The acquisition indicates Homzmart’s success in implementing its strategy to consolidate the whole home goods and furniture value chain, and it aligns with the company’s vision to transform how consumers shop for and furnish their houses. Consumers will be able to visualize their furnished home in minutes thanks to MockUp Studio’s technology. Homzmart will use the acquisition to digitize the entire interior design process, starting with an empty room and exploring different layouts, finishings, and floorings with different sets of Homzmart’s catalogue assortment, all displayed in a 360-degree view....

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Inc, said in a tweet on Saturday that he is “seriously considering” developing a new social networking platform. Musk was replying to a Twitter user’s inquiry on if he would consider creating a social media network based on an open-source algorithm that prioritized free speech and had less propaganda. “Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy,” Musk tweeted Friday....

Escotel has been set up by Inspired Evolution, Norfund and Sagemcom. Inspired Evolution, an Africa-focused investment advisory firm that specialises in clean and renewable energy, led a US$35 million equity investment by its Evolution II Fund and co-investors, Norfund and Sagemcom. Headquartered in Mauritius, ESCOTEL will provide energy services to mobile tower owners and operators, owning and operating decentralised renewable energy infrastructure across Africa. The firm will initially supply, install, operate and maintain decentralised solar and storage hybrid power systems for a portfolio of around 900 telecom sites in Sierra Leone, Liberia and over time the Democratic Republic of Congo, owned by subsidiaries of France-based telecommunications company, Orange S....

According to Google’s announcement, funded, invitee, and partner content has priority for link targeting. The message begins with a quick reminder to use positive variables when tagging affiliate content. This revelation suggests that Google supports and encourages site owners to follow its suggestions to handle links inside content where a value exchange occurs. An experienced Brooklyn SEO company will help you with your needs related to link targeting, SEO optimization, email marketing, and social media marketing, etc....

Explainer videos are popular in marketing campaigns. With more and more enterprises opting for video marketing, there’s no better time to try this marketing technique. However, there are critical factors to keep in mind when designing explainer videos for your business. The type of content, your choice of images, and the video length are defining factors in your success. There are also many other tactics to employ for a successful video marketing campaign....

Facebook is testing one of the features that were rolled out by Twitter a couple of months ago. Just like Twitter, Facebook will also start reminding users to read an article before sharing it. This is yet another attempt by Facebook to curb the spread of fake news on its platform. The feature has been tried and tested by Twitter before but has not borne fruitful results. Facebook will initially pick a handful of users across the globe to test the feature....

The Bank says it is targeting to reach one million customers within a year (both existing and potential) as it rolls out its technology strategy which has digitized its entire operations. The bank has upgraded and launched an electronic data management system, a customer relationship management system, an agency banking app and upgraded the USSD platform. This is in response to the rapidly evolving trend, where customers are making less trips to banking halls resulting in increased demand for digital financial solutions....

Imagine Concepts Limited (iConcepts) is a leading provider of mobile content, marketing and technology solutions, e-Library solution in Nigeria and they aim to use Flip to make local books and comics more accessible to the end user and promote the local reading culture. Claimed to be Africa’s first digital library, Flip offers mobile data subscribers access to the largest collection of authoritative Nigerian e-Book and comic content on all major mobile devices and desktop platforms....

The payments solutions company said the grant is open to small to medium-sized enterprises to five African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, and South Africa for women from the age of 21. “Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges appointed by Flutterwave and verified by the company. The winner will be notified by email within two weeks of the closing date for entries,” the company stated. One female SME owner from each of the countries will receive a grant of $1000....

The internship program, which is sponsored by Nokia, will begin with a four-week evaluation bootcamp for selected applicants. A total of 33 interns will be chosen from this bootcamp to work at Forge Academy for a 12-month period. Each student will graduate with an accredited credential that will help them find work. Interns will gain practical industry experience as well as guidance and on-the-job training from mentors who are well qualified and experienced in their respective fields....

