Entrepreneur Jon Gosier, 34 and a former Ushahidi director (SwiftRivers) is launching a new venture capital firm called Cross Valley Capital and it will be based in Philadelphia, US. Gosier has teamed up with RJ Joshi, a Miami-based entrepreneur and they are raising $20 million for Cross Valley Capital according to a report by Technical.ly which also adds that Cross Valley Capital has already made its first investment which remains undisclosed....

The platform also provides wide range of preparatory test questions & answers to help the learners master subjects and skills on the go. For the tutors, ExtraClass gives them an opportunity to put their knowledge and experiences are to work, earning them extra cash. “We don’t just help you get an expert tutor near you, we ensure that you assimilate all that you were taught by providing you with an intelligent and robust Test Prep solution....

Facebook said Monday that it is suspending the development of a version of its Instagram photo-sharing app for children aged under 13, after widespread criticism of the plan. The decision to pause the kids’ app comes as Facebook grapples with the fallout of a series of withering Wall Street Journal reports revealing that the company’s own research showed it was aware of the damage Instagram can do to teenage girls’ mental health....

Without mobile apps, then mobile phones would not be able to do any of the above and while we are celebrating the churning out of mobile apps every other day, it has merged that developers are neglecting the important matter of security when coding for the apps. In an interview with TechMoran, Caleb Barlow, IBM Vice President Mobile management and security challenged developers to engage in sound coding practices that will make mobile apps less vulnerable to attackers....

Exinity Trader is the first of Exinity’s products to launch in Kenya and will be followed in early 2022 by its flagship mobile app Exinity World. Both Exinity Trader and Exinity World are designed to help investors take more confident control of their financial future by empowering them to make investment decisions to build and manage their wealth. Lex Webster, Co-CEO of Exinity said, “The new generation of investors and traders needs financial tools that provide them with a frictionless experience, support their financial literacy, and help them grow their wealth....

Merck e-health is a new initiative of Merck’s 5 year Capacity Advancement Program (CAP). The CAP has been launched by Merck in 2012 to expand healthcare capacity in the areas of research and development, supply-chain integrity and efficiency, pharmacovigilance, medical education, and community awareness in Africa and developing countries. Merck e- diagnostic and consultation clinics will allow patients and healthcare providers in remote areas through using the power of IP and video conferencing to interact with Cancer specialists at Kenyatta Hospital, the largest national referral and teaching hospital in Kenya in order to extend the reach of healthcare into remote areas....

Technology is getting us through the pandemic, and technology can also drive our continent’s recovery in the post-pandemic era, writes Chen Lei, President of Huawei Southern Africa. For most of us, 2020 has been a year of almost dramatic, almost traumatic change. As individuals, our lives have been transformed; as businesses, our operating models have been revolutionised; and as a society, we have been shaken to the core. Fortunately, many of the technologies that have helped us through the worst of the pandemic and the lockdown, hold the key to success and prosperity in the post-lockdown era....

Targeted at local fintechs, the competition aims to encourage the development of innovative, relevant and value-adding financial services and payment solutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC – Innovation & Financial Services 2019 competition is divided into two categories. The first, ‘Financial innovation for economic and social development’, is aimed at candidates that wish to propose innovation payment solutions or financial services, responding to real issues encountered in DRC....

The Glovo Prime service can be activated directly from the Glovo application. Glovo Prime section appears under the profile section of the customer account. Users in Kenya have the opportunity to try the Glovo Prime service for free, which offers them unlimited deliveries for orders they place at selected restaurants and stores. The subscription will be automatically renewed every 30 days from the day of registration. The card with which the subscription is paid can be changed and users can unsubscribe whenever they want....

Launchpad Accelerator which was just extended to Africa, is a program by Google which runs over a span of six months. It includes an intensive two week bootcamp in San Francisco and mentoring from 30+ teams across Google and expert mentors from top technology companies and VCs in Silicon Valley and globally. The participants of the accelerator receive equity-free support, credits for Google products and media training, and continue to work closely with Google back in their home country....

Let us get a glimpse of what it was like Google Wallet Let us not forget that the manufacturer rebranded its NFC service to Google wallet after several years of testing the famous Android Pay and then Google Pay. Google plans to include even more items, such as hotel room keys and corporate badges and identification papers, and driver’s licenses in other countries. A striking interface After performing very well in the smartphone market share globally, the manufacturer is convinced that its performance on the table ecosystem will also flourish....

“Sorry!!! I just had to delete a bunch of emails, I ran out of storage.” This is something you may have heard or may have even had to tell someone who couldn’t reach you on email. Google shook up the email business when Gmail launched in 2004 with much more free storage than rivals were providing at the time. It boosted the storage cap every couple of years, but in 2013 it stopped....

It is designed to let people with unreliable internet connections organize and edit their photos. Just like Google’s regular Photos app, it uses machine learning to organize your photos. Gallery Go also offers some simple-to-use editing tools, such as auto-enhance. You can also apply a number of different filters, and rotate and crop your images. And when you’re done, you can create folders and copy your photos across to an SD card....

GFSA Africa applications opened earlier this year, allowing 15 startups from around the continent to join the 6th class of the program, which will begin on June 21, 2021. The three-month online program, which includes virtual training boot camps, coaching, and Google product support, is designed to help these early-stage companies succeed. A new $3 million Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Africa is launching as part of Google’s global commitment to empower neglected areas....

Last April, the intelligent image recognition component made its first-ever appearance on the desktop PCs, allowing you to extract text from an image. Google Lens continues to Grow This availability of the Google lens into Chrome browser will see many features being incorporated. The context menu, which can be accessed by right-clicking, will now bring a new choice known as “Search on the part of the page with Google Lens”....

Aikio Corp, a platform for medical laboratories to transmit medical test results to patients safely and confidentially online and by SMS was declared winner of Malian round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for $1m in equity investments. “I’m on a mission to improve healthcare in Africa and I believe that my solution is one that is relevant for many and can literally save lives....

Featuring the industry’s most promising and exciting startups, the 2021 cohort brings together businesses from Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, and Côte D’Ivoire. They range in industry focus from personal finance to lending, insurance, regulatory technology, payment and money transfer, accounting, and expense management. Kicking off in March 2021, each business will receive industry-specific training on how to assess and enhance their fintech product for the North African market as well as invaluable access to pre-identified potential clients, corporate investors, industry experts, and an ecosystem of institutional partners....

The project dubbed “Innovate Kenya” was recently at a colorful event held at Alliance High Schoolwith the aim of improving livelihoods of youth residing and working in Nairobi’s slum areas. The launch of Innovate Kenya will promote the processes of transforming education in Kenya by integrating ICT solutions in providing quality education suitable for students in the 21st century. “Integration of ICT in education will provide students with resources to enable them research and share knowledge,” said Mr....

This is what led to the evolution and popularity of Tinychat. There are many platforms that offer and render the services of meeting strangers online without going outside. However, not all platforms can be trusted. Tinychat: Best Way to Meet Strangers online Tinychat offers much more than what is attained through traditional modes of free cam to cam chats with strangers. Tinychat is incredible in multiple ways. It has established its meticulous foundation as a very unique and trustworthy way of meeting new people without going outside at all....

At a conference with tens of participants, manually muting everyone causes a commotion. You will not have the same privilege if you are not the meeting host. By muting the browser tab, you can still mute everyone’s audio for yourself. Although each browser has its method for muting tabs, the majority of them involves right-clicking on the tab and then selecting the mute option from the context menu. It should be noted that this feature is only available on desktop/laptop computers....