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Shares In a recent development, Ghanaians will have to re-register their SIM cards with Ghana Card, the country’s smart national ID. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia announced this at the fifth edition of the CEO Summit, a two-day event held in Accra on Monday, May 17 and Tuesday, May 18, 2021. A tweet released by Ghana’s Ministry of Communications stated that the re-registration process commences in June and runs till December, after which all unregistered SIMs will be blocked. All SIM cards and SIM enabled devices would be re-registered from next month and end in December. All unregister...

Egyptian fintech, Telda’s $5m pre-seed raise Twitter and Twitch subscription plans Twitter is finally edging towards introducing a subscription plan. Apart from the latest discovery by reverse engineer, Jane Manchun Wong, the platform has been adding various new features and making strategic acquisitions since the beginning of the year. Typical? According to Wong, the subscription service would be called Twitter Blue, and subscribers would enjoy many of the new features. But that’s not all she noticed. Advertisement How would a $2.99 subscription change your Twitter experience? Well, you�...

Shares According to a May 15, 2021 tweet by reverse engineer, Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter Blue — a new subscription service that could cost users $2.99 monthly — might be coming to Twitter soon. The service will include paid features like Undo Tweets and Collections. Undo Tweet, just like the name implies, will help users undo a tweet. Collections, on the other hand, will allow users to save and organise tweets. Wong also mentioned that the social media platform could work on a tiered pricing model that would see users who pay the most get the best out of Twitter Blue. However, this isn’...

Shares Social media giant, Facebook, has announced a new feature that will see users get a pop-up asking whether they have read an article that they intend to share. This feature, which takes effect today, was announced yesterday on Twitter.  Although the pop-up will prompt users to read the article, they can still share without reading it. Per The Verge, this feature will be rolled out to 6% of Android users worldwide.  This new feature borrows a leaf from Twitter which started testing a feature that prompts users to read an article before they share it. Individuals and governments have f...

Shares Digital finance provider, Maviance, has raised $3 million to extend its services across Central Africa. The Cameroon-based company provides local, cross-border, and mobile payment solutions. Per recent reports, the $3 million investment was solely from MFS Africa, an African fintech company that connects mobile money systems to banks and other financial institutions.  According to its website, MFS Africa connects 200 million mobile money recipients, across major African networks.  Apparently, Maviance will use its funding to extend its flagship platform, Smobilpay, across Cameroon ...