ASAP, which is led by Village Capital and The Lightsmith Group, will help 16 SMEs and startups in Africa and Asia scale climate adaptation and resilience solutions. A grant-funded initiative supported by the Global Environment Facility’s Special Climate Change Fund, Conservation International, and the Inter-American Development Bank that aims to create an ecosystem for small- and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets with technologies, products, and services that can help build resilience to climate change impacts....

This is following the success of Decentralized Umoja Algorand Bounty Hacks 1 and 2. In line with the Africa Blockchain Alliance’s commitment to foster blockchain education on the African continent, the Alliance partnered with Algorand Foundation and Reach to organize this agile and fast paced program for African web developers to get into blockchain development. The program will be in the form of an online Bounty Hack Series, which is a guided hackathon in which participants (teams and individuals) learn to build blockchain apps (Dapps) and then complete projects from a pre-approved list over the course of six weeks....

Boomplay Recap presents data and insights into music consumption and engagement on Boomplay reviewed under a specific period. It profiles and segments music data by country, artists and users and, by so doing, provides an actual reflection of music listenership and engagement habits of local music industries in Africa. According to the company, “the enviable Most Streamed Artists of 2022, Yo Maps, Macky 2 and Chef 187 are the Top Males, while the Top Female Artists are Towela Kaira, Xaven and Flerine Dah’ Queen“ For the year 2022, Boomplay Recap by country highlights categories including Top Male Artists, Top Female Artists, Top Booming Artists, Most Streamed Songs and Albums, among others, while Recap for Artists shares 2022 stats of individual artists, including the Total Streams, Hours Streamed, Listeners, Most Streamed Song and Most Streamed Country....

Mukuru Majorly operates in South Africa and with the partnership, its customers will be able to send cross border transfers to Airtel Money customers wallets in the countries. Customers will be able to make seamless international money transfers without having to visit an agent to make or receive their cash. Once a customer receives money on their accounts, they will be able to use them to avail a broad range of online products and services through the Airtel Money platform, including paying utility bills, purchasing goods and services, transferring money to family or withdrawing cash from any of Airtel Africa’s exclusive branches....

The terms of the deal were not disclosed. WayaWaya founder and lead Janja product builder, Teddy Ogallo will join Ajua as VP of Product APIs and Integrations. Ogallo will join Martin Mirero, the recently hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the development of Ajua’s advanced technologies and drive the infrastructure growth of the company. According to Ajua Founder and CEO, Kenfield Griffith, “The acquisition of WayaWaya is an important milestone for us, as we make a significant leap in ensuring the customer experience journey for businesses across the continent is seamless....

The deal will see smartphone distributor lease out Android smartphones to end-users without the need for an underlying credit score or banking history. End users are also able to use their leased Android smartphones by paying a monthly fee. Angaza’s partner distributors can send out payment reminders to Android smartphones and keep track of upcoming payments on the Angaza platform. If the end-user misses their monthly payment, access to the smartphone is remotely blocked using NuovoPay’s remote locking technology....

The CEO of AppCircus, Carles Ferreiro, says that with the significant activity in the sector [email protected] Web Africa is bound to help foster a dialogue between app developers, the mobile industry and beyond so that the world of applications continues to offer great solutions to real-life problems as well as providing valuable professional and business opportunities. 10 developer entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch their app live on stage in front of a jury of mobile industry experts....

Apple’s iPhone 13 Pro has higher production expenses. The following are the features of the iPhone 13 Pro: It comes with the new A15 chip, a promotional display, and, thankfully, a larger battery. This is also reflected in manufacturing costs. According to a recent analysis, the production of the Pro iPhone costs $ 20 more than the iPhone 12 Pro did. Despite higher manufacturing costs, Apple has not passed the cost increases on to its customers, as some had predicted....

The iPhone 12 series will start at $799 to $1,099priced a bit higher than the iPhone 11 series range. This year’s biggest addition is the iPhone series is the 5G support. The iPhones will be shipped with OLED displays. Pre-orders for the iPhone 12 will begin this week on Friday, October 16th and the iPhone 12 mini will be available for pre-order on November 6th. The new iPhone 12 Pro models will feature Apple’s A14 Bionic chip — first introduced on the refreshed iPad Air last month — revealed to be “most powerful chip ever made” by Apple....

Thanks to this device, Apple hoped to allow us to charge our iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods with a single wireless charger. Some can argue that the modern MagSafe Duo charger is the successor of this charger. But, according to Mark, this is not the case as he confidently believes that Apple is still working on some multi-device charger and wants to commercialize it one day. Even more fascinating is that Apple is considering incorporating reverse charging technology into its products, especially Airpower....

