The online trading platform seeks to capitalize on Kenya’s high mobile phone penetration rate by leveraging digital channels to deliver efficient, convenient, and comprehensive services able to meet investors’ needs. The EFG Hermes One application offers a quick and efficient onboarding process, allowing users to download the application and sign up to create an account by entering their personal information. According to Ali Khalpey, EFG Hermes Frontier CEO, “With capital market trends demonstrating ever-increasing interest from retail investors across the world, we aim to increase access and awareness to capital markets to foster better equity trading across sub-Saharan Africa....

Ramez Mohamed, the CEO of Flat6labs commented on the success of the Ninth Demo Day “We are very proud to be introducing the first round of graduates from FAC’s program, which does not only focus on investing in high potential companies within innovation based and knowledge driven industries but which also aims at spear-heading value creation on a micro and macro-level by investing in young, passionate entrepreneurs with a zest for success”....

Tyro’s leadership will take over Nafham’s management and operations as part of the agreement, which will improve the customer experience for Nafham’s 6 million users. Tyro will serve as the overall holding company, continuing to provide live tutoring services while also expanding the group’s technological capabilities. Tyro has also secured a kickoff fund from several investors, including Flat6Labs and NXL Partners, for the new entity. “Both companies joining forces will technically make us the largest Edutech platform in the MENA region providing both, live online tutoring as well as recorded educational video content,” says Mokhtar Osman, Tyro CEO....

Founded by Alfarouk Saleh and Mohammed Monier in 2018,Tareeqi aims at solving the problems that face millions of people daily and will now be managing the expansion of eMushrif in the Egyptian market. eMushrif started off as a logistics and transport company and now leverages Internet of Things (IoT)and artificial intelligence(AI) technology in the corporate and school transport sector. The startup has raised a US$2.3 million Series A funding round last December....

Elizabeth is an engineer by profession with over 21 years of experience in the energy industry, she’s is expected to drive the National Oil Corporation of Kenya’s efforts to improve oil and gas exploration, production, monetization and exploitation. “The AEC applauds the Kenyan government with its continued efforts in ensuring gender diversity within the energy sector. We believe forces like Elizabeth Rogo will help this NOC become a world class corporation that meets our energy needs of the future but also remain instrumental in ensuring energy poverty is addressed in Kenya and across the African continent by 2030 through the exploitation of domestic resources,” states NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of AEC....

The announcement comes as a broad set of stakeholders, including central banks and the White House, call for energy-efficient methods of bringing financial services to consumers and businesses, as the need to reduce their carbon footprint remains critical. Given the unique role of central banks in the financial sector, the acronym “G.R.E.E.N.” specifies five key principles EMTECH believes should contextualize their mandate of financial stability and risk management. Indeed, there is unprecedented value for central banks in:...

You’ll probably not believe it when we tell you there’s an online store for just tyres. Yes, tyres. eTyres was launched in 2014 by Olaseni Odukoya to allow companies and individuals purchase vehicle tyres at the click of a button. According to the founder, Etyresnigeria.com is different from provides users with more value, than what they’ll get from buying their tyres from road side tyre stores. In his words, “Tyre stores do not have enough tyres....

Facebook and Paypal will be participating in the ongoing Series F financing round to raise to over $3 billion. However, the two companies did not disclose the amount of investment in the project. As of March 2020, Gojek disclosed it had raised $1.2 billion to employees and was valued at about $10 billion. The company also confirmed it has amassed over 170 million users in Southeast Asia. Facebook, for which it is the first investment in an Indonesia-based firm, and PayPal Joins Google and Tencent among other technology giants that have backed up Gojek in the funding Backing Gojek unlocks a similar opportunity: helping millions of small businesses while finding a business model for WhatsApp....

The company confirmed that its social media platforms, Instagram, Messenger and Workplace are affected by the latest outage. “Sincerely sorry to anyone who hasn’t been able to access our products in the last few hours,” the company said. “We fixed the issue, and everything should be back to normal now.” During the latest outage, some users were unable to load their Instagram feeds, while others were not able to send messages on Facebook Messenger....

Three dimensional projections Mark Zuckerberg in a statement said after 17 years, and an evolution of Facebook from text to photo, video and audios there was need for an immersive platform, bringing its users more experiences in more formats. “When I started Facebook, we mostly typed text on websites. When we got phones with cameras, the internet became more visual and mobile. As connections got faster, video became a richer way to share experiences....

Messenger Kids is a video chat and messaging app that helps kids connect with friends and family in a fun, parent-controlled space. It allows kids to connect through groups. They can build a community through their circle of friends at school and participate in a team sport. While allowing parents to approve an adult to connect their child with other approved kids. Parental control is at the heart of Messenger Kids....

The president will not be allowed to post for 30 days and his page will be read only because of violating Facebooks policies on corona virus disinformation. The President had claimed that a few drops of the fake drug carvativir under the tongue could cure covid 19 miraculously and has no side effects. According to Facebooks spokesperson, they removed a video posted to President Maduros, page for violating Facebooks policies against misinformation about Covid-19 that is likely to put people at risk for harm....

Production of the iPhone 13 has dropped by 11%. Apple had intended to create 90 million iPhones by the end of the year but instead produced just 10 million, a reduction of 11%. Apple’s chip suppliers, Broadcom and Texas Instruments, are dealing with a shortage of components for the processors that manage display power, the Face ID laser network, USB connection, and wireless capability. Tim Cook warned that such an occurrence was likely while releasing his company’s latest quarterly results....

For several days, there has been a fake WhatsApp app called “Update WhatsApp”, it was downloaded more than a million times by unknowing users on Google Play Store. What is most worrying is how the app had a similar logo and developer name as the real thing. Fortunately, the app wasn’t spreading malware or any harmful content, it simply bombarded the user with numerous ads, clicking on the ads makes money for the tricky developer....

Google for Startups Accelerator Africa gives early-stage startups access to Google’s people, network, and advanced technologies. The 2020 class included startups from Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia and Zimbabwe. The startups operate in various fields such as; logistics, transportation, education, agriculture, e-commerce, media, health and professional services. Onajte Emerhor, Head of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, said, “To date we have celebrated wins with one Nigerian startup playing their part in the fight against COVID-19 and three raising funding – one notable win being Franc raising a seed round of $250,000 after joining the program....

The seed fund, called Anava Seed Fund (ASF), initially wanted to raise $3 million but ended up raising 3.3 times that amount. The fund is a reflection of the growing interest in early-stage African startups, primarily in North Africa. Flat6Labs’ Egypt-based fund, the Flat6Labs Accelerator Company fund (FAC), closed at $13 million in May. Flat6Labs was founded in 2011 with offices in Egypt and Tunisia, and in 2017 it launched its Cairo program and the ASF....

The new feature allows customers to withdraw cash from the Fuliza account, making it even more functional and versatile for its users. The feature has been available for a couple of weeks, but the company has not officially announced it. The new feature aims to make Fuliza more valuable and convenient for customers. It eliminates the need for customers to get another SIM card that does not have an overdraft to transact, send money to another person who does not have Fuliza so they can withdraw it for them, or even tell a sender not to send money to them because they have an overdraft....

The gadget will offer compelling innovations with people now increasingly using their smartphones to share live interactions, capturing spontaneous photos, streaming live video and connecting over shared experiences that are happening instantly. The smartphone runs One UI based on Android 9.0 Pie and packs 128GB of inbuilt storage. The Samsung Galaxy A80 is a dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards. Connectivity options on the Samsung Galaxy A80 include Wi-Fi 802....

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