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YouTube is adding a new feature called Super Thanks that allows fans to easily tip their favourite video creators. Currently being tested on the platform, Super Thanks offers users the option to choose between $2 USD (KSh 200) and $50 USD (KSh 5,000) or the equivalent value in a country’s given currency, though YouTube’s paid digital goods product manager, Barbara Macdonald, told The Verge that the capability to manually input dollar amounts is “definitely something that we would be interested in looking to add in....

The training aims to instil confidence in individuals and groups within the informal sector to take advantage of modern risk management methods as well as reinforce the implementation of retirement benefits to the forgotten millions of Kenyans, Zamara Group CEO Sundeep Raichura said, “Life when you no longer have the ability to work can be especially difficult for people who were used to receiving some solace.”Commenting on the issue of financial inclusion, Richard Muteti, CEO, of Kenya National Federation of Jua Kali Associations, said, “Saving is something most of our members do not think about very often....

Back in 2007, Howard Davies-Carr uploaded a video to YouTube to share with family and friends. The stars of the now-viral video are Charlie and Harry, Davies-Carr’s two sons. The 56-second video features them in a “random moment” that became one of the internet’s most well-known videos. Charlie and Harry are now well into their teens – 17 and 15- and over the years, their dad’s video has given them many opportunities for fame....

With the African population set to reach 1.7 billion by 2030 and a carpark already at 50 million units1 Stellantis has taken a stake in Africar Group to create Auto24 and take advantage of this market potential. This investment is a new building block in the global strategy of Stellantis to develop its mobility solution portfolio and reinforce its commitment to customer centricity. It is also an illustration of the plan Dare Forward 2030, in one of the seven accretive businesses targeted by Stellantis....

The official Opening Ceremony was well attended with Chinese Ambassadors and Counsellors along with the dignitaries from African territory and the VIP speakers included Wu Meng, Director-General of Bilateral Cooperation department of CCOIC and Secretary-General of the China Council of the China-Africa Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sun Yuansong, Chairman of CCPIT Wuhan committee and Head of the Liaison Office of the China Council of the China-Africa Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Zhang Chengang, Second Inspector of CCPIT Hebei committee, Wang Jiaxin, Business counsellor of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Rwanda, Dr....

By Selena Nimerick, Schneider Electric The demand for digital is growing. People want everything faster and without interruption. As data centers consume 1-2%1 of total energy, efficiency is the first step towards sustainability. For years the data center industry has focused on energy efficiency or, simply put, “using less” but the conversation has shifted in a new direction towards sustainability. Many companies use the terms efficiency and sustainability interchangeably, but the United Nations has defined sustainability as: “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”....

Will they be able to Work with outside Teams? When it comes to hiring a PCB design service, it is nothing like hiring an outside IT consultant. Your PCB designer will have to work closely with your in-house team, including the product design team and the electrical engineers. The final design they will provide you will be the one that they discussed with your in house team to ensure that it meets your final goal....

Engage the services of a professional If you are serious about growing your Instagram following and turning it into a business, you would do well by investing some money. One way to do it is to go for experts in that area. One company that can help you grow your Instagram followers is Growthoid. More than seven thousand marketing agencies and influencers trust this company and have been featured by multiple credible institutions such as KnowTechie and Bumped....

Washington DC has some of the best hospitals in the US. The city has more than 103 hospitals, and as per a survey conducted by US New health, around eighteen hospitals meet high standards. Health Information Technology has transformed the healthcare sector in many ways. It plays a vital role in providing better patient care, facilitating care coordination, improving clinical outcomes, and achieving health equity. It also helps maintain accurate patient records that allow the physician to understand the patient’s history better....

The new fund is targeted at fintech startups that aim to increase the reach, quality, and affordability of financial services for the underserved. In Africa, Accion has invested in Nigeria’s Lidya, an SME e-invoicing and invoice solution. In Kenya it has invested in Apollo Agriculture- a tech-enabled smallholder agriculture financing, Kopo Kopo- a merchants mobile money acceptance and cash advance service and Pula-an agricultural insurance product to smallholder farmers in Africa and India....

