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The third edition of the C3 Social Impact Accelerator Programme – powered by HSBC – concluded last week, with Baramoda taking first place, followed by The Zola Collective from the United Arab Emirates in second place, and EduPloyment from the United Arab Emirates in third place. The winners secured equity-free cash prizes courtesy of HSBC, pro bono consulting support from Bain & Co, and pro bono legal support from Al Tamimi & Company, as well as a complimentary license to the DMCC....

The startup aims to reduce plastic waste and assist businesses in achieving a negative green premium. The objective of Natrify is to address the growing ecological damage caused by plastic production and disposal. Abdullah Al-Atrash, Amr Galal, and Ahmed Hassanen launched Natrify in 2020 to provide a sustainable and biodegradable alternative to single-use plastic. It has released Adigide, a bioplastic that is biodegradable in a variety of settings. Adigide is a bioplastic produced from microorganisms that have been genetically modified....

Odiggo, founded in 2018 by Ahmed Omar and Ahmed Nasser, connects customers with vendors to purchase car parts and accessories. It ensures that users get the right, high-quality car parts at the right time by allowing them to enter their vehicle’s information and location into the Odiggo app and see what services and parts are available in their area. Since its inception, the startup has served over 50,000 car owners in three markets: Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia....

Kemitt’s online platform, which launched in 2017, provides customers access to over 15,000 SKUs, as well as on-demand manufacturing and 7-12 day delivery services to their doorstep, saving them time by fully digitizing the shopping experience and utilizing the best technology available, while also providing all payment and financing options. The funds will be used to finance Kemitt’s expansion and operational growth plans, as well as the company’s technology and expansion into new markets in the region, starting with Saudi Arabia....

Choose Africa will be coordinated by the AFD Group and Proparco will devote 2.5 billion euros to financing and support of African start-ups, VSEs and SMEs by 2022. AFD and its subsidiary dedicated to the private sector Proparco will be mobilized to support nearly 10,000 companies at different stages of their development. Start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises play a key role in job creation, economic growth and innovation. In Africa, these companies will have a fundamental role to play in welcoming the 450 million young people who will join the labor market by 2050....

Yes, Facebook’s Clubhouse clone is coming, and it could be here very soon, according to a new discovery in the back-end code of the app. As you would expect, with the sudden rise of audio social, Facebook has also been working on its own live audio meeting rooms feature, which would enable Facebook users to create audio broadcasts that users can tune into, and participate in, within the app. This is actually not a major stretch for Facebook to create, as it already has its video Rooms feature that it added last year which enables users to create private video chats that others can drop into....

Delegates representing 32 top media agencies from four countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa) gathered at a three-day summit in Johannesburg from 29 March to 1 April, where a Facebook team from around the world trained them to become Africa’s first Facebook Agency Ambassadors. The collaborative training equipped participants with the resources they need to understand how to drive real business results through digital marketing, and in turn share this knowledge within their organizations....

A new complaint claims that Facebook and Instagram parent firm Meta continued to snoop through a loophole despite Apple’s significant privacy update to iOS last year, making it much more difficult for applications to track user behavior outside of their own borders. The complaint, which is posted below, was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and claims that Meta used Facebook’s in-app browser, which opens links inside the app, to track users in order to get around Apple’s new limits....

Genuine innovator in this still exceptionally young market, Samsung could before long be confronted with titanic rivalry in folding cell phones. For sure, as indicated by Business Korea, Apple is planning to dispatch a folding iPhone. A few subtleties spilt at the screen level, yet in addition to the exit window designated by the American brand. Furthermore, it won’t take place right away A stand by of somewhere around two years?...

Information collated on the platform include product name, ingredient list, nutrition facts, NAFDAC number, additives, allergens and typically any other information you will find on food labels. To build a robust database of food products in Nigeria, FoodFacts is designed as a crowd sourced platform depending on volunteers (contributors) to keep growing the number of food products in its database. Also, the FoodFacts Database contains materials which can be used by students, tutors and researchers for teaching and research purposes around food products, packaging, branding, etc....

Twitter hopes to change that with the addition of high-quality 4K image support on both iOS and Android. Users will be able to upload a 4K image and then view it in the same resolution when they go to their profile — their followers will also see the same quality. If you went through your Twitter settings and couldn’t find an option to enable 4K image uploading and viewing, it’s because Twitter didn’t include a separate setting for the feature....

The Founder Institute, which is based in Palo Alto, California, and was founded in 2009 by Adeo Ressi and Jonathan Greechan, connects startups with professionals who share equity in their success. Its business-building process has helped alumni raise over US$950 million to date. The Founder Institute is now accepting applications for the upcoming South Africa March 2022 program, with the goal of identifying high-potential founders through a series of aptitude and personality tests....

During the application period for the SAG-SEED Starter Months future eco-entrepreneurs form their teams and come up with their business ideas to tackle one of the main challenges in their country. Under expert guidance the selected teams will come together during two workshops to develop and refine their business ideas. The time between the workshops is used for testing the idea on with potential customers and partners. After the Starter Months the teams have proven their concept and are ready to engage partners, funders, and go to the market....

The mentor at Strathmore’s Ibiz labs incubator and Business Daily’s Top 40 under 40 Kenyan left Moringa to start EarlyCamp, a kids code training academy. According to Tamre, Early Camp is typically a coding school for kids as young as 7 –years old. “At Early Camp we aim to tap into the potential of children,” he explained to TechMoran, “our current education system tries to encourage entrepreneurship in children at college level by this time it is already too late, one has already developed their own value systems....

As a cautionary measure, Samsung South Africa is setting exchange kiosks at the departure points in their various international airports, to help with the smooth exchange of the affected devices. Promoters at the kiosks will assist all consumers with a Galaxy Note7 to quickly and seamlessly replace their devices with the Samsung Flagship Galaxy S7 edge. While the Galaxy Note7 has not been launched in South Africa, a small number of consumers managed to acquire the device either by buying it overseas or through parallel imports....

How does it work? The game is called Doodle Champion Island Games and is stylized as old 16-bit consoles. You will not have to look for it for a long time: the game can be launched from the search engine’s main page or on a blank page in Chrome. And you can pass it in several calls – the result is preserved, but the main thing is to have time before the end of the Olympics....

Google is partnering with two other companies, Pluralsight a technology workforce development company and Andela an engineering talent network to offer the scholarships. In a statement released by the company, Google will offer full scholarships for Android ,Web and Google cloud development to beginner and intermediate level across Africa.40,000 scholarships are on offer and at the end of the training the top 1,000 students will earn a full scholarship to certify in Android or Cloud Development....

Several major technology companies released video calling apps, which were essential for people working or studying from home, taking advantage of the opportunity. Google Meet is another video calling app that has grown in popularity during this time. Google Meet receives frequent updates, adding new features to make it more useful. Workers now work from home, students study from home, and people use video calling apps to meet and greet family members....

The Gboard keyboard comes with a ‘G’ button that has all the Google magic packed in it. If you want to share your location with a friend, the G button will help you thanks to its integration to Google maps. Right from the keyboard you can share your location without having to go back and forth between the Maps app and the messaging one. The same convenience was extended to sharing videos....

The move comes after successful operations in 17 markets globally. Last year, GrubTech raised $13 million in a Series A round led by Addition and backed by Ventures and Hambro Perks Oryx Fund.It now plans to inject 5 USD million in the Egyptian market over the coming 12-18 months, eyeing Egypt to be its hub to the African market, according to El-Fayed. “I am so pleased for launching our operations in Egypt, which is one of the most important markets in the region....