Two people sent me Shirleen’s story, they wrote “awww, see what this mama is doing for other mums” because am a mum as well, I was expected to praise the twenty-year-old single mum who had won many hearts on Twitter. She narrated her sob story very well, she said that being a single mum has been hard (which it usually is) and claimed that there has been nothing to celebrate....

Here’s how to monetize from your next live stream. Run Ads This may appear to be a no-brainer, but it’s worth noting. Online advertising has been around for a long time and can be a good way to monetize your content. “Streaming platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook allow you to play pre-roll and mid-roll ads during your streams, which viewers can see and you get paid for showing them....

TechMoran chats with Raymond Umeh, founder and CEO of Skarabrand as he talks about the trigger behind the startup, the journey since then, how they are funded and many more. Enjoy. Did Skarabrand launch first as an offline furniture company, or has been an ecommerce company from the start? Skarabrand started off as an ecommerce company. What triggered the launch of Skarabrand? After being in the furniture industry for over a decade, I realized there was a gap – a growing number of Nigerians were searching for furniture online, but there was no proper furniture online brand serving that rapidly growing market, which has more than doubled in the past year from a few thousand to tens of thousands....

Now, say hello to the newsest ride-sharing app in Nigeria – Smart Cab. Launched on the 28th of February 2017 by Arogundade Jubril, Smart Cab is set to take its market share from the growing industry. Like other ride-sharing apps, Smart Cab allows one to order cab services online as well as track these cab requests. Available on both iOS and Android, Smart Cab tries to set itself apart with some unique feature, including, allowing riders choose their preferred ride and drivers, right from the app; and the promise of free WiFi on board....

What is PlayStation Plus? Behind the scenes, Sony is stretching out beyond its limits. The PlayStation Plus subscription takes advantage of a few features from the old PlayStation Plus. It combines it with those seen on the current PlayStation to produce three subscription levels that serve many online gaming benefits, a catalog of recent or older games, etc. Sony PlayStation Plus packages If you are wondering how many packages are presented with the PlayStation Plus....

Android 13 update enables one to customize icon options, design the theme and select color, and language for different apps, update security and improve permissions, e.t.c.

Tell us about yourselves, your educational background, team and how you came together to form Custos Media We got the idea for Custos in the MIH Media Lab, an industry-funded cross-disciplinary postgraduate research lab focussed on new media research at Stellenbosch University. I was a student completing my Masters in Economics at the lab, and my co-founders, Dr. G-J van Rooyen and Dr. Herman Engelbrecht with the founders and directors of the lab, both engineers....

Speaking to TechMoran, Benji Coetzee, Founder and CEO EmptyTrips said, “Proving new business models and innovative thinking can connect Africa and enable growth assures the investment community that we are moving Africa forward, smartly. Ultimately, we aim to reduce the number of empty vehicles due to better utilization, leading to lower congestion, and as such, is better for the environment.” According to Benji the inspiration to start EmptyTrips came to her approximately 2 years ago when she was on route to Johannesburg from Durban and passed many empty trucks and rail wagons....

Launched in 2015 and based in Johannesburg, WizzPass focuses on improving the often manual and insecure processes and systems involved with traditional facility visitor management. Its visitor management system revolutionizes the experience, security, convenience and safety of visitors to offices and other buildings, creating improved communications and interactions between businesses and their visitors. The startup’s solutions have processed over 10 million secure events and are used by blue-chip companies in over 300 sites across four continents....

Love Nature. Is a 24/7 Wild and marine animals documentary channel will be available to Basic and Classic bouquet subscribers on the terrestrial platform. Satellite television subscribers on Smart and Super bouquets will also access the channel. Smithsonian Channel is a 24/7 Science & exploration documentary channel. It will be available to Classic and Super bouquet subscribers on terrestrial and satellite television platforms respectively. ” The move aims at further availing more premium content to StarTimes subscribers while extending more value for money....

SWVL Daly was designed for intra-city rides in Nairobi, while City to City rides were designed for long-distance travel and Swvl Business was designed for business trips. Swvl now says it’s suspending Swvl Daily intra-city and Swvl Travel rides indefinitely. “In light of the global economic downturn, we are pausing our Swvl Daily intra-city rides in Nairobi next Friday the 3rd of June, 2022. And Swvl Travel on Sunday the 30th of May, 2022....

PLEASE NOTE: Compressed photos haven’t counted on the memory, photos, and videos in original quality always): High-quality and Express-quality photos and videos supported June 1, 2021, will not score toward the storage space in your Google Account.Original videos and photos will continue to be stored in the storage space available in your Google Account.Images kept in their original quality and compressed to high quality after June 1, 2021, will be in your accounts space in your respective Google Account....

Let’s examine the opportunities and how to tap into them. Skilling Up To be useful, your skills have to be on par with your peers. Not every college offers quality education in the region, so it’s beneficial to take advantage of the online Computer Science Masters from the New Jersey Institute of Technology that is completely accessible over an internet connection. This type of course covers computer science from multiple disciplines with optional specialties in networking or data mining and relational database work....

Popular messaging app Telegram is testing a new feature that would let users set reminders for upcoming chats or events. The feature that is being tested currently would let users schedule voice chats on Telegram. For instance, if you had planned a special chat session with your friend or have an important work meeting, you can simply schedule the chat so that you and the people involved in it don’t forget about it....

The last week has been a bit of an adjustment for many companies and Kenyan citizens after the newly amended Finance Bill was announced. In case you’re not aware there was a rise in the excise duty from 15% to 20% on both internet and call rates, since then we’ve all been waiting to see what the telcos companies will do and Telkom has given us an announcement. As of yesterday July 6th, 2021 Telkom’s headline price for the Pay-As-You-Go Telkom-to-Telkom Voice will increase to KES 2....

Teraco Data Environments Proprietary Limited, Africa’s largest vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services provider, has completed the JB3 data centre facility, located within the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. This multi-billion-rand facility represents a strategic addition to Platform Teraco, offering enterprises a scalable platform for IT infrastructure deployment while sustaining performance, reliability, security, and the widest network choice. JB3 comprises 45000sqm of building structure, 12000sqm of data hall space, and 29MW of critical power load....

There is a 19.7% rise in Mobile usage whereby users of mobiles have to spend $133 billion this year alone compared with $ 111.1 billion from the previous year. The Apple store has once again beaten the Android Play store hands down with $85.1 billion spent on Apps on its store compared to Google’s Play Store’s 47.9 billion. On the other hand, the latter is growing faster with a 3....

The sound sector is well known to us all. We know well that Harry Styles is the name of the top brand, however, his fans are gathered around the same man. How is the style department being managed? Harry Styles is a celebrity that you know about. Harry Styles may not be the only one. The responsibilities he generated made him known. Fine Line Merchandise The audio brand may be named Management....

This has largely been a result of increased investment in technology across financial organisations, not only to ‘keep up’ with competition but operate more efficiently as a whole. With the shift we have seen in recent times towards a more remote working world, this has become more important than ever. The changes seen in the sector were dominant even before the lockdown, however. Whilst the sector was traditionally controlled by a handful or large organisation in the UK, the changes seen to the regulatory landscape has opened the market to challengers, with nearly 90,000 finance firms now active in the UK....

Understanding market trends The most obvious and primary aspect of using big data analytics is understanding and incorporating market trends into your business strategies. In this sense, online casinos are no different from any other business. Before developing or buying the rights to any game, both developers and casino operators need to go over big data to understand what type of games, design, narratives, characters, and features, among others, can appeal the most to players....