This announcement comes days after the company admitted to exposing more than 419m user IDs and phone numbers online, a glitch in June 2018 that made private posts of 14 million users public, and another breach in September 2018 which compromised the data of 50 million users. That not being all, in a separate scandal, in 2018 it was revealed that the company improperly harvested the data of millions of users through a partnership with political campaign firm Cambridge Analytica....

According to a report by The WSJ, Facebook Inc. co-founder Mr. Zuckerberg invested $10 million into the private chain school to help expand the reach of education to many. Based in Nairobi, Bridge International Academy runs over 400 schools with over 126,000 students. The Academy has a smaller class size of around 30 pupils with students and teachers using latest technology to learn. The Barnes & Noble Nook tablet is used for the Academy’s Internet-based education model....

Application is currently open online for the 2019 SheTrades in the Commonwealth Programme, and is set to close by 15th February 2019. The Project is funded by the UK Department for International Development. Some of the benefits of the program for female entrepreneurs are: connection to potential customers, suppliers, investors and buiness support institutions, increased visibility, participation in B2B meetings, getting support to attend national, regional and international trade fairs, among numerous others....

Due to these reasons, only people love to get the videos on their devices, but platforms, where these videos are uploaded, do not permit it. Due to this restriction, many of the users cannot fetch the video on their device. However, nowadays, there are also apps available which can help such users get the video downloaded. As the market has lots of videos fetching apps are also available. Vidmaster: As the name shows, it masters the quality of video downloading....

When it comes to cybersecurity, it is hard to identify all the loopholes that could expose you. The most important thing is to ensure that you follow the best practices and seal all loopholes possible. Her are a few things to consider. Software Update All good software is alive, and it keeps changing every day in response to dealing with new threats or adding new features. This is why it is important to keep your software up to date as the first step to staying safe....

Escrow.com is the leading provider of secure online payments and online transaction management for consumers and businesses on the Internet, with FY14 gross payment volume of US$265 million, net revenue of US$5 million, US$1.2 million in EBITDA and over US$2.2 billion in transactions to date. Headquartered in California, Escrow.com provides online escrow services that facilitate and accelerate e-commerce by assuring secure settlement. It was founded in 1999 by Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and the US’s largest provider of commercial and residential mortgage and diversified services....

The digital skilling initiative is part of the digital program that was launched earlier this year with the key private sector players and government. These partners include the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development (MoITED), the Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA), Stanbic Kenya Foundation, Microsoft Philanthropies and the African Center for Women, Information and Communications Technology (ACWICT). Speaking at the Kariobangi Center of Excellence during the start of the training, the Chief Administrative Secretary at the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, Mr....

According to Gemalto, the cabin has photovoltaic panels throughout its roof to produce sustainable energy in areas that are far from conventional power cabling and infrastructures. The Cinterion® modules give rugged M2M connectivity powering a mobile router, provided by INSYS icom, which enables condition monitoring of the SOLARKIOSKs’ photovoltaic panels and tracks energy production and consumption through a web interface. “The SOLARKIOSKs, which are easy and fast to distribute, support simple plug-in access for devices, appliances and wide range of systems....

According to a recent SBA survey, 88% of small business owners felt their business was vulnerable to a cyber-attack. Yet many businesses can’t afford professional IT solutions, have limited time to devote to cybersecurity, or they don’t know where to begin even though the biggest cyber security threats SMEs face include phishing attacks, malware attacks, ransomware, weak passwords and insider threats. Speaking during the launch of the product in East Africa Ben Obinju, Kristen Communication Chief Executive Officer, termed the partnership with Paessler as timely at a period when the country has seen increased cyber security threats targeting businesses in Kenya and the region as a whole....

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After offering credit to thousands of customers over mobile phones since 2015, the fintech is planning to add savings and payment products to its portfolio later this year, and to enter Uganda, and to more regions across the continent. The fintech is also set to open its second research and development center in Ghana’s capital, Accra, which will augment its Israel branch, to help it automate most of its operations to ensure sustainability in the long term....

Caller ID announcements are very useful as the feature will notify a user about who is calling before looking at the phone ,thus the phone user can screen unwanted calls. for instance when a phone user is listening to music or general audio and have it cut short following a random incoming call. The caller ID is also a useful as an accessibility feature especially for the visually impaired as they will be able to know is calling....

The collaboration which was announced during the #IamRemarkable Week 2021 (which runs from September 8 – 15, 2021), will see the expansion of the Grow with Google digital skills programme to reach more women, girls and underrepresented groups in Kenya. #IamRemarkable is a global Google initiative which aims to empower everyone, particularly women and underrepresented groups, to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond. It was started by two Google employees to challenge the social perception around self-promotion, help participants feel more comfortable with self-promotion and encourage women and underrepresented groups to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond....

The messaging solution lets you have an ongoing conversation in the app when you share photos and videos. For long-time users have been able to share individual photos by creating an album for a single photo an sharing the link. lately, the app has been on a revamp spree. Among other improvements, google photos have recently rolled out a direct photo transfer from Facebook. In September, the app rolled out a new feature....

The company begun to open their office spaces in April this year. Details of the said reopening have been laid down basing on the new hybrid working week. When the pandemic struck, Google was one of the first companies to offer a working from home option. The company had earlier asked their staff to apply if they wanted to work from a remote location other than their home for more than two weeks which has now been extended to a period of four weeks....

Why is Graphene FX An honorable name within the forex market? This firm was created by a team of company and money specialists who appear to be serious regarding what they were doing furthermore as what their firm strives for. they’re aiming to be the foremost productive organization in the forex sector, with a need to develop a good and grouted complete in the forex world. They began in African country and expanded to the UK and Canada, serving customers all over around Europe, Asia, and Africa....

Despite being ranked as a leader in ecommerce and digital services, most of Kenya’s major online platforms are still foreign-owned. With the rise of Kenya’s digitally enabled start-ups, developing local entrepreneurship is pivotal to the success of an inclusive digital transformation journey. Kenya’s budding tech scene is ripe with opportunities for entrepreneurs who are willing to work hard, but even the most tech-savvy of them can benefit from extra support....

The Business Daily reports that GSMA wrote to the Communications Authority of Kenya warning that embedding the SIM card between a normal SIM card and the device could potentially allow for the harvesting and revealing sensitive data passing the system. The association added that the thin SIM is capable of bypassing any security technologies, such as cryptographic keys to record sensitive data and make it available to third parties “The overlay SIM has the potential to facilitate a man-in-the-middle attack by observing, collecting and revealing sensitive data such as PINs, ciphering and integrity keys,” the GSMA says in the advisory note to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)....

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Catalyst Fund partnered with the Mastercard Foundation and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) to launch the Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana in October of last year, signifying the first expansion of its flagship inclusive fintech program. The accelerator aims to help Ghanaian micro and small enterprises (MSEs) become more resilient, with the first two companies selected in March. The companies selected for the second cohort are OZÉ, which enables MSEs to keep digital financial records and access much-needed formal; Shopa, which connects last mile retailers with suppliers and enables access to stock on cash or credit; Swoove, which connects e-commerce businesses with accessible logistics services at an affordable price; and Tendo, which enables anyone in Africa to sell online with zero upfront inventory....