According to the Kenyan government in a new ten-year National Digital Masterplan 2022-2032, the 100,000km of high speed fiber optic infrastructure will provide internet to all Schools, government institutions/offices, Metro-cities, health facilities, rural businesses, homes and public spaces. The government will also deploy 25,000 hotspots and establish 1,450 digital innovation hubs in wards across the country to support youth and innovators. ““The master plan is crucial at a time when the world enters a new round of industrial revolution and countries around the globe are expediting their digital economic expansion hence the need to modernise government services,” said Kenya’s ICT and Youth Affairs CS Joseph Mucheru adding that the plan will create millions of jobs for the countries youth and spur local manufacturing and growth....

The code will define the way SMEs, StartUps, enablers, development partners, private sector, and government agencies relate with each other. This framework will be referred to as the Innovation ecosystem Code of conduct. According to Bernard Chiira the Chairperson at ASSEK and founder of the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDIH), “For the innovation ecosystem to thrive there needs to be an environment of trust and honesty among players to ensure there is no exploitation in the entrepreneurship ecosystem....

Illara Health will use the funding to expand its diagnostic reach across the continent and to accelerate the development of its integrated patient health management platform. According to Emilian Popa, CEO and co-founder of Ilara Health, “This funding round allows us to significantly grow our on-the-ground presence and invest resources into our technology capabilities. In just one year of operation, we have seen the incredible impact our Ilara Health platform has had in delivering improved services across maternal, metabolic, cardiovascular and infectious disease care....

Based in Nairobi, Apollo Agriculture is a commercial farming platform for small-scale farmers that uses machine learning and automated operations technology to help them access things like financing, insurance, farming products and optimized advice. The startup, which raised a US$6 million Series A funding round in May of last year, has tripled the size of its customer base in the last year. It has now added more capital via a US$1 million credit facility from the ABC Fund, a blended-finance impact fund which provides catalytic financing to underserved yet profitable segments of agribusiness value chains in developing countries....

The trio won the 2014 Kenyan edition of ‘Idea Trophy’, an inter-university innovation competition that targets undergraduate in Kenyan universities will be up against 30 other teams including their African peers from Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and Ivory Coast. The competition requires students to generate innovative ideas on creating brand awareness and growing product usage. Marc Engel, Unilever CEO for East Africa said the Global Future Leaders’ League competition covers creativity and innovation, opportunities for international engagement and dedication to a cause, which are the three key qualities students look for in an employer....

SEO can be divided into two main categories: On-page and off-page SEO. If you want more details you can contact an agency like Saint Louis SEO Stars. On-page SEO Keywords: On-page SEO includes using keywords that are commonly typed by users into search engines’ search boxes. Keyword targeting is an important aspect of on-page SEO. A good keyword has several requests in search engines and is related to your business, website or blog....

KOKO will invest $25 million in a network of cooking-fuel dispensers, with Dalberg Ventures having a minority stake in the initiative. The eight-year-old startup aspires to reduce the usage of charcoal and wood in East Africa and replace it with a cleaner, sustainable fuel. “Rwanda is targeting universal access to clean cooking by 2030,” the companies and the Rwanda Development Board said in a statement on Tuesday. This will help tackle “indoor air-pollution deaths caused by the use of charcoal and wood for cooking,” they said....

Mrs. Ahago joined KRA in July 1996 as Collector 1 in then Customs & Excise Department and worked in various tasks until July 2002, when she was promoted to the rank of an Assistant Commissioner. She has worked in different divisions as a Senior Assistant Commissioner. and in July 2015, she was appointed as the acting Chief Manager. Mrs. Ahago was promoted to the position of a Chief Manager in February 2017 and worked in Trade Facilitation....

The ADR sessions can now be held, uninterrupted through virtual facilities. The facilities bring together the taxpayer, the assessing Commissioner, and a facilitator who chairs the meeting as would happen in a face to face ADR session. Taxpayers with disputes can still be heard and get solutions without physically attending ADR sessions. The online session is cost-effective and convenient to taxpayers as it covers a larger geographical area with the option of multiple individuals at different locations dialing in....