The acquisition will give ALI ownership of the advanced technology program that will enable ALI to provide global organizations access to a significant untapped workforce capable of bridging the growing global shortage of technology talent. It will also change the lives of millions of Africans by equipping them with the software engineering skills essential for the future digital workplace. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the third quarter....

Today we shine a spotlight on a remarkable woman. Dorcas Owino leads the technology and social organization Lakehub based in Kenya’s lakeside city, Kisumu. LakeHub, supports a community of creatives, programmers and entrepreneurs, the majority of whom are girls aged 13 to 19. Under Dorcas’ leadership, several LakeHub students have competed globally at hackathons. Dorcas had the following to say about her work at Lakehub: We love Dorcas. She has been active in the Africa tech and startup scene for about 9 years now....

Brian Chesky, the company’s founder and CEO, in an email to employees confirmed that Airbnb’s revenue in 2020 was projected to be just half of what it collected in 2019, which according to Reuters is about $4.8 billion. As a result, he said Airbnb would streamline its business. Scaling back it’s spending in growth areas such as its pushes into luxury homes and traditional hotels. “To those leaving Airbnb, I am truly sorry,” Chesky wrote to employees....

It is only a few months till Android 13 is rolled by Google. The first developer preview of Google’s next OS is already available. It is our hope that many manufacturers will be forced to update their smartphones to the 12 version before August of this year since the stable version of the same version has been out since October 19th, 2021. Find all you need to know about the current version of Google’s OS on various Android gadgets in this List....

IDC claims that the uneven supply and the customers’ cooling demand both led to a fall of 15.0 percent from the prior year. Due to the impending end of support for Windows 7, industry experts estimate that personal computer delivery volumes will still be much greater than before the corona epidemic when commercial upgrades mostly drove PC shipments. Still weak is consumer demand. Promotional efforts by Apple and other businesses have thwarted the trend, however....

The iPhone maker has been selling health products from a company called Withings, but Nokia recently bought the health company and renamed it Nokia Health. Immediately after the purchase was finalized, Nokia sued Apple for patent infringement, which naturally led to the products being pulled off the shelves. Now that the law suit is settled, the two companies are back to being best buddies. Nokia Health products are back on Apple’s online shop and will be coming to physical stores soon....

The mid-range device takes after the 2017’s iPhone 8. It also packs powerful chip A13 Bionic chip found in the iPhone 11 Pro which is the fastest ever chip in a smartphone. It also houses an advanced camera system that supports Portrait mode and artfully blurs the background to put the focus on your subject. The device supports wireless charging. Its rear-facing camera’s resolution is 12 megapixels and can still create background blur in portrait photos, despite lacking a second lens....

Currently, touching the iPhone 13 this September is quite possible, especially after Apple insider made a confirmation on the subject. Wedbush indicates that Apple intends to uncover its new scope of iPhones in the third seven-day stretch of September. It would then be a matter for Tim Cook and his team to reconnect with the traditional September Keynote event, as usual, considered the late delays we saw last year in October In writing to the stockholders, Wedbush experts entrusted with observing Apple’s performance in Asia gauge that the iPhone 13 alone would, as of now, represent 35-45% of iPhone assembled in this third quarter of 2021....

The asusu platform helps provide cooperators with online easy access to their savings and loans, helps transfers loan request from the cooperative to the cooperators, provide access to merchants for installment payments of goods purchased and also helping them build credit score so as to achieve financial inclusion for low income earners and informal business people who us the village savings and loan scheme. It also helps cooperative administrators manage data, process and disburse loans faster and provide them with more detailed information about the cooperative activities eliminating the old manual way of providing this solution According to the founders, “we have created a unique algorithm that helps these group of people who have been excluded from financial services, a problem we like to believe the conversational banking sector has refused to address....

Founded in 2016 in Kenya, Pezesha has created a holistic digital financial infrastructure that is on a mission to be the leading enabler platform and marketplace that connects small and medium sized businesses to working capital through a collaborative approach where banks, MFIs and other financial institutions or networks can connect and be matched with quality SMEs driving meaningful financial inclusion and reducing any inequalities on access to formal financial services....