10 Reasons Why Travelers Are Wild About Reunion Island
By Jessie Beck Adrift in the Indian Ocean, mountainous little Reunion island (La Réunion in French) has a…
Nintendo might make dedicated controllers for its own mobile games
By Nate Swanner Nintendo may soon be making game controllers for ‘smart devices’ including smartphones, tablets and set-top…
Death by dumb selfies is a new epidemic
By Natt Garun Last week, a German tourist fell to his death after posing for a jumping photo…
12 Things You Didn’t Know About Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki
By Keren Mikva Isaias Afwerki, the 25-year leader of Eritrea, has recently been accused of crimes against humanity…
Barclays Africa Says ‘Africa Is Our Destiny,’ Wants To Lend Small Businesses $88M
By Dana Sanchez Barclays Africa said it plans to raise 1.3 billion rand ($88 million US) to fund…
Android’s latest encryption problem may make you want a new phone
By Nate Swanner Android has a problem. New research shows that the mobile operating system’s encryption can be…
Namibia: Standard Bank Leads On 2016 Eurobond Issuance in Africa
[New Era] Windhoek -Standard Bank acted as joint lead manager and bookrunner on Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement’s…
This bizarre emoji was a thing thanks to a fuck up by Google
By Juan Buis There’s one language everyone with a smartphone speaks… emoji. So when things go wrong and…
Israel-Africa Relations: Why Netanyau Is Back In Africa Four Decades After Entebbe
By Kevin Mwanza Exactly four decades after his brother was killed at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda, Israeli…
Will unsolicited messages from telecoms operators in Nigeria finally cease?
By Adetula David One major complaint that Nigerians have about telecommunications service providers has been the unsolicited texts…