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It’s probably one of the only interactive mobile platforms that cater for children’s story reading needs by containing the largest ever-growing collection of African, Diaspora and multilingual children’s content. After paying a minimal subscription fee, families throughout the world can have access to culturally relevant and local multicultural stories, books, videos, and music from contemporary African, Diaspora and emerging storytellers, anytime, anywhere. Exposure to such content ensures that your child can appreciate the local multimedia presence taking place in throughout Africa, which in turn allows them to greater sense of emotional intelligence, knowledge, and empathy as they learn about various cultures....

How to get Showmax on the Explora 2. Push the blue DStv button on the Explora remote control. 3. Scroll to “Watch now” and select “Showmax”. 4. Navigate to the content you’d like to watch and push OK. 5. Sign into your Showmax account. If you don’t have an account, sign up at Showmax.com 6. Once you’ve signed in, start watching! How to add Showmax to a DStv account in Kenya By adding Showmax to their DStv bill, DStv Premium subscribers get Showmax at no extra cost in Kenya....

Dubbed Musical Friday, StarTimes GO customers will enjoy special offers on the recommended devices for music fans enabling them to indulge in their creative music world. StarTimes Go Musical Friday: What’s in the package? The musical Friday package entails the current bestsellers including KLGO LY-100 Speaker will feature a 13.5% discount to retail at Ksh. 1,900 from Ksh.2, 200, KLGO Wireless Headphone customers will enjoy a 21% discount to retail at Ksh....

“During this unusual year for everyone, I am proud to say that we managed to identify the most promising startups in 94 emerging markets. I’d like to invite everyone to follow their journey and root for their favorite startup from the different corners of the world,” shares Eugenia Shevchenko, Lead of the Seedstars World Competition 2020. Seedstars, the Swiss-based private company with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets, annually holds the Seedstars World Competition to continuously scout for the most promising startups around the Asia, Africa, CEE, MENA, and LATAM regions....

The investment, which is part of Brimore’s planned Series A funding round, extends Fawry’s efforts to form strategic partnerships with high-potential tech companies, with the goal of producing financial synergies and advancing the Company’s goal of strengthening Egypt’s growing digital ecosystem. Fawry will use its position as a strategic investor in Brimore to engage, support, and encourage growth at the company and in Egypt’s larger digital ecosystem, all while advancing national goals such as increasing financial inclusion, using technology to digitize small and micro businesses, and closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship....

Currently, the world’s rich person with a net worth of a whopping $182.8B. Often deemed as a little crazy by his competitors, Elon Musk’s stance on Bitcoins has been quite baffling. He has always been very vocal about the things he prefers without caring about others’ feelings. Elon Musk is a huge fan and top-notch futuristic technology, but when it comes to Bitcoins, there have been times when he openly supported it, and there have been times when he made fun out of it....

“The Equity Group Holdings Board took a conservative approach that recognizes the emerging unquantified risk of the pandemic. And opted to preserve capital in the face of the prevailing uncertainty,” said Dr. James Mwangi, the Group CEO and Managing Director. He added that “A strong capital and liquidity position gives us the strength and capacity to cushion our business and accommodate and walk with our customers during these challenging times”....

The launch of the Addis Ababa Angels Network bring to an end the reliance on bank loans as Ethiopia does not have Venture Capital entities willing to invest in high-risk ventures. With the formation, the network members are motivated to drive the success of start-ups and, broadly, give back to society. They bring knowledge, skills, contacts and personal capital for Ethiopian Entrepreneurs. “We are excited to announce that we have completed an investment in Across Express....

In 2018, the company confirmed that ads will appear in the Status feature. There were no revelations on when it would be rolled out but later last year, Facebook announced ads would arrive by 2020. But it looks like WhatsApp will now remain ad-free. Last year. Facebook announced updates for it’s Whatsapp. WhatsApp for business to get richer messaging format options. Alongside, what WhatsApp would get product catalogue to be integrated with existing Facebook Business Manager....

