Over the past few years, the African tech scene has been bustling with startups, as evidenced by the sudden influx of Vcs and angel investors, lots of good press shining the spotlight and pitching competitions every other weekend. All this is a positive nod for Africa’s startup scene but more often than not, majority of these startups fail. Even the ones that raise good money are not immune to failure on an even larger scale....
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According to research by the Media Council of Kenya (MCK), radio remains the preferred medium for many Kenyans. Kenyans spend more time listening to the radio and consuming social media, according to a report titled “State of the Media” released at the end of March. The report depicts declining television viewership and newspaper readership. Kenyans that watch television are only interested in news, with only 30% of the population relying on overseas programming....
Siegers said: “The technology sector is a highly dynamic industry and the pace of change is rapid. We currently see two distinct trends: the advance of new technologies, such as the Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing and others which are changing business models as technology companies are looking to enhance their products by building services around them – and an increasing focus on tapping into growth in emerging nations While growth is slowing in some of the traditional markets, emerging nations are gaining importance for technology companies, and Africa is of particular interest to many of our customers....
The competition between Safaricom and Airtel has been a long-standing one but every now and again Airtel complains that the Competition Authority of Kenya favours Safaricom. There’s no denying that Safaricom has almost faced no threat or competition over the years, but is that because they are continuously bettering their product or is it because they’ve been abusing its market dominance? Safaricom’s CEO Peter Ndegwa defended Safaricom before the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Technology and denied the claims that Safaricom was stifling competition....
All services to be paid for require a KRA payment reference number (PRN or an e-slip/invoice number), which can either be acquired on their website –iTax or on mobile phone. Currently KRA have availed Traffic revenue Service payments e-slip generation through mobile. Airtel Money customers can now pay for Driving License application and renewal payments, mobile Vehicle Transfer and Logbook payments and Motor vehicle inspection payments. The rest of the services require citizens to go to KRA website – iTax to generate an e-slip number that will facilitate payment through Airtel money....
Yassir previously raised US$13.25 million in an undisclosed seed round in which Y Combinator took part. The startup’s co-founder Noureddine Tayebi thanked all the investors, and explained how the funding would be used to help Yassir grow. “We will be using the funds to triple the size of our engineering team to meet our product ambitions, consolidate our growth in the existing markets via current and new products, and expand into new markets primarily in Sub-Saharan African countries but also into other strategic geographies,” he said....
What are Growth funds A shared asset that puts resources into development stocks (an arising organization) to accomplish the most extreme capital appreciation is a development common asset. Therefore, they search out organizations with a demonstrated history of extraordinary income development or more youthful organizations with potential. These assets, alongside mix and worth assets, structure one of the fundamental classifications of value common assets. They are parted into the little, mid, and enormous groupings of market capitalization....
The deal is the largest ever e-mobility investment by a venture capital fund in Sub-Saharan Africa and marks a turning point in global electric transport. “We’re thrilled to have EIF on board for this historic investment. We now have the momentum to scale our operations to electrify all of East Africa’s 5 million taxi motorcycles by 2030. EIF’s support further dispels the myth that electric transport will happen in rich nations first and trickle down to developing countries later, second-hand,” says Josh Whale, Founder/CEO of Ampersand....
Briefly tell us about yourselves, your educational background, team and how you came together to form Tupuca. Tupuca was founded in 2015 by a team of four young Angolans, Erickson Mvezi (CEO), Patrice Francisco (Administrator) , Wilson Ganga (Chief Marketing Officer), and Sydeney Teixeira (CFO). How would you describe your company; how does it work? Our startup was created to offer comfort and convenience for Angolan people. The platform provides a wide range of restaurants to choose from....
Here is a comprehensive outline of all the features introduced with iOS 11. Files app Search, organize and manage files Access cloud saves files from Dropbox, iCloud etc Control center All controls in one page (instead of the two pages of iOS 10) 3D touching the icons opens more options New brightness and volume sliders Screen recording icon added Notifications Pull down shade brings the lockscreen UI On the lockscreen, you have to slide up to enter “Ealier Today” section to see notifications...
Canalys, a research organization, has released data on smartphone sales in the third quarter of 2021. In comparison to the same period previous year, the industry sold 6% fewer gadgets. The primary cause is a scarcity of components, particularly chips, which is anticipated to persist until at least 2022. Apple is a step ahead of Xiaomi Apple, on the other hand, is still doing well. The Apple brand now has a 15% market share, up three percent from the third quarter of 2020....
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Through its EV charging business, BP pulse, the company has announced a plan to invest 1 billion pounds ($1.32 billion) in electric vehicle charging in the United Kingdom over the next decade. Currently, the oil giant has around 8,000 rapid charging points near petrol stations. With the investment, BP will triple the number of public charging points in its UK network. The move isn’t surprising after the company stated in January that its fast electric charging points were on the verge of becoming more profitable than filling up a petrol car....
Founded by South African technology entrepreneur, Madoda Khuzwayo, BUYORLET will also provide users with the opportunity to request any professional service such as calling for a plumber, builder, decorator, roofing specialist or gardener at the touch of a button. According to Khuzwayo , “Our intention is to be a one-stop real estate marketplace connecting property owners with property professional services. We have taken our lessons from building other online community portals, spent considerable time researching what is happening in the international real estate industry, delving into consumer needs, and incorporated all of these into Buyorlet....
The Garmin trade delegation seeks to meet and engage with potential resellers, buyers and business partners in the land development, fishing, agriculture, farming, navigation, oil and gas, surveying and health and wellness industries. “Our Outdoor GPS tools or products are suitable to growing economies where infrastructure necessities are wide and planning of new roads, waypoints and boundaries are fundamental to the country’s expansion. “Sustainable farming and the information required to plot out a field, calculating the area for planting seedlings or determining the land gradient of your farm to select the most suitable pump are merely some key uses of our products,” Garmin said in a statement....
With feedbackplus customers can record, call or type their issues to the company and get response in 30 seconds. The company will also monitor the status all the way from submission to resolution and receive an alert once the issue is resolved. Feedbackplus was founded by Niyi Falodunand, who had his first degree in computer science and a Masters in Business Administration. He worked for 12 years before he realized that he needed to do something of his own....
The new branches join the recently announced extension to the Canary Islands. 2Africa, which will be the largest subsea cable project in the world, will deliver faster, more reliable internet service to each country where it lands. Communities that rely on the internet for services from education to healthcare, and business will experience the economic and social benefits that come from this increased connectivity. Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has been selected to deploy the new branches, which will increase the number of 2Africa landings to 35 in 26 countries, further improving connectivity into and around Africa....
The seed round was led by Unicorn Growth Capital with participation from other investors including Antler East Africa, Nairobi’s business angel network and a group of Rally Cap LPs. Churpy was founded in 2020 by John Kiptum and Kennedy Mukuna, the fintech offers an integrated receivables management product for B2B. They support account reconciliation, connectivity with multiple Bank APIs and an invoice payment marketplace for instance, Direct debits, Card, MoMo and Bank rails....
Cleanmgr+ Built by Bel’s Cleanmgr+ is a portable, lightweight, open-source tool that deserves more recognition. The software automates the execution of different system cleanup tasks and is designed to centralize Windows-native utilities. Less-skilled users no longer need to use the command prompt, and the nearly sole use of Windows’ maintenance solutions protects the PC from catastrophic problems caused by the loss of critical components. We could quickly identify several interface flaws that make it take a little longer to get started than the competitors, but nothing that prohibits us from getting good results....
