MD Internet Solutions Richard Hechle said, “Bandwidth is widely considered a utility like power and water and users want it where and when they need it.” He added that enterprises now demand convenience and flexible consumption corresponding to their needs.” According to IS, there has been an increase in demand for bandwidth in Kenya as the needs of businesses evolve. IS is currently piloting the service.
However, NIC Securities customers will now be able to buy and sale their shares from the conevenience of their mobile phones with the newly revamped NIC NOW Mobile Banking app set to allow customers to access the Nairobi Securities Exchange from anywhere and can trade shares at their own convenience. “This flexible trading platform provides extreme mobility by bringing the NOW factor to the NIC Securities clients investment experience. Customers can now trade whenever they want and wherever they are” said NIC Securities’ General Manager Catherine Karita....
Nigeria’s Anammbra State Government has been carrying out broad tests on the use of drones, however there has been quite a number of challenges in adapting this type of technology for accurate mapping of the state , general surveillance as well as generating reliable and accurate data on the ravages of gully erosion on our precious soil. On behalf of Chief Willie Obiano, the Anambre’s governor, James Eze, his assistant explained that the drone technology is not for crime fighting....
Following the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, global food and groceries demand spiked. As a result of this growth, customers in Nigeria have demanded a seamless meal delivery service, and Jise has taken advantage of the chance to offer a food delivery platform that provides quick and cost-effective delivery services throughout Nigeria, starting with Lagos. The food-only delivery platform, led by Marvelous Gbenro as CEO, Tokurah Majid as VP Growth & Operations, Ibukun Olasupo as VP Customer Engagement, and Jeremy Osazuwa Agbonze as VP Technology, has similar services to Deliveroo in Europe or Doordash in the United States, with the goal of delivering meals within 25 minutes....
The social tool that connects people, irrespective of their current lifestyle and shape, with physical activities and teammates in cities across the world is available as an Android, iOS and web app and promises a simplified process of organising amateur sporting events and teammates, has a one-stop shop for finding and booking sport venues in cities around the world and wants to be an easy way to find teammates and fitness partners even while on business trips, holiday or in a new city....
The startup has been scaling across Nigeria, and it has now raised a seed round of US$4.2 million to expand its market position across West Africa and other regions of the continent. “Our immediate mission is to onboard the next one million Africans into the crypto economy. We have seen the significant difference in financial freedom that crypto can make in the lives of our over 200,000 users, and we are very motivated to extend this to more people on the continent,” said Michael Adeyeri, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) at Busha....
Distributed Global, Alter Global, Serena Ventures, Alameda Research, A&T Capital, MSA Capital, 4DX Ventures, Raba Capital, Goat.vc, Social Capital, Old Fashion Research, CMT Digital, Electric Capital, Social Capital, CoinFund, gumi Cryptos Capital, and DeFi Alliance are among the investors who contributed to the round. Nestcoin was co-founded by Yele Bademosi and Taiwo Orilogbon, who previously worked at Microtraction, Binance, and Bundle. Nestcoin wants to democratize access to the economic prospects offered by crypto and web3, making it simple and accessible to common people....
Bumpa, founded by Kelvin Umechukwu and Adetunji Opayele in February, assists merchants in taking their businesses online without the need for programming knowledge. They can use their smartphone to set up an e-commerce store, accept online and offline payments, manage inventory, handle bookkeeping, fulfill orders, track sales, request dispatch riders, and engage customers using the platform. With a 50% month-over-month growth rate, the startup has already onboarded over 7,000 merchants....
The phone was first spotted on the Wi-Fi Alliance website operating system said to run, Google Android for Feature Phones (GAFP). GAFP was first referenced a year ago in the very first leak of an Android-powered feature phone. Android has run on everything from laptops, to tablets, and even on the desktop via Chrome OS and emulation. Nokia 400 4G will be the first feature phone to be powered by Android if HMD pulls it off....
Users combining Nokia handsets with Android 9 Pie will enjoy ever improving functionality as their smartphone understands how they use it daily. Features such as predictive system navigation constantly adjust and anticipate user’s needs. Android 9 Pie brings a host of impressive new features to the Nokia 5.1 Plus users, including App Actions and Digital Wellbeing, brand-new features exclusive to Android One devices and Google Pixel phones. Key features of Android 9 Pie · App Actions – Helps you get things done faster by predicting your next move and displaying the right action on your phone · Slices – Identifies relevant information of your favourite apps to make them more easily accessible when you need them · Adaptive Battery – Uses deep learning to understand usage patterns and prioritise battery power on important apps · Adaptive Brightness – Automatically adapts phone brightness by learning from your interactions · New system navigation – Features a single home button that provides intelligent predictions and suggestions (user enabled) Digital Wellbeing features: · Dashboard – Highlights screen time and phone usage including how many times device has been unlocked and number of notifications received · App Timers – Set time limits on app usage · Wind Down and Do Not Disturb – Set a daily schedule to get your phone ready for bed....
