The new funds will give Elloe sufficient runway to grow its local Kenyan operations and fuel expansion into the Philippine and Southeast Asian markets well into 2023 and beyond. Mad Ventures, Inc. of the Philippines was the lead investor in the round. Elloe is a first-of-its-kind AI-powered social commerce platform that allows businesses to buy and sell things online across any messaging platform, co-founded by Owen Sakawa, Abhijay Rao, and Aaron Madolora....

Money254 is Kenya’s first financial services comparison platform, allowing consumers to easily find, compare, and now apply for financial products that meet their needs and eligibility. By combining independent financial product research with partnerships across leading institutions, Money254 users are able to search and apply for financial products such as personal loans, business loans, and savings accounts from a variety of leading banks, microfinance institutions, and digital apps – all from the comfort of their homes....

Superfluid Labs enables businesses to identify and unlock hidden revenue opportunities and expand their services and impact to reach several millions more customers through the power of data and artificial intelligence (AI). The firm mines customer transactional data to automatically predict future business events, reveal customer behaviours and trends (e.g. credit risk and defaults), enhance engagement, reduce churn risk, and increase overall profitability. Superfluid Labs has offices in Frankfurt, Accra and Nairobi....

At a colorful stakeholder ceremony held at the Sankara Hotel in Nairobi, Homecoming Revolution, a pan-African executive search firm, unveiled their new platform. The platform, dubbed “Insights By Experts,” allows global investors and companies to access on-demand independent talent from a vetted community of experienced African experts from a variety of African countries and sectors. “Over the past two decades, Homecoming Revolution has built deep relationships across the continent with some of the leading corporates and sector specialists, and are now bringing it all together on the Insights By Experts platform,” says Janade du Plessis, Fund Manager at Launch Africa....

Apparently, Google has been making a killing in the K-12 Education sector where their Chromebooks have found the most usage. According to statistics, the OS covered 49% of the education sector by the end of 2016, that was up from the 40% they had in 2015. It is a remarkable achievement for a company that only had 9% market share in 2013. Just the other day we sang praises of the Lenovo Flex 11 that runs Chrome OS and it seems Microsoft have taken note of the rising tide of this cloud based platform....

According to the statement signed by Barrister Reginald Obiakor, Mr. Ekeh’s SSA on Legal Affairs, Mr. Ekeh has no investments in HealthPlus or in the PE firm Alta Semper but he knew the funders long before he met Mrs. George as Alta Semper had approached Konga for a partnership and possible investment before Mrs. George approached Ekeh. Mrs. Bukky George first contacted Mr Ekeh via SMS on March 31st, 2020 at 4....

If you’re smack in the middle of your favorite song but you have to leave the house suddenly, LG’s new Music Flow system has you covered. The Music Flow sound bar, network bridge and wireless speakers connect to an app that seamlessly keeps playing as you leave the house. The new Music Flow Speakers (H3, H5, and H7), HS6 Sound Bar and R1 Network Bridge all will connect wirelessly with the help of the dedicated smartphone app....

There’s no denying that there’s been an incredible improvement on the financial platform since Mr Sitoyo took over, we dare say that he’s been quite right for the job. One of the main reasons Kenya has seamlessly joined the E-Commerce industry is because of financial services like M-Pesa and behind the product is none other than Mr Sitoyo Lopokoiyit. Why was he enlisted at position 8 out of 50 digital players across Africa?...

It Helps You Track Your Kids It is the sole responsibility of a parent to protect their kids even when they are not in their vicinity. If you send your child to the grocery store, and they don’t communicate if they arrived or not, what next? Of course, panic will set in, and you might start wondering if they are okay or not. However, if you use a phone tracker on their phones, you can easily locate them....

Marylyn has worked at the company for eight years. Her appointment as country leader comes at a time the company is seeking to expand its operation into areas like SAP migration, application modernization and hyperscale cloud services and solutions. According to Moodley, SoftwareONE believes that digital transformation is underpinned by commercial and technology transformation. That in technology space they help customers create future workplaces, enabling employees to work productively from anywhere....

