Kholiwe Makhohliso Takes the Helm as SAP’s Managing Director
SAP announced today the appointment of Kholiwe Makhohliso, a seasoned technology executive, as its new Managing Director for Southern Africa. Sergio Maccotta, Senior Vice-President for Middle East South, and Africa at SAP highlights the significance of Makhohliso joining the company at this time. He states, “Organizations throughout Southern Africa are
Read moreStandard Bank and HUAWEI collaborate for digital banking empowerment.
Standard Bank, a financial institution in South Africa, has entered into a strategic collaboration with HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS) to provide cutting-edge digital banking solutions to its clients in South Africa. Belinda Rathogwa, Executive Head: Digital and eCommerce for Personal and Private Banking at Standard Bank South Africa says, “Our
Read moreDevelopers use AI tools, they just don’t trust them (Ep. 586)
The home team shares what our Developer Survey respondents said about AI, spicy opinions about recent Apple unveilings, and an update on crypto regulation. Episode notes: Our 2023 Developer Survey explored AI’s benefits for developers. Read about the results here. For more WWDC talk, listen to our episode from last
Read moreIndia’s Flipkart begins customer lending in bid to boost sales
Flipkart has begun lending to customers, expanding its financing offerings in a move that could potentially boost sales even as its chief rival Amazon has signalled a slowdown in India. The Walmart-owned Bengaluru-headquartered firm, in partnership with lender Axis Bank, is extending a credit of up to 500,000 Indian rupees,
Read moreUK’s early-stage media tech VC GMG Ventures rebrands to Mercuri, closes £50M fund
UK-based early-stage media technology venture capital firm GMG Ventures has rebranded to Mercuri. It has also raised £50 million ($81.35 million) for its second fund led by British Business Bank, through its Enterprise Capital Funds program, to back startups using artificial intelligence to reinvent traditional media models. Other investors in
Read moreTwitter said only verified users will be able to access TweetDeck after 30 days
After swathes of users were unable to access parts of TweetDeck over the last few days, Twitter started rolling out a new version of the web app to users Monday. The company also added that in 30 days, users will have to be verified to access TweetDeck. This means only
Read moreThe hunt for the next Twitter: all the news about alternative social media platforms
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Where will we all hang out next? Twitter hasn’t been in a great place for months, and that suddenly means that there’s a lot more competition in Twitter-like social media platforms. Mastodon might be the most well-established, but there are many other services vying
Read moreRivian delivers first electric vans to Amazon in Europe
Amazon has begun rolling out its custom electric delivery vans from Rivian in Europe, the e-commerce giant said Monday. This will be Rivian’s first commercial shipment of vans outside the United States. The first tranche of 300 vans will be seen on streets in Munich, Berlin and Dusseldorf in the
Read moreThreads, Instagram’s Twitter competitor, is expected July 6
Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the U.S. The app will be called Threads, and according to App Store data, it’s expected to launch on July 6. It’s a good time for Instagram to enter the fray — this past weekend, as Twitter fumbled
Read moreTwitter competitors soar after yet another bad Musk move
Twitter was even messier than usual this weekend. On Saturday, owner Elon Musk tweeted that Twitter would combat “extreme levels of data scraping,” by limiting accounts that don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue so that they could see only 600 posts per day. Once you hit the quota, almost any act
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