Though Nokia will remain its Headquarters in Finland, it will maintain strong research facilities in France and nominate a vice chairman from Alcatel-Lucent. The acquisition of the ailing French telco which has been making losses will see Nokia emerge as a top network equipment manufacturer against the likes of Ericsson and Huawei. Nokia shofted focus to networks after selling its smartphone business to Microsoft.
The Roku Channel had been available since 2014 in Europe, Africa, and Asia. In a statement to TechMoran Dr. Ngozi Victoria Uti, NollyLand’s founder and CE said, “This is a major step for both NollyLand and Roku. NollyLand is now available to Roku users in North America to watch unlimited Nigerian, Ghanaian, and African Movies.” NollyLand‘s Roku Channel offers automatic bookmarking, adaptive video streaming, personalized watch lists, timeline thumbnails, advanced search features, and more....
The range of mobiles include Obi Mobiles’ flagship 5” octa-core smartphone, the Octopus S520 which retails at KES 26,999 packs in high performance with the latest Android Kit Kat 4.4 operating system, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa Core processor, making time lags a thing of the past. The Wolverine S501 at KES 12,399 while the the Hornbill S551 at KES 18,299; The Leopard S502 at KES 14,999 boasts a 1GB RAM, the Obi Leopard’s 1....
Ogilvy Africa was awarded a Bronze Statue in the Health and Wellness, Product Design Category. This is the fourth time this year that Ogilvy Africa’s creativity is being celebrated on the world stage, having previously won at the prestigious Festival de Cannes, D & AD Awards and Loeries Africa & Middle East Awards. The bronze was also the first-ever medal won by a Kenyan creative agency at the LIA. The recognition is for the creative agency’s innovative Lesso Lessons project which was launched in March in partnership with Roto Tank and Kenya’s Ministry of Health (MoH)....
On the “Future Imaging Event” occasion on August 19, Simon Liu, head of Image at the firm, introduced further developments for fifteen minutes. The menu includes a telephoto lens with ceaseless optical zoom, a five-pivot optical image adjustment system, and an RGBW picture sensor. OPPO centres around nonstop optical zoom On the event of the world photography day, which is celebrated each year on August 19, the Chinese phone maker OPPO made an online feature called “Future Imaging Event” to introduce three developments that will be brought to the cameras that will be featured on the next smartphone of the brand Known for reporting long enough ahead of time the novelties and mechanical improvements of these items, OPPO has stayed dedicated to its habit....
Powered by Android 11 running the custom made ColorOS 12.1, OPPO Reno7 5G comes in two fresh colours; Sunset Orange and Cosmic Black, has 6.43 inch display screen, weighs around 173 g and spots an 8 GB + 256 GB RAM and ROM respectively. The phone’s 4500mAh battery supports USB OTG (Reverse charging), 65W fast charging promising only a 5-minute charge to play a game and 31 minutes to full charge....
Present in the partnership agreement was, Alioune Ndiaye the CEO of Orange Africa and the Middle East and Kathinka Kurz, Head of The Development in Partnerships Program with the private sector at GIZ. The two together signed the agreement aimed at benefiting 20,000 youths from 14 countries in both Africa and the Middle East. Orange is a multi-service operator and a leading partner in digital transformation. Their focus in the partnership is to support the development of new digital services in Africa and the Middle East....
Self-driving technology Most of the most famous and reputable car manufacturers in the world have access to this technology and successfully apply it to their products. Among them, the most prominent is BMW. In 2022, BMW will continuously produce and launch an upgrade of self-driving technology to level 4. Self-driving cars have completely similar characteristics to driverless cars, but especially the sensing system The transformers, cameras, and data centers have been enhanced to give customers complete peace of mind about safe driving processes and practices without the need for physical intervention....
People are always advised to download apps only from authentic app stores including the Google Play Store, Apple App Store. However, there are times when malware hides behind an authentic looking app to con users. It was recently discovered that Android Malware existed as an app on Google Play Store. The app called Flixonline, which was downloadable through the Play store, allowed users to watch global Netflix content free of cost....
The authorization gives Pesapal a license to drive cashless transactions and related benefits, including financial inclusion and convenience, by simplifying the processing of payments and expanding the possible ways in which businesses can get paid and access their funds. Pesapal has been at the forefront of the Digital Payments revolution in Africa for over a decade. By leveraging technology to make financial services affordable, convenient, and secure while empowering tens of thousands of merchants and millions ofconsumers in markets across Africa to thrive....