Significant reforms are therefore required to revamp the education system to match skills needed in the workforce especially in Nigeria where over 43% of its 186m citizens are learners in the country’s various institutions. According to the Oxford Business Group, “As the population continues to grow, pressure on public services, including education, will increase. Without further reform, the public school system is likely to come under severe stress. A competent and skilled workforce in which the experience of graduates matches the demands of the market is key....

This kind of schedule may be helpful, particularly for businesses with hundreds or even thousands of PCs that must be updated regularly. Additionally, it would allow more time to gradually and more successfully test the new features. Naturally, more undersized, feature-focused upgrades will be released between updates, as three years is a considerable amount of time. If this were accurate, the following version of W Regarding the “small” upgrades, it is proposed that starting in 2023, there will be four updates You should also note that at the moment there is a trait present in certain laptops made by Lenovo and powered by R CPUZEN 6000 series CPUs, which would prevent them from supporting any other operating systems except Toind....

“The implementation of this real-time identification and monitoring system helps bring to life our vision of being a world-class examinations body,” said Mr. Charles Eguridu, WAEC Head of National Office Lagos. “We turned to Botosoft and HID Global to develop an electronic student ID card program that could address the high-volume issuance requirements of WAEC in a very aggressive timeframe as well as our overall need to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the annual exams....

The new developments come after a successful test launch and introduction of customer friendly initiatives, which include reducing rates and introducing ‘happy hours’ earlier last month. While the app allows all customers using a smart phone with an internet connection to hire cars at a press of button, the 24 x 7 call centre helps customers wanting to pre-book a car according to their needs. It also takes care of those who do not use a smart phone for any reason or where internet connectivity poses a problem....

A number of platforms have been launched in the past to help address this, and Movedin has joined in, to play its part in bringing a solution. Launched by Michael Olatunbosun on the 6th of February, 2017, Moovedin is a marketplace that connects struggling home seekers with people looking to let or sell their properties. While providing access to properties, it also allows users who have successfully gotten a home to post review about an agent or a property....

Plug and Play, PRC Ventures ICAV, Azur Innovation Fund, AfriMobility, and business angel Khalid Zitouni all participated to the funding, bringing the company’s current valuation to US$20 million. “This fundraising demonstrates the trust placed in the Cloudfret team and the market potential. Cloudfret is seeing three-digit growth: the revenue generated in the first quarter of 2022 is equal to that of the fiscal year 202,” founder Driss Jabar said in a statement....

One such customer is Tanzania’s Tigo, who selected MPT to design, manufacture and install a new data center. The job involves project managing the entire procedure and managing the building structure for the data center. MPT provided an independent, self-reliant data center created from different units, hence why they managed to obtain the tender from Tigo to design, build, and implement a number of news data centers throughout its operating countries such as Rwanda, Senegal and Chad....

The move to bring more value to customers and diversify its offering is part of MultiChoice’s ongoing evolution from a traditional video entertainment business. MultiChoice delivers DStv, GOtv and Showmax to more than 20 million households across 50 countries in Africa, with the convenience of being able to enjoy content anytime, anywhere via satellite or streaming. DStv Internet is a fixed wireless access service, which means that customers can now get connected to the internet with a SIM card and Wi-Fi router – a perfect option for those who do not have fibre in their residential area but want to access the internet regularly using various devices in their home....

Encoding and decoding are also the 8K of the future. Including its AV1 capability, LG’s OLED ZX series, and the Samsung Q950TS, can deliver 8K streaming. Once 8K streaming is firmly established, it is unavoidable that AV1 will be utilized more frequently. According to Netflix, employing AV1 reduces quality dropouts during playing by up to 38 percent while improving startup time by 2%. They also decrease artifacts with 10-bit support....