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The automaker is attempting to raise £650 million ($770 million) and has secured Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, known as the Public Investment Fund, as a key shareholder—the second largest shareholder, in fact, after Yew Tree, the consortium led by fashion mogul Lawrence Stroll, father of Aston Martin Formula One driver Lance Stroll. The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will purchase £78 million in shares and participate in a £575 million ($681 million) rights offering....

Bamira, meaning “help me buy it” in Yoruba, was founded in October 2016 by Mayokun Ogunleye. The personal shopping platform helps consumers shop for anything. According to the founder, “We are not limited to any specific item. We shop for any and everything locally available, from gadgets and clothing, to more perishable goods like groceries and cupcakes, at super affordable cost.” From busy professionals who barely have time to step out form their work desks for shopping, to those who do not have an idea of where to find an item, Bamira fills in for them, and takes up the shopping stress....

The good news is that many devices are out there that you can use to turn old speakers into wireless speakers. An example is Belkin SoundForm Connect, which can deliver AirPlay 2 support to any speaker with a 3.5 mm or optical input plug. So by connecting SoundForm Connect to the speaker via one of the input options, users can directly forward audio from their iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV to the speaker wirelessly....

There is a lot of misconception out there and one of it is that PDF files cannot be edited on Android but this is false. The truth of the matter is that you can easily edit PDF android if you so desire. However, it is important to note that how to edit PDF on android will depend on using the right tools. Fortunately, there are a lot of them. The following can be used to edit PDF on android....

There are so many apps out there these days, including productivity apps, that it’s a sin not to use them. Their goal is to reduce the waste of our precious time and energy, and turn energy-intensive actions into something simple that can be done in two clicks. Here you will find only some of these apps. Remember, that the choice is huge and you select those that make their job the best according to your opinion and needs....

This enables you to learn more specific and in-depth about which programs are using up your battery. Battery life and setting location may differ depending on the phone brand. Using an application or simply checking your phone’s settings will provide extensive information on the condition of your battery. Step 1 Go to your phone’s Settings, then select ‘battery and device care’. Again, the location may vary depending on the phone brand....

You should be able to manage within the limits of your Data Plan after you get into the habit of monitoring Mobile Data Use and implementing strategies to prevent Cellular Data usage by unneeded apps. Turn off Background App Refresh. When WiFi is unavailable, most Social Media Apps have an obsessive desire to refresh data in the background, utilizing your pricey Cellular Data. Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and flip the toggle to the OFF position to stop Background App Refresh for Social Media and other unneeded Apps....

BFA Global, supported by J.P. Morgan will work with South Africa’s fintech companies A2Pay, Yebo Fresh and Vuleka to help them beef up their solutions across the value chain. These will include digital ordering, delivery of stock, digital stock management, wholesale linkages and access to appropriate financial solutions, such as credit to refill stock, that are relevant and affordable for spaza owners. According to Amolo Ng’weno, CEO at BFA Global, “Many of these business owners lack access to working capital, lack digital stock management solutions, rely on cash transactions, and many do not have access to a bank account....

Dr. Marube takes over from former CEO Peter Biwott, whose term lapsed in early April, to head the more than 100 staff members at the Agency from the two merged institutions. Brand.KE is a merger between the then country’s marketing agency Brand Kenya Board and Export Promotion Council (EPC). The new agency strives to be an integrated one-stop-shop for all exports promotion and country branding initiatives in the country. Dr....

By following a tried and tested example, there’s a strong likelihood that your organization will be able to eliminate errors and implement the correct tools and strategies. One sector that has flourished more than most in the last ten years is the casino market. In South Africa, for instance, PWC is projecting that wagering revenues will hit $2 billion, a gross gambling yield increase of almost 4%. However, it’s common for business owners to assume that they are playing a different game to casinos, so the tactic won’t work....

It will go up against the likes of Spotify, Apple, and Google, three of the biggest names in streaming music. Resso, a music streaming app offered by ByteDance, is still accessible for download in India even though its sister TikTok has been blocked there for national security grounds. Users will be able to “live stream audio and video interactive media programs in the sphere of entertainment, fashion, sports, and current affairs,” according to the trademark for TikTok Music by ByteDance....

