Expert: China’s technical trade service platform aids Namibia’s digitalization
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Expert: China’s technical trade service platform aids Namibia’s digitalization

The recent launch of China’s first technical trade service platform for Africa will help Namibia further digitalize as the world changes at a breakneck pace, a Namibian expert told Xinhua on Friday. The China-Africa Technical Measures to Trade Research and Evaluation Base was inaugurated on Wednesday in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province in central…

Elon Musk fires Twitter employees in Ghana
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Elon Musk fires Twitter employees in Ghana

Twitter has fired nearly all of its employees in Ghana, less than a week after billionaire Elon Musk took over the company. According to a source, only one person remained in the nearly 20-person team. “The company is reorganizing its operations in order to reduce costs,” said Fidelma Callaghan, Director of People Services, in an…

PayPal and Apple have reached an agreement on each other’s payment products.
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PayPal and Apple have reached an agreement on each other’s payment products.

PayPal and Apple have agreed to begin accepting each other’s payment products within their respective ecosystems. The companies have agreed to allow US merchants to accept contactless payments on their iPhones via the PayPal and Venmo iOS apps, which use Apple’s new Tap to Pay technology. Meanwhile, Apple Pay will be included in PayPal’s unbranded…

The month of November is dedicated to raising awareness about the digital economy.
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The month of November is dedicated to raising awareness about the digital economy.

The Africa Digital Economy Forum has declared November to be the first-ever Digital Economy Awareness Month (DEAM) around the world. The campaign’s theme is “The Digital Economy: The New Norm,” and it aims to increase digitisation advocacy and its benefits to the global economy. It is also intended to encourage young people’s early understanding and…

Ghana will host the Africa Bitcoin Conference.
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Ghana will host the Africa Bitcoin Conference.

The Africa Bitcoin Conference, the continent’s largest gathering of the bitcoin community, will be held this year in Accra, Ghana, between December 5th and 7th. The program, which will feature Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey as the keynote speaker, will bring together policymakers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and members of the business community. “The agenda is to…

Twitter users may soon be able to create lengthy posts.
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Twitter users may soon be able to create lengthy posts.

Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who recently acquired Twitter, claims that the social media platform will soon allow users to create long posts. “Twitter will soon add the ability to attach long-form text to tweets, putting an end to the absurdity of notepad screenshots,” Musk tweeted on Saturday. Musk later promised to improve the social…

Five billion phones will be discarded as electronic garbage in 2022.
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Five billion phones will be discarded as electronic garbage in 2022.

According to the International Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum, 5.3 billion mobile phones will be discarded this year. Its projection, which is based on data on worldwide trade, emphasizes the expanding environmental issue of “e-waste.” According to study, a lot of consumers keep their old phones rather than recycle them. The cobalt in…