The investment was led by Upstart, a company founded by ex-Googlers Dave Girouard, Anna Counselman, and Paul Gu. The Stellar Development Foundation’s Enterprise Fund participated, alongside new investors Kindred Ventures and the J. Safra Group. The round also included existing investors IVP, Revolution Growth, and Lowercase Capital, bringing Tala’s total capital raised to little over $360 million. Tala is now worth more than $800 million thanks to this new investment....

Perfect Tech Reviews help you choosing the best 4k 144Hz Monitors that have astonishing features and are best among all previous monitors in the market. These monitors ensure the compatibility of GPU and refresh rate of monitor and also provides finest curvature ranges for facilitating the users. Dell S2421HGF:- Dell S2421HGF is top of the list 4k 144Hz Monitor that has 24 inches display screen and this monitor enables gamers or users to clear and steady display quality....

Several residents throughout Singapore will score a chance to try out this service, by booking a free ride using Nu-Tommy’s mobile application, which works similarly to Uber’s. Customers will be driven to their desired destinations in a Renault Zoe or Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car which has been modified to accomplish autonomous driving. For safety measures, engineers from the company will accompany passengers during the public test rides so as to observe the vehicles performance, or take the wheel if any default occurs....

The increase in shareholding was foreshadowed in the recent US$22.9 million raise from the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listing .FDV will be exercising its call option in moteur.ma to further accelerate moteur.ma’s leadership position in Morocco. In a statement, FDV’s Chief Executive Officer, Shaun Di Gregorio said: “Our goal is to be the leading operator of online classifieds businesses in select frontier markets across the globe. We are currently partnered with 15 Operating Companies, which are growing at a rapid rate....

By educating, nurturing, and promoting innovators and insurtech startups, BimaLab Nigeria aims to close gaps in the insurance sector. With a focus on local experience, the program will draw on Kenya’s BimaLab I, BimaLab II, and global best practices. Ten companies will be selected for the ten-week program, which will provide them with the skills, resources, and support they need to develop and expand market-ready solutions that bring social and/or commercial value to Nigeria’s insurance sector....

The app is also designed to spare Nigerians the trouble of sleeping in queues while trying to get fuel in times of scarcity. As a result of incessant queues and black market activities, there are insane traffic jams as well as a hike in the price of everything. Hence their technology approach would not only help solve distribution issues but also reduce traffic flow. After downloading the app, the customer can discover the prices available through the “Get FueledUp” button, which one pays using any preferred e-money system....

Vifaa Tech Festival is a first-of-its-kind launchpad to spark conversations around consumer technologies beyond gadgets, showcase flagship products, and technology to millions of Africans. Through the festival, Gadgets Africa will recognise cutting-edge consumer products and technologies and put the African context between technology creators and African consumers. The expo’s name has been derived from the Swahili word, Vifaa, which means equipment or gear, representing the industry’s gadgets. Vifaa Tech Festival is a two-day virtual festival that seeks to bring together industry stakeholders and consumers onto one platform....

Through the reduction of time and cost in trade transactions, this partnership will provide a digital payments platform that will assist governments in improving their trade environment and meeting the challenges of payments and modern customs administration. Global and regional businesses can use a Single Window system, which is based on a technological infrastructure and provides a suite of services, including a single payment integration into all major payment methods in 35 African countries....

According to Salma Okonkwo CEO of UBI Group (Petroleum Company in Ghana and West Africa) the development of the project, christened ‘Blue Power Energy’, would produce 100MW of energy to support industrialization and development in the country. Blue Power Energy’s goal is to feed the national grid (electricity transmission network) with electricity from 100% renewable energy, making cities more sustainable, eradicating poverty and hunger, combating climate change and improving health and education while protecting the world’s oceans and forest....

According to a study conducted by Barracuda, a security firm, in September 2021, attacks against commercial email accounts, in particular, are on the rise as 35 percent of the 10,500 firms investigated had received at least one email as part of a reconnaissance assault, often known as a baiting attack in English. Attackers can employ reconnaissance assaults to gather information before launching a phishing attempt to determine if the email address is actual, the effectiveness of the victim’s anti-spam defences, as well as the victim’s capacity to engage with and react to emails from unfamiliar addresses....