Facilitation of Cross Border eTrade The global market has shrunk to a large scale, and is now enabling billions of people to sell and purchase products across borders. This has been made possible by technological innovations that have birthed online marketplaces that enable e-trade between businesses (B2B), between consumers (C2C) and between businesses and consumers (B2C). The opportunities presented by e-commerce are numerous. Africa is a massive market with a growing population of 1....

Curbon’s unique offering gives shoppers the opportunity to take direct, meaningful climate action with every online purchase. Using data from the world’s leading climate science institutions, the startup’s flagship product estimates the emissions of customers’ carts at checkout and empowers shoppers to neutralise the carbon footprint of their purchases on e-commerce stores in real-time. Curbon co-founder and director Mark Jones says until now, consumers had very few options available to directly curb the impact their shopping has on the planet....

Since 2018, the startup has raised $9.5 million to date .With the funding received, Carry1st will secure new partnerships with global gaming studios, launch and scale its existing portfolio of games and expand its product, engineering and growth teams. In 2018, Hoffman founded Carry1st with co-founders Cordel Robbin-Coker (who is the CEO) and Tinotenda Mundangepfupfu chief technology officer. The South African company publishes mobile app games targeted at the untapped potential of the African gaming market....

The companies that create online video game platforms are frequently pioneers in adopting and implementing cutting-edge innovations. Let’s examine the new technologies used by casinos. Variety of Banking Methods As a result of advancements in technology, online gambling establishments such as Betway now offer their customers a more comprehensive range of banking options. This means that a wide array of deposit and withdrawal options are available to players. In addition, the safety of everyday financial transactions exceeds that of their predecessors....

Durvasula is an experienced technology and real estate industry executive with a 25-year track record of successful leadership and value generation in the digital infrastructure sector. He will lead the ADC team as the organisation rapidly expands its footprint of hyperscale data centres throughout Africa with a plan to add an additional ten data centres in the top ten economic centres in Africa. Strive Masiyiwa, Cassava Technologies Executive Chairman and Founder, “At Cassava Technologies our objective is to empower individuals and businesses with technology, based on our vision of a digitally connected future that leaves no African behind....

If we talk about tuitions, even in those cases we see that most after school academies do not cater to each child’s needs or weaknesses separately, rather they accommodate a large number of children in which the weaker students drown out in the background. Perhaps the most identifiable problem is the problem that comes with the style of teaching in schools, when a curriculum is given to teachers, they are expected to follow it through within a specific period of time, this means that the teachers do not have a lot of time to come up with creative ways of learning which can catch the attention of children, rather they are subjected to the same old road learning methods which after some time can get boring for children and their attention is, unsurprisingly, diverted away from the dull and monotonous methods of learning....

In a statement, Andrew Carruthers, Co-founder of Novastar Ventures, said: “We were initially attracted to Sure Chill after seeing the application of its cooling technology to the safe storage of life-saving vaccines in some of the most remote places in Africa. Together with Sure Chill management, we see enormous potential to deploy the technology to serve the refrigeration needs of mass consumer and small business markets that are currently hindered by inconsistent and unreliable access to electricity....

Launched in Kenya in 2013, Copia Global harnesses mobile technologies, a network of local Agents, and proprietary Copia Logistics to reach a market that formal retail and Western e-commerce models cannot. Copia brings quality products at the lowest market prices delivered at no cost to thousands of customers every day. The company has fulfilled more than 10 million orders in Kenya and Uganda. The company has built a network of just under 30,000 Agents, small shopkeepers who serve as order and delivery points, across Kenya and Uganda....

According to the new Kaspersky report ‘Investment adjustment: Aligning IT budgets with changing security priorities’, cybersecurity remains a priority for investment among businesses. Its share of IT spending has grown from 23% in 2019 to 26% in 2020 for SMBs, and from 26% to 29% for enterprises. 71% of organisations also expect their cybersecurity budget to grow further in the next three years. This is despite overall IT budgets decreasing in both segments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and cybersecurity cuts affecting the most economically hit SMBs....