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Costanoa Ventures co-led the investment with pan-African venture firm CRE Venture Capital. Other investors that took part in the funding include Intercept Ventures, Future Africa, Local Globe and undisclosed angel investors. This is Smile Identity’s second major fundraising since it launched 4 years ago in 2017.The first funding was for the sum of $4 million and was raised in 2019. Founded by Mike Straub and William Bres,Smile Identity provides provides an ID verification and KYC compliance infrastructure for companies in different fields including fintech, banking ride-hailing and cryptocurrency....

The company is making it harder for adult strangers to find teens in its app by limiting friend recommendations in its “Quick Add” feature. Popular social media app Snapchat is changing its friend recommendation feature following calls for increased safety on the app. The company is making it harder for adult strangers to find teens in its app by limiting friend recommendations in its “Quick Add” feature, reports Engadget. The app now will not show the accounts of 13 to 17-year-olds in Quick Add unless they have “a certain number of accounts in common,” according to Snap....

If you want to understand the value of such cryptocurrency in the market, you should pay attention to the latest movements. The value of bitcoin recently increased by 763% in one year. If you also want to invest money in it, you should pay attention to many essential things. The majority of the investors are buying such currency. It has become a global and decentralized currency. If you also want to invest money in such cryptocurrency, then one should pay close attention to the following essential things....

Who Develops Online Casino Software? While some casinos develop their games themselves, most of the games available in popular casinos were developed by third parties. That is why you will see games like Starburst, Gonzo Quest, and Mega Moolah in almost all popular casinos. These are games from technology companies that specialize in producing online casino software. These companies do not own casinos rather they sign deals with casinos to supply them with their games....

Sun Exchange says the $1.4 million will help it build a 1.9 megawatt (MW) solar and battery storage facility at Zimbabwe’s Nhimbe Fresh farm, one of Zimbabwe’s biggest fruit and tobacco producers. Sun Exchange will also power the company’s cold store and packhouse facilities, through solar power to avoid frequent power cuts in the region. Nhimbe reports that power cuts may last up to 18 hours in some regions in the country and power is expensive too....

Konza CEO Eng. John Tanui has said, plans are at an advance stage to set up the Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) adding that tenders for construction of KAIST, modeled on South Korea’s Institute of Science and Technology, will be awarded in September and construction will be expected to start immediately. He further said that construction will be completed by 2021, with the first batch of 200 of 600 graduate students starting classes in 2022....

COFEK has been testing the Consumer Top Brands since December 5, 2018 in partnership with several experts in consumer protection and quality assurance, under the auspices of COFEK. The dedicated 24/7 shopping channel prides itself for enabling viewers to shop at the comfort of their homes or offices as they choose from an array of products which are competitively priced. The company has leveraged on direct sourcing of third party products whereupon payment confirmation, delivery is done within 48 hours....

Backed by renowned MCs Oga Obinna and Alex Mathenge, StarTimes subscribers were treated to a range of fun activities including a ride inside Africa’s 1st Graviton machine, quad bikes, bumper cars as well as bouncing castles, swimming, electric cars for the kids as DJ Jay Jey from local music channel PPP entertained subscribers. Speaking on the initiative, StarTimes head of corporate sales Mr Edward Wesonga noted the efforts were geared towards not only popularizing the unrivalled kid’s add-on bouquet but also giving back to subscribers for their loyalty to the brand....

The first edition of StartUP Friday was launched in February, 2016 with 73 startup co-founders in attendance. By July 2016, they already had their fourth edition of the event, by this time the number had grown to about 974 co-founders with 74 investors, resulting in a total of 25 startups being given seed funding, mentorship, grinding sessions, accelerator programs and access to national and global platforms for scale. The event taking place in Lagos is assured to include even more influential and exciting activities for audiences and members to enjoy....

“Thanks to aiMotive’s world-class expertise, we will enhance our artificial intelligence and autonomous driving core technology, expand our global talent pool, and foster the mid-term development of our all-new STLA AutoDrive platform,”said Stellantis Chief Software Officer Yves Bonnefont With this acquisition, aiMotive will retain its operational independence and operate as a Stellantis subsidiary with László Kishonti, founder of aiMotive, to remain its CEO. Stellantis intends to form a Board of Directors to oversee aiMotive, while maintaining the startup mindset of rapid innovation and autonomy in developing artificial intelligence and autonomous driving software....

You can look for titles, limited it somewhere near channel, or even channel things by video length and date. However, did you realize you can look for YouTube recordings by hashtag? These hashtags can be viewed on the YouTube website and on mobile apps. Common method is to simply select a hashtag from the video you’re watching. simply click the hashtag at the top of the title.You’re going to be taken to a dedicated landing page for that hashtag....

A collaborative study by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has highlighted that the increase in economic reforms, rising fiscal spending and ties with fast growing economies in Asia are the main factors supporting the economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study states that investment opportunities are particularly significant in the telecoms sector. Although there are over half a billion mobile subscribers, most countries are still far from saturation and internet access is still almost non-existent in many countries....

Unfortunately at times detecting autism can be a challenge which is strenuous on the parents. When autism is detected from an early age it makes it easier for the children to access a range of support services. Although using phone games may take a bit longer for the clinicians to detect autism this new way is by far cheaper, faster and more intriguing for the child as well. Unlike other instruments used when validating autism this new method has nothing to do with social, emotional or cognitive aspects of the gameplay that identify autism....

Daily News Tanzania reports that the move comes at a time when the state is seeking to implement the Integrated Land Management System (ILMS) that is expected to stop the myriad of land conflicts in the country. Mr William Lukuvi the Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development said that although the manual operations in the sub sector will be phased out the files will still be kept. “We are determined to end endless land conflicts in this country and we are now working on final modalities where the new land management system will soon be introduced and the job starts next month,” he said....

However, it may have a detrimental impact on physical and mental wellbeing in some situations. Continue reading to learn about some of the potential negative and positive effects of technology on society. Technology’s negative impact Politics Consider the recent controversies surrounding international interference in both the US polls and the UK referendum. Since social media ads allow for such precise targeting, personalised advertisements catering to people’s fears is a central part of any campaign....

Many people are familiar with the terms “dating” and “dating sites,” and several dating apps and websites are available on the internet. Many individuals have resorted to smartphone dating apps over time, and many of them have found their ideal spouses. If you want to step up your game, there are a few applications that should be on your smartphone beginning today, February, and continuing till you find your MR or MRS or meet new people....

Finding the first 1,000 Instagram followers is difficult for a new Instagram account. And for others, regardless of whether you already have a crowd base, you actually need 1k and another 1k followers to clear in order to progress on Instagram. If you are looking for the question about how to get 1k followers on Instagram in 5 minutes, many people offer you some techniques that are tedious. This article only shows you the best technique that will allow you to get 1000 followers on Instagram in 5 minutes....

Earlier in June, Apple presented to us its set of products to be released, and in the line were the new versions of the operating systems of its devices. As usual, the firm immediately deployed the developer beta, then the public beta before the stable version was released. iPadOS 16 was also featured, and this OS for the iPad gadgets had some novelties that many Apple Fans can’t wait to hold when unveiled....

This new system will unify all of Android’s security features under one roof. Google Play Protect will scan apps on the play store to ensure that they are clean and that they follow the guidelines of that store. In fact, it is so effective that Google boasts that it can watch over a billion apps a day. Still on the store, app updates will be scanned as well, a note informing you that no problems were found will be appearing on the top of the list....