The FIDO Alliance is the organization behind the move toward password-less sign-in is sponsored by the FIDO Alliance, the organization helped develop the standard for the technology that is being adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). While passwords have been the default security method since the early days of computing, FIDO argues that passwords are vulnerable to theft and compromise. In many cases, all a hacker has to do is compromise a user’s password to gain access to the corresponding service....

The announcement was made at Google’s first-ever Google for Africa event, which was live-streamed and held virtually. It expands on Google’s ongoing support to Africa’s digital transformation and entrepreneurship. Google launched its Grow with Google initiative in 2017, with the aim of training 10 million young Africans and small businesses in digital skills. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, said, “We’ve made huge strides together over the past decade — but there’s more work to do to make the internet accessible, affordable and useful for every African....

The most recent version of Google’s mobile operating system has been available since August 13. Even though the stable version of Android 13 has only been available on compatible Android handsets for a short while, everything points to the American business already having its eyes on the future. As you can see, Google has already announced Android 14 for the first time, and we also indicated when it could be released....

This has only been possible by typing in search filters. Where you could counter guess until you finally find what you’re looking for. Or use the drop-down box to perform an advanced search. With the search chips, there are now a variety of filters available, including those that will help you narrow down emails by sender. whether or not emails have an attachment, by time frame, and more. You can also use the new filters to exclude certain types of search results....

AIP launched APF-I in November 2020 with an initial focus on Peru and Colombia and a possibility to expand to other markets in the region. The fund targets inclusive businesses that incorporate underserved, vulnerable or low-income communities in their supply chains, helping to improve incomes and quality of life of these communities. Target businesses must be committed to gender equity and to promoting equal opportunities. GBF will remain as Andes Impact Partners partner of choice for grant-funded technical assistance and business advisory services, leveraging its decade-long experience managing and providing technical assistance programs to the types of businesses APF will be supporting....

As part of the financing round, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners will join the Advisory Board of foodpanda. Hellofood/ foodpanda recently acquired key competitors in India, Mexico, Russia, Brazil, Eastern Europe and South-East Asia in an expansion move. This new raise will help the company to further expand its own delivery activities and improve overall customer experience across its 40 markets. Last-mile delivery has been part of foodpanda’s operations since the beginning, it will now accelerate its efforts to drive customer satisfaction, aiming to offer the most convenient way of ordering food – from the mobile app and online....

Launched by Niklas Adalberth, one of the founders of Swedish fintech unicorn Klarna, in 2016, Norrsken aims to help entrepreneurs solve the world’s greatest challenges. Its ecosystem consists of Norrsken House, a co-working space for over 350 impact entrepreneurs in Stockholm, the Norrsken Founders Fund, and Norrsken VC. The goal of the accelerator which will have 20 participant startups is to create real change through investing in next generation business models, focusing on businesses where the impact is a result of the core operations, and impact and profit go hand-in-hand....

Catapult Inclusion Africa is a programme that aims to promote financial inclusion through fintech, produced by LHoFT Foundation a private sector initiative reaching the world from Luxemburg. Building on the success of the 2018 and 2020 editions of Catapult Inclusion Africa, the programme aims to build bridges between Africa and Europe by highlighting their initiatives and very much aligned with the sustainability goals of Luxembourg’s finance centre. The selected fintech startups will participate in eight day training and networking Bootcamp hosted online to improve financial inclusion in Africa....

After receiving 450 submissions from 77 countries, the UNICEF Venture Fund is investing in seven blockchain startups, with solutions addressing the fact that 1.7 billion people around the world remain unbanked. The selected startups will receive up to US$100,000 in grant funding, with the five of the seven choosing to receive a portion of the investment in Esther. Among the startups chosen, five of them are female-led. Two of the companies are from Kenya, one from Rwanda, and the rest from Argentina, India, Mexico, and Nepal....