Jumia, the dominant e-commerce company in sub-Saharan Africa, is expanding the small business loan program it launched earlier this year …
Watch Startup Battlefield Africa live right here
Here we are in Nairobi, Kenya. For the first time, TechCrunch is hosting a conference in Africa. We have an …
Alibaba Group will invest $15B into a new global research and development program
Alibaba Group announced today that it plans to invest more than $15 billion over the next three years into a …
Most Australians don’t care about being on a mass facial recognition database
A large chunk of Australians couldn’t give a toss about a facial recognition database. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto By Johnny Lieu2017-10-11 …
Samsung’s new sensor will bring ‘portrait mode’ to cheaper phones
If you’re a fan of the blurred background “portrait mode” shots taken on phones like the Apple iPhone or Samsung …
Twitter says it may “refine” its policies after reversing position on Blackburn campaign ad
For the second time in less than three weeks, Twitter has said it will look at its policies following controversy …
7 simple tips for more positive communication in the workplace
In an office full of competent employees, one of the top thieves of productivity is miscommunication. The failure to send …
Dow Jones mistakenly reports Google to buy Apple for $9B
Of all the places you’d expect to see fake news, the Dow Jones newswire probably isn’t one of them. But …
Smartphone-controlled paper airplanes prove everything is better with Bluetooth
Adding Bluetooth, a propeller, and steering to a paper airplane is the future we always dreamed of. A Kickstarter project, …
Logistics on-demand startup Lalamove raises $100M as it approaches a $1B valuation
Unicorns are like buses for Hong Kong. After living in the shadow of other cities and waiting around for its …