There are currently around 70,000 charging stations in the country; the government wants to increase that number 14-fold to 1 million by 2030. The emphasis will be on towns and cities that are currently undersupplied. In Germany, there are approximately 1.5 million electric vehicles on the road, with a goal of increasing to 15 million by 2030. The administration plans on speeding up state approvals for building charging points to meet the demand....

V8 Capital led the round, which included LifeLine Family Heritage Fund, Y Combinator, Tencent, LoftyInc Capital, VestedWorld, V Square Capital, and Ethan Perlstein as investors. Yemaachi was founded in 2020 by Yaw Bediako, David Hutchful, Joyce Ngoi, and Yaw Attua-Afari with the purpose of improving precision oncology across Africa and beyond by boosting access to research and diagnostics. Yemaachi’s first-of-its-kind pan-African genomic and clinical expertise and experience, as well as broad clinical relationships across Africa, are paving the way for ground-breaking products and partnerships aimed at generating new molecular diagnostics and therapeutic targets....

The oversubscribed round included Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund, Savannah Fund, and several Angels with experience managing and investing in global fintech. Through its partnerships with well-known commercial banks, OZÉ, which currently has a customer base of over 125,000 business owners, will use the funds to expand the capabilities of its platform and enhance access to affordable finance in Ghana and Nigeria. The team will continue to rely on deep on-the-ground networks to better understand and address the micro and macro challenges faced by the 100 million-plus small businesses across West Africa....

Innovate Kenya is an idea competition organized by Global Minimum Inc(GMIn), a charitable international organization that encourages young innovators and leaders in Africa to engage with critical thinking skills and hands-on learning programs to tackle challenges affecting their communities. It provides them with enabling tools, safe spaces, workshops, mentorship, resources and network, ultimately equipping young people in Africa with unique opportunities to take their future into their own hands. Their program is currently working with young people between the ages of 15-20 in Sierra Leone, Kenya, and previously in South Africa....

Glovo is now in four countries in Africa including Morocco, Egypt, Kenya and Uganda. The firm has had plans to launch in Nigeria and Ghana for a while now and these might be in the near future. Glovo will allow users in Kampala to order anything with a simple tap on their smartphone and have it delivered to them by a specialist Glovo rider, called a Glover. Some of its partners include Carrefour and other partners, restaurant food from KFC, Java House among others....

Ordinarily, The Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year. It seeks to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. It also aims to inspire a national conversation on digital technology. Additionally, The company also launched its landmark child online safety programme, Be Internet Awesome, in South Africa, the Netherlands and Nigeria. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids important skills for surfing the internet, like how to recognise potential online scams....

The fund will support the production of original news for the local communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. For most of the organizations, media buying and advertising have collapsed drastically, and most of them are not able to sustain themselves for more extended periods. “Local news is a vital resource for keeping people and communities connected in the best of times. This initiative will provide an easily accessible source of financing in the critical times,” said Google News vice president Richard Gingras....

Kuba Wojciechowski revealed that the same technology will also be used in the upcoming Google Pixel 8 Pro. Qualcomm’s new ultrasonic sensor enables the fast release of fluid and allows one to unlock the device even with wet fingers. Word also has it that this sensor will likely be adopted by the next generation of Google smartphones. The smartphone will be powered by a third-generation tensor processor which will offer even greater results in terms of performance than its predecessor and support a faster recharge....

How?It all has to do with the HEIC file format that newer iPhones running iOS 11 started shooting instead of JPEG since 2017. “Because iPhones shoot photos in HEIC format and not JPG, you get free unlimited original quality backups to Google Photos due to HEIC being smaller and more efficient than JPG so Google doesn’t touch the files,” Redditor stephenvsawyer explains. iPhones, therefore, get free unlimited original quality backups simply because it would cost Google both storage space (because if Google tried to compress iPhone’s HEIC photos they would actually become larger) and computing power (because Google doesn’t need to compress and process all of the billions of photos iPhones backup....