Apple is finally set to patch two major security flaws in the default iOS and iPad’s Mail app which could have millions of devices vulnerable for over 8 years. The vulnerability was first introduced via iOS 6 and could have since been exploited by attackers repeatedly. The vulnerability was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics firm while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took place in late 2019....

Back in July, Apple told analysts to expect Q4 revenues to be in the $61 to $64 billion range, with a gross margin between 37.5% and 38.5%. Ahead of the announcement, analysts expected sales of $63 billion, up only slightly from actual sales of $62.9 billion in Q4 2018, and $2.83 in estimated earnings per share, down from $2.91 one year ago. That $64 billion in revenue is up 2% year over year compared to Q4 2018, with quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3....

In an intriguing short film released in October, Apple highlighted the iPhone 13’s potential. Professional filmmakers demonstrated how to produce handcrafted special effects uniquely, resulting in genuine short films. We dive deep into the box of tricks once more in the new film “Everyday Experiments: Hollywood at Home” and explain significantly how to produce exciting things with modest means – from a car chase to a classic monster assault. The video is embedded down below....

Holoride’s technology adapts to the car’s movements so that your VR journey mimics the acceleration, turns, and stops of the car. Whether you are operating a space ship or a submarine, its motion will be synchronised to your trip in the back seat. Holoride partnered with Terranet, a company that develops advanced driver assist systems, to capture data received by the car which the VR system uses to interpret the environment quickly and accurately....

While it has been met with a mixture of scepticism and hope, ultimately the concept of automation, when done right, has a transformative power. McKinsey says that once the growing pains have been dealt with, banks will be in a much stronger position through their ability to innovate and disrupt with the new capabilities gained through automation strategies. Andrea Tucker, Research and Development Head at e4, a fintech software specialist, says that while the future of banking in South Africa is partially driven by international trends and technologies, the disruption of new entrants has had a bigger influence: “Selling themselves as digital, modern disruptors who are technology-led and have non-traditional operating models, these start-ups claim to scale quicker....

EMTECH says this move will accelerate innovations in the market to help BOG better assess its risk, the first of its kind to drive faster digital innovation and stronger risk monitoring for regulators and fintechs, but with a user and developer-friendly interfaces. The successful pilot included a Ghanain Blockchain Financial Service Provider (FSP). According to EMTECH Founder and CEO Carmelle Cadet, “This was possible because of the Bank Of Ghana’s focus, dedication and efforts....

VPNs allow users to access regionally restricted sites and protect you from snooping eyes on the public network. Also, you will be able to protect yourself from being logged off when visiting torrents site. Nevertheless, if you want to remain anonymous while online through hiding your location. Here are some of the best VPNs to protect you online. Express VPN ExpressVPN remains one of the best VPN for security and data encryption....

Khaby became a sensation for his spin on “life hack” videos, navigating overly complicated scenarios without saying a word while doing the famous “Khaby move.” He’ll use his signature style to tackle some of the misperceptions around Web3 in this multi-year partnership. Lame will also partner on exclusive NFT collections with Binance, further enhancing the experience for his fans. “I consider my followers as my family, and I am always looking for new challenges and interesting content to share with them,” said Khaby Lame, “I’ve been curious about Web3 for some time, and jumped at the chance to partner with a leader like Binance because it aligns perfectly with what I usually do: make complex stuff easy and fun for everyone!...

Schneider will work together with BMW electric car customers and sales agents to carry out home surveys ahead of installing charging points and providing support and maintenance for “wallbox” charging stations. According to Antonio Antela Martinez, the sales and marketing director of BMW South Africa, the company sees the professional wallbox installation for charging the BMW i8 and i3 as one of the major factors that have led to successful marketing of electric vehicles....

‘We’re thrilled to be leading this round,’ adds Karim Hussein, Algebra Ventures’ Managing Partner. ‘They’re a superstar team with proven execution ability. The large and highly fragmented freight market in Egypt is ripe for technological disruption. We are excited to be joined by a group of capable and experienced co-investors who will help accelerate Trella’s growth in the short run and support it in subsequent financings.’ Founded in 2018 by Omar Hagrass and Pierre Saad, Trella empowers drivers and reduces costs for shippers by improving load utilisation and efficiency, offering transparent pricing schedules, and enabling shipment tracking in real-time....