Claiming that they are the best website development agency in Nigeria, they have operational contacts in both major and minor cities in the country, such as, Ibadan, Osogbo, Ilorin, Ado-Ekiti, Akure, Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Abuja and they intend to reach more cities. Notable Fresible subsidiaries include Law Repository, Cloud Lawyers, Fresible Developers, Fresible Culture, Fresible Events, Fresible Entertainment and Fresible Digital Marketing. Over the next few years the group is looking forward to diversifying into areas including Fashion and Apparel, Music, food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail....

Gamsole, the largest game development company in sub-saharan Africa, has released a teaser video in anticipation of its soon-to-be-released game title, Gidi Run. Gidi Run is a three dimensional endless runner set in the bustling Lagos metropolis, the commercial hub of Nigeria. Gamsole is not only pushing the envelope with slick 3D graphics, but is also exploring a richer experience with unique and better developed in-game characters. Gidi Run’s characters all have distinct personalities and a rich spectrum of expressions....

The talent marketplace aims to help connect African talent to freelance work by automatically matching them with work opportunities in seconds, other peers in their sectors, provide mentorship and free upskilling for its users. Users can also use the app to showcase their best work via a custom portfolio and profile or meet other professionals through networking, events among others. “We strive to be THE most-referenced freelance African Talent company....

The 20-week accelerator program provides free training, mentorship, resources, and support to participating startups, with the goal of equipping them with the skills and tools they need to accelerate their growth. Each cohort’s startups will have the option to engage in a pitching session at the end of the program, with top-performing ventures receiving up to US$20,000 in equity-free grant funding. The first batch of 2022 cohort applications are currently open, and startups can apply until January 16, 2022....

The firm has already partnered with KFC, Java and Naivas and Carrefour Supermarkets in these markets. The expansion in Kenya follows Glovo’s launch in Kampala, Uganda in October. In a statement, Priscilla Muhiu, the General Manager for Glovo Kenya said: “We are very excited about the launches in Eldoret and Kisumu, which represents a key part of plan, to bring our world-class delivery service to as many potential users as possible....

The feature has been in testing for months, and now it’s coming to everyone. Encryption in Google Messages works only if both users are on the service. Both users must also be in a 1:1 chat (no group chats allowed), and they both must have RCS turned on. RCS was supposed to be a replacement for SMS—an on-by-default, carrier-driven text messaging standard. RCS was cooked up in 2008, and it adds 2008-level features to carrier messaging, like user presence, typing status, read receipts, and location sharing....

According to the official schedule unveiled by the Mountain View firm, Google Developers will likely load the program with a duration of two hours. We take stock of the various announcements that could take place during this event. This will most likely be the big piece of this introductory conference. If Google has already unveiled three betas of Android 12 to developers, the company should go back at length on this significant new version....

The centre is located in Nairobi, Kenya, making it an excellent option for local IT talent to get work with them. Engineers, product managers, UX designers, and researchers are all welcome to apply for one of Google’s many available positions. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, pledged a $1 billion investment in Africa over the next five years during their Google for Africa event last October. This will be centred on initiatives that will bring fast, dependable, and inexpensive internet access across the continent....

Google has been researching on human brain and applying that knowledge on neuroscience which in turn makes it possible for computers to conducts tasks such as image recognition, language translation, speech recognition, natural language understanding and voice search engine. This tech has been applied on everyday apps such as Google Inbox which suggest quick replies to your email by using neural networks, Google Photos uses image recognition to recognize things such as hugs and pets in photos so you can search them more intuitively, and the Google app applies natural language processing to help you search for answers on the web using normal conversation language....

The purchase will help google extend deeper to retailers since it already does inventory listings for nearby brick-and-mortar stores. “Google is committing to help small businesses grow and thrive in the online world. One of the challenges small merchants face is getting their in-store inventory information online in a way that is easy to manage and reliably up to date. Since organizing the world’s information is core to what we do, we’ve been working to make it easier for local merchants to better showcase their products to interested shoppers on Google” said Peter Chane Senior Director, Local SMB Products....