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KenTrade has Approximately 130 Partner Government Agencies that will now be able to pay digitally. Through Tingg, Cellulant’s Digital Payments Platform, customers will access additional payment options such as mobile money, mobile banking and merchant cards. Speaking at the signing ceremony held at Cellulant offices in Nairobi, Akshay Grover, Cellulant’s Acting Chief Executive Officer, said that the partnership with KenTrade is a testament to Cellulant’s commitment to partner with both private and government entities to drive digital payments adoption in all sectors....

Intel has presented a sum of KSh 1.3 Million to 3 Kenyan startups that is aimed at helping them increase the user base of their self-developed applications. The three were selected from a pool of 14 applications that participated in Intel’s App Elite Challenge. Winning the challenge was a mobile banking application Mobi Biashara, a mobile game GoJimmyGo and JTL Faiba – a customer service app that allows clients to interact with their service providers and make payments....

The collaboration between Nigeria’s Access Bank, Intel and Chips, Bits & Bytes Limited has given children and teachers of Command Children’s School a reason to smile after donating e-education solutions for them. This donation is part of efforts to increase e-learning capabilities and transform education in Nigerian institutions, beginning with Command Children’s School. The Nigerian Manager of Intel, Olubunmi Ekundare said: “Intel’s unrelenting commitment to innovation and education empowers billions of people every day....

Samsung electronics has launched the Samsung Galaxy Alpha. The phone becomes the first metal smartphone made by the company. The electronics giant says that the 4.7- inch screen smartphone is a new design model and customers should start embracing the metals as it is looking to make more metal smartphones in the future. On the specs, the Samsung Galaxy Alpha 1,280×720-pixel resolution display, an octa- or quad-core processor (but this depends on where you live), 4G LTE, runs on the latest Android 4....

Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), through the Ministry of Information and National Guidance, has launched the ‘Ask Your Government’ (AYG) website. AYG is an initiative of the OPM in partnership with Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) and the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA). It is aimed at promoting Ugandan citizens’ right to information in support of transparency, accountability and good governance....

The new impactAFRICA initiative will seek to support pioneering data journalism that tackles development issues, such as public healthcare, in six initial African countries Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. “We will help newsrooms use data and digital tools to produce the type of hard-hitting reportage and compelling storytelling that shapes public discourse and gets the attention of policymakers,” says impactAFRICA manager Haji Mohamed Dawjee. “This isn’t just journalism for the sake of journalism: we’re looking to change lives....

Digital Currency Investment – Gaining in a longer run. If we tend to compare with the traditional options linked with stocks, digital currencies remain too volatile, and one needs more and more investors when it comes to preparing people in different ways in different conditions. One may notice things like selling by pushing your panic button and trying something with others, and thus these are jugged upon more lightly. As you dig in, you get to know more about it, and this one can change things a lot in this direction....

Complementing MAX’s overall strategy to expand across Africa, David’s primary focus will be on leading international growth. He will also head up MAX’s fast-growing electric vehicles (EV) business, overseeing strategic market entries and partnership engagements. Adetayo Bamiduro, co-founder and CEO, said: “Our goal is to permanently transform mobility across Africa, and the appointment of David is another significant step on this journey. He has a wealth of experience from his time at Goldman Sachs, investments in the mobility sector, and sustainable development projects....

Under the hood, the announced Machine includes a 512 GB M.2 NVMe SSD, up to 16 GB of DDR5 4800 MHz RAM, and an Intel Core i7 12700H CPU with 14 cores and a maximum clock speed of 4.70 GHz and 20 threads. The G16 has a 2 TB maximum storage capacity. There are three possibilities for the graphics card: the RTX 3050 Ti is available in the base model, but depending on the requirements, you may also choose an RTX 3060 Ti or an RTX 3070 Ti....

The COVID-19 crisis, and the impact which it has had on learning across the world, has highlighted many of the digital disparities which exist in today’s world. At a time when many of the world’s students shifted from physical to digital, we were also faced with the hard truth that today there are still 3.6 billion people in the world who are unconnected. For students in the connected half of the world, the story is much different....

TradingView is a social network of 30 million traders and investors using the world’s best charts and analysis tools to spot opportunity in global markets. The partnership is aimed at enabling pro-traders and businesses across Africa to have direct access to over 11,000 assets trading on international stock markets, advanced charts, and trading ideas, among other key trading advantages. Following this partnership, Chaka becomes the first African broker to launch TradingView for retail investors and businesses in Africa....

Consistently Express Appreciation Far too many businesses fail to express proper appreciation for their customers’ patronage. When you consider that these businesses wouldn’t even exist without the goodwill and loyalty of their customers, this is particularly surprising. Furthermore, there’s no conceivable downside to showing appreciation to your patrons. Everyone loves feeling appreciated, and letting your customers know how much their business means to you can be a great way to keep them coming back....

At the Award ceremony on May 29, 2021, the CEO of eCampus LLC, Cecil S. Nutakor presented not just the winners, but all participating schools with GHS2,000,000 worth of subscriptions on the platform. The gesture was in honor of the first board chair, Lawyer Victor Kojo Mensah Ababio, who was laid to rest on the eve of the finale. This will allow 8,000 students access all core subjects for 6 months at no cost with the promo code ‘Sharks’ (across JHS & SHS)....

With this strategic investment from Contact, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial services provider, Carzami is positioned to launch its innovative model for a digital car dealership while being able to offer crucial vehicle financing and insurance options. Hazem Moussa, Chairman of Contact Financial Holding, stated that “Our faith in digitizing the automotive market in Egypt has been with us from our early years, we launched contactcars.com in 2002 as the first car marketplace and community for both new and used cars....

Roboost is an AI-powered automated delivery management solution that digitally mimics real-life operations and handles day-to-day situations, capable of self-learning to optimize every aspect of the delivery operation. The aim of the solution is to give retail, e-commerce, cloud kitchens, and delivery provider businesses control over their delivery operations by making it simpler and offering real-time data. The system first integrates with the client’s selling channels, enabling it to automate order management, group optimization, route optimization, automated dispatching, and delivery agent performance management, while monitoring all these factors in real time....

Naqla’s key objective is to use technology to modernize and expand Egypt’s supply chain by automating orders between shippers and drivers via its two main apps. Since its establishment in 2017, Naqla has grown rapidly into 35+ operational zones, controlling the movement and delivery of over 4.6 million tonnes of goods, and now works with over 400 shippers and 10,500 drivers across Egypt. Naqla’s business model caters to Egypt’s historically underserved road freight sector, which has grown in importance since the start of supply-side constraints caused by Covid....

Cartona, a B2B e-commerce marketplace founded in August 2020, focuses on solving supply chain and operational challenges for the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry by digitizing the traditional, mostly offline trade market. The startup provides an asset-light marketplace that enables grocery retailers to order digitally from a chosen network of sellers for their store needs. Cartona has grown to over 30,000 users in Cairo and Alexandria, processing over 400,000 delivered orders worth EGP1 billion (US$63....

One of the things you may have heard about is IoT or the Internet of Things. While this may sound like a vague term, what it actually refers to is the connection between objects that can connect and interact with one another without intervention from humans. In this article, we will find out more. What Is IoT? According to TDengine, IoT refers to a global network of objects that can communicate, connect, and interact with one another without outside intervention....