The qualifying conditions for applying to Grindstone include your venture being a South African registered company that is post-revenue with customer traction and at least R500k revenue per annum. The venture also needs to have a dynamic team with a clear competitive differentiator and a scalable business model. “Grindstone engineers entrepreneurial Growth. This has been our core purpose from when the programme started back in 2014. We continue to build and improve on this model to deliver measurable impact to all our founders and the broader startup ecosystem that includes alumni, advisors, angels & partners....

The report dubbed, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022.” The findings reveal a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organizations surveyed in this sector. In 2021, 66% of healthcare organizations were hit; 34% were hit the previous year. The silver lining, however, is that healthcare organizations are getting better at dealing with the aftermath of ransomware attacks, according to the survey data. The report shows that 99% of those healthcare organizations hit by ransomware got at least some their data back after cybercriminals encrypted it during the attacks....

Ever since the bus hailing app SWVL landed in Kenya it has been nothing but trouble for them. As technology takes over in Kenya there are often many companies left behind. SWVL threatens matatu companies and saccos that own them on so many levels. Just the other day I was talking to an Embu matatu owner and she was upset because SWVL has introduced new routes with “ridiculous promotions” that are now hurting the matatu businesses....

“Through continuous technological innovation, Hisense is breaking through technical barriers bringing laser TVs from 1080P to 2K to 4K and now on to 8K, driving the global laser TV industry into the TriChroma era. We are committed to bringing trustworthy products to millions of our users in Africa through outstanding design, leading technology and excellent service,” said Patrick Hu, marketing director of Hisense South Africa. Featuring Hisense’s TriChroma laser engine that reaches up to 3000 lumens peak brightness, the L9G TriChroma Laser TV will be available in the region of Africa this January....

iROKOtv.com has brought Starz Digital Media’s TV series Spartacus and Magic City on its platform in a move to bring international content on its platform for its English Speaking audience in Africa. Spartacus is a thrilling tale based on the Thracian historical figure, who led a huge slave uprising against the Roman Empire from BCE 73-71. Starring notable actors, including Andy Whitfield and Liam McIntyre, this four-year series has been praised by critics both in the US and abroad, winning Saturn Awards in 2011 and 2012, as well being nominated for Screen Actor’s Guild Awards (2012 & 2013) and a People’s Choice Award (2013)....

The listing, set to be achieved in a few weeks, will see Empire embark on the journey to become Kenya’s foremost ICT platform. This has been the vision of the company since its inception. The listing will also make it a high impact, high growth firm ripe for external investments into its targeted projects. Speaking exclusively to TechMoran, Empire Microsystems founder and CEO James Mworia said, “Empire Microsystems has been a financially stable company and the capital raising facility will allow it to successfully carry out larger ICT projects countrywide and maintain them....

Surveying more than 600 South African gig workers, Flourish found that 76% experienced a large decrease in income since March 2020. The report also summarizes how gig workers are coping with economic dislocation. “Digital platforms have made it possible for workers around the world to participate in the gig economy, providing a degree of formality and stability to their work,” said Arjuna Costa, managing partner at Flourish. “When the coronavirus outbreak caused the global economy to come to a halt in Q1 of this year, workers were severely impacted....

The company updated its ‘Lookalike audiences’ which is a targeting tool that allows businesses to easily reach people in new countries that are similar to their existing customers. Facebook is now capable of connecting Facebook pages automatically with international users, unlike in the past where business pages would have to manually target international users with detailed analytics. Facebook is also expanding its location-targeting tools with a focus on the international market landscape....

Laptops and play stations are the first priority of a gamer. If you have a budget you can buy the latest play station and get going. But if the budget does not allow you to have such fun you might end up buying a laptop for games. There is again a budget problem here. Rather you buy a best gaming laptop under 300 or other cheap one. In this article we will discuss how much long a cheap laptop can support your hardcore games, or how many years are peaceful with a chap laptop?...

Though the process of distributing through a press release distribution service has still not completely perished many business owners believe it to be a dead tactic. Business owners are often left unsatisfied when they distribute their unique and creative work through a press release distribution service. This is because the best press release distribution services take all of the major benefits that the unique content of business owners provides. They get all of the search engine boosts and all of the traffic that a business owner’s story generates....