform. Founded in 2022, GoFree is available for download on the App Store and Google Play Store, and allows users to to easily manage their personal and professional lives in one convenient platform. The comprehensive solution offers an all-in-one platform for communication and financial transactions, with a particular focus on meeting the needs of B2Cs, Gen-Z and Millennial users, as well as B2Bs, SMEs and startups.
GoFree is designed to simplify communication and financial transactions by combining multiple functionalities in a single app. With messaging and collaboration features, users can easily communicate with colleagues, friends, and family, share files and documents, and collaborate on projects. The payment functionality makes it easy to send and receive money, pay bills, and manage finances in one convenient platform. Read more here.
South African agritech startup FarmTrace raises money so it can offer solutions for farm management – Tech In Africa News
FarmTrace, a cloud-based agritech solution that has secured a sizable investment from Secha Capital and Hassium Capital, has made cutting-edge farm management technologies available to farmers in South Africa.
FarmTrace is the only cloud-based farm management tool of its kind in the country. It gives farmers a wide range of tools to help them run their farms. The software lets farmers keep an eye on and run their operations from anywhere in the world. It also gives them an accurate, live picture of their farming operation. This helps farmers improve their yields, make their farms more efficient in all areas, and waste less food, making their businesses profitable for years. Read more here.
Nigerian govt, Google ban digital loan apps from accessing contacts, photos of customers – Ripplesnigeria
The federal government and Google have implemented new restrictions on digital loan apps available on the Play Store platform, aimed at safeguarding users from predatory lending practices. This move comes just a few days after the Federal Government of Nigeria licensed 117 digital loan apps to serve Nigerians.
The new policy, which comes into effect on May 31, also applies to other countries. Google will prohibit apps from accessing sensitive user data such as photos, videos, contacts, precise location data, and call logs.
In a statement released Google explained that the new policy was aimed at addressing issues of misuse of personal data by some loan apps. Read more here.
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