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KwikStore is a free ecommerce storefront solution that allows any African business owner, merchant, social vendor entrepreneurs and SMEs to create their own online stores literally in 5 minutes without any technical knowledge and to run his or her business directly from a smartphone. “KwikStore is a milestone in establishing Kwik as the one-stop-shop for African merchants to run and grow their business from their smartphone” declared Romain POIROT-LELLIG, Founder & CEO of Kwik....

The Nokia 5310 is targeted at Nokia users at the lower market segment as well as those looking for an alternative phone to use anytime. The new Nokia 5310 feature phone is a refined version and a throwback to the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic launched in August 2007. With easy-to-use buttons, smooth curves, and a comfortable grip, Nokia 5310 is a new take on an old favorite – an iconic design with a fresh face....

The phones are powered by an 865 snapdragon chipset that supports the adoption of wireless charging. The chipset as well as supports LPDDR4X and LPDDR5 DRAM standards. and a new 1/1.7 camera sensor. OnePlus 8 houses an LP4X while the 8 Pro sports the new LP5 memory. Both variants come in 8 or 12 GB RAM configurations with 128GB and 256GB main storage. The two devices will operate on Android 10/ own Oxygen OS....

Led by IDG Capital, Sequoia China, Source Code Capital, Meituan-Dianping, GSR Ventures and Opera Limited, Opay aims to use the funds to strengthen its position in Nigeria, expand to additional African markets and leverage its brand and app into adjacent verticals beyond motorbike ridesharing and food delivery services. Competition locally is rife as each new day in Nigeria, there is a new on-demand delivery or payment platform launching every day....

Aziz came up with this concept because when it comes to online payment in Africa, there is no way to pay without a credit card. Mobile money however, provides access to financial services for the unbanked population (80%) in Africa. New services and professions that generated this digital revolution are mainly based online. Africa is still a continent where everything remains to be done and the digital market could be the solution to the increased unemployment experienced by the African populations today....

Accounts payable fraud is one of the most damaging and is common in companies large and small, targeting the department responsible for paying suppliers and other vendors. A report from JP Morgan found that 81% (source) of organisations were hit with payment fraud in 2019, and only a relatively small portion of losses are recovered because the scam worked so well. Here are some of the top scams to look out for: Internal fraud More often than not many companies realise fraud is perpetrated from within....

South African proptech platform Flow, an app that rewards tenants for good behaviour recently raised R10 million ($1.5m) from venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners and a similar amount from an international VC firm to help bring sanity in the real estate market in South Africa. Founded by serial successful entrepreneurs, Daniel Levy and Gil Sperling (Popimedia co-founders), Flow rewards tenants for registering, adding their property details, paying their rent on time, looking after their homes, and much more....

Let’s take a quick look at what’s in the box. We have: -The phone (black) -18W power brick -Type C-charging cable -Sim-Ejector tool -Quick guide -Instructions manual realme C 35 features We have a super stylish glowing black unit here, and we are so excited to share it with you. First, the C35 comes in two amazing colours glowing green and glowing black, our unit is black. It also comes with a new right-angle bezel design as thin as 8....

Speaking to TechMoran, Resolution Insurance’s founder and CEO Peter Nduati said, ”We will use the money to launch new products, buy and install systems, transform the insurance talent and consolidate in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The system alone will cost us around 800 million. Then we will consolidate in Uganda and Tanzania. $2m each will go to Uganda and Tanzania. We sold off our South Sudan and Sudan due to war and most of our clients were in the oil field and had moved out....

Microinvesting is trending nowadays and it is putting the power of mobile account management in your hands. Before you start, you need to have a basic understanding of micro investment. These days, people want to secure their lives with sound financial planning. So, these three low- cost user-friendly investment measures will ideally suit your investing needs. Select the Right Investment Type Most of the investors want to go for simple and plain investment....

He said “The electric car is perfectly noiseless and clean. There is no smell or vibration, and they should become very useful when fixed charging stations can be arranged. But for now, I do not anticipate that they will be very serviceable – at least for many years to come.” And for many years indeed, fast forward a century and two decades later, his company is finally realizing his vision....

The CURBON API does this by using industry standards to estimate the total emissions of the contents of a cart at checkout and adding this amount to the shopping invoice. In contributing between 1.8 – 5% of cart spend, an individual can offset the carbon impact of the goods they are purchasing, as well as the impact of the delivery of their order. Everything purchased has already had an impact on the environment in the form of greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions....

For GIF this investment is made under ADVANCE – a partnership with Anglo American which provides a way to unlock private sector investment needed to scale new business models for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. “This is a great investment for Isizwe and shows us that the world really cares about connectivity in Africa,” says Isizwe CEO Tim Genders. “Over 90% of homes in Africa only have mobile data as the way of connecting to the internet – this is on a per gigabyte billing basis, so it is incredibly expensive to connect....

Nairobi, Kenya – 9th April 2018… Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) CEO Bob Collymore has announced his return to the helm of the organisation as the company announced a 19.9% increase in Net Income. Speaking during the company’s Full Year investor briefing, Mr. Collymore, who has been on medical leave since October last year, noted that he was making good progress in his treatment. “I look forward to being back in action in Nairobi soon,” Collymore said as he announced a 10 per cent growth in revenue to KES224....

The telco, which is the only African company on the list, was identified as being among the most highly engaged participants of the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. This is the 4th time since 2018 that the company has been included in the prestigious list Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, said, “LEAD companies represent the highest level of engagement with the UN Global Compact....

Users can shoot in 4K at 60fps across all lenses, including front and rear lenses. Plus, with a 12-bit RAW file option, you will be less likely to miss details when editing photos. Zoom in with amazing clarity on the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G with Dual Lens 100x Zoom. Thanks to an improved Bright Nightsensor, Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G delivers the biggest leap in low-light photography in a Galaxy mobile device yet....

The sales projection chart for the year 2022 from The Elec shows that Samsung expects to sell 10.9 million Galaxy S22 Ultra and 14 million Galaxy S22 smartphones; we can understand what the company’s goals are for its forthcoming folding phones.,The site further states that the Korean maker will sell 6.9 million Galaxy Z Flip 4 and 2.9 million Galaxy Z Fold 4 units. In the future, Samsung does not anticipate a substantial rise in sales compared to the Galaxy Z Fold 3, projected to sell 3 million units....

The Galaxy S21 was designed for those who want a light design and compact 6.2-inch display while the Galaxy S21+ sports an expanded 6.7-inch display and a larger battery, perfect for marathon gamers and binge-watchers. The Galaxy S21 series introduces an all-new, iconic Contour Cut Camera housing that seamlessly blends into the device’s metal frame for a sleek, yet striking, aesthetic. Galaxy S21 touts an intelligent, edge-to-edge Dynamic AMOLED 2X Infinity-O display with adaptive 120Hz refresh rate for smoother scrolling and viewing....

Creation of robust and purposeful designs are made by Sauti. They enable income increase, productivity, and flexibility of the communities that are marginalized. The impacts of the solutions are: Providing a platform that makes USSD, SMS, and WhatsApp for verification aiming for particular needs of a project.Involvement of the operators and putting them at the center of the platform. With this, the users can address the challenges they face in keeping up with the business....

The Forum, co-hosted by the Government of Rwanda, closed after three days of programming focused on advancing a clean and inclusive energy transition around the world and hosted over 1,000 attendees, including leaders from government, business, development institutions, and civil society. According to Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, “While we celebrate the success of this global SEforALL Forum, we also recognize that there is still a long way for us to go....