The Yoga AIO 7’s previous iteration used an AMD Ryzen 4000 series CPU and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card. The 2022 vintage is made entirely of AMD. Ryzen 6000 Rembrandt (Ryzen 5 6600H or Ryzen 7 6800H), 16 or 32 GB RAM with LPPDR5, and an optional RX 6600M graphics card are on the menu. As you may have guessed, AIO complies, and we are in the presence of components originally developed for the mobile market....

Yes, many people still do not know the use of technology in this age where they are surrounded by with the web. They do not know how to interact with people through social media platforms. They do not know about social media marketing tools that has become the essential platforms for growth of any business. In this article, you would get some suggestions regarding the benefits of social media marketing and social media tools that simply help you to grow....

As you may have guessed, this is a vertical monitor from LG, dubbed “Square Double”, since it can show the equivalent of two 21.5 ” displays stacked one on top of the other on the same screen. On the resolution front, the LG signed screen allows for a definition of 2560 x 2880 pixels, i.e., a vertical assembly of two displays with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, with no visible boundary between them....

The soundbar was rewarded with the CES 2021 Innovation Award. Commercialization will begin in North America and continue in “other regions” of the world. A solution for those who lack space This soundbar is intended as a solution for the house’s small rooms due to its sleek and compact design, which perfectly finds its place in limited spaces while guaranteeing an immersive and quality sound. It measures only 29.6 x 5....

Speaking at the launch event, the Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, commended MainOne on building digital infrastructure in line with his Government’s strategy to make Lagos State a 21st Century Smart City. He added that “Lagos is already on the map as the leading destination for technology companies on the African continent. Lagos is the commercial nerve center of the country and we will continue to create an enabling environment for businesses to flourish by ensuring our policies support investment and create opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors....

However, such information won’t bring them down, because in ten years the charitable organization vowed to donate $3 billion in funding for necessary research to be conducted in collaboration with Stanford, University of California, and University of California San Francisco, who throughout this association, will introduce a ‘BioHub. The Hub shall be a $600 million research facility to gain insight on how to achieve the aspiring goal. The Hub will include its own staff researchers and tools necessary for conducting further studies....

An estimated 57 percent of the population in Sub Saharan Africa remains financially excluded while close to 30 percent remain without a form of identification and 60 percent of the continent has no internet connectivity, leaving these individuals unable to access government assistance and basic financial services. To address these challenges, Mastercard has partnered with African fintech and Start Path company Paycode to provide both company’s offerings on one biometric smart card that will help increase access to critical services and advance economic inclusion for Africans living in remote communities....

The company has shown interest in the mechanism bitcoin uses to publicly record transactions (blockchain). According to cnet, today’s businesses each have their own records, slowing transactions and triggering problems figuring out who’s right when there are disagreements. But the blockchain approach is more cooperative by providing a consistent record that members of a network can see. “The blockchain is about distributed trust,” said Arvind Krishna, a senior vice president at IBM Research’s Almaden lab....

The new SUV features same 56-inch, pillar-to-pillar Hyperscreen (on the higher end model), same 107.8kWh battery, same design language. However, differences come in terms of dimensions, despite the the same sized wheelbase (126 inches), the ESQ SUV is 10 cm (3.9 in) shorter, 3 cm (1.2 in) thinner and over 7.8 inches higher than the sedan making it better for rugged roads. In fact, it comes with an OFFROAD driving mode, in which the AWD distribution is “optimized for unpaved roads, inclines and terrain....

Meta is launching a digital designer clothing store called the Meta Avatar Store that will let you buy digital clothes for your avatars. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg made the announcement in an Instagram Live with Instagram’s Vice President of fashion partnerships Eva Chen. The store will begin rolling out next week and will in the meantime offer digital outfits from Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne. Zuckerberg said Meta will make the store an open marketplace for developers to create and sell clothing....

The program that is to be launched in the coming weeks aims to scout and support 20 promising startups with disruptive innovation and technologies driven businesses at growth stage to solve problems in the food and agriculture sector in Nigeria. The program will enable and empower Agri-food tech Entrepreneurs with the skills and resources needed to build successful and thriving agri-food tech businesses across Nigeria. The acceleration program is targeted at Nigerian agribusiness entrepreneurs looking to scale their businesses, expand their market reach and attract potential investors and strategic partners by providing access to industry experts/mentors, business fundamentals/technical workshops, introductions to investors/potential customers and attractive incentives....