Data scraping of user information has been going on for years on Facebook. The company is now explaining how it fights unauthorised scrapers from gleaning data from its service. Facebook might be the world’s most popular and commercially successful social networking service, but the platform is no stranger to reports of user data leaks, breaches and privacy violations. Last month, we learnt that the data of over 530 million users had been previously scraped from the site, then posted online....

He said, “As part of our Internet.org effort to connect the world, we’ve designed unmanned aircraft that can beam internet access down to people from the sky. Today, I’m excited to share that we’ve successfully completed our first test flight of these aircraft in the UK.” Zuck added that the final design will have a wingspan greater than a Boeing 737 but will weigh less than a car and will be powered by solar panels on its wings and can go and stay as high as 60,000 feet for months at a time....

Facebook’s experimental NPE app development team has launched yet another new app, with a rap music tool called BARS that provides a selection of hip-hop beats that you can put your raps to, along with vocal effects and other tools to help bring your music to life. As explained by NPE: “Audio production tools can be complicated, expensive and difficult to use. With BARS, you can select one of our professionally-created beats, write lyrics and record yourself dropping bars....

Facebook is rolling out a brand new function to reinforce customers’ audio expertise on the platform. The social media large has unveiled Dwell Audio Rooms to public figures, creators, and teams globally. The brand new function — launched in response to rising curiosity in Clubhouse — will permit customers to host stay audio discussions on the platform. Facebook has already begun trialling this function earlier within the US however the official announcement from the corporate concerning the world launch got here on October 11....

While this is fine to work on your ad campaigns, you’d probably want access to a bit more data about other types of audiences you may not be targeting or would want to target in future. Another way to find more data about broader audiences is to use Custom Intent Audiences on Google Ads. In a nutshell, “custom intent audiences” is a Google product that allows marketers to target people currently researching specific topics, products, and solutions on the web, using display or YouTube video ad campaigns....

Facebook yesterday reported $33.67 billion in revenue, and while higher than expected, earnings per share were shy of analyst expectations. Facebook, renamed to Meta, also offered grim guidance on the first quarter of 2022, saying it would be expecting around $27 to $29 billion in revenue, short of $30 billion expectations. As it has done in the past, Facebook shifted blame for its weaker performance during the past quarter onto steps being taken by Apple to improve user privacy....

To help entrepreneurs who might be interested in applying for this program, Atlanta 17 company, Farmcrowdy will be hosting an AMA at their office in Lagos, Nigeria with the leadership team from Techstars Atlanta joining remotely on Tuesday, 13 March, 2018. Following the AMA, they will be hosting virtual office hours with a select group of startups. Why Atlanta? According to Techstars, Atlanta is the epicenter of startup activity in the Southeast, and arguably one of the best markets for startups in the United States....

It’s hard to disassociate the previous elections from Ezra Chiloba as he was sacked as the CEO in October 2018. Right after the elections, the former CEO disappeared into thin air and now the CAK authority chairman, Kembi Gitura released a statement on Tuesday confirming that Francis Wangusi had retired and that Chiloba would fill the vacancy. Chiloba’s new position will be renewable for a period of four years but this has also left many people with questions arising from the past about his previous position....

The other startups invited to pitch were: McShop, represented by Mike Bondo, CEO. McShop is an online platform that allows local and international brandsto sell their products online to customersin DRC and deliver them to their home. U-Cash by M. Developer, represented by Anthony Kahindo Mumbere, CEO and founder. Ucash is an innovative platform which aims to facilitate and accelerate mobile money companies’ activities in DRC. SOGELEC, represented by Tony Bintu, CEO and founder....

Emmanuel Udeagha lost his mother at the age of 9. According to him, it was unexpected and happened on a Christmas eve just a year before he started secondary school. At that point, life took a bit of a turn from him. His father was there, though he had to remarry 4 years after the tragedy. The new wife came in and made life a living hell for Emmanuel and his siblings....

What is a VPN? VPN expands to Virtual Private Network, and its primary function is to create a private and secure network in a public domain. And allows the users to share and accept data through the public domain giving a technological illusion that all the devices getting used are in direct connection with the Virtual Private Network (VPN). Using gambling websites or applications under a trusted VPN service has several advantages, including flexibility, security, control, ease of management, functionality over the private network....