The businesses will receive, free online training, ranging from the basics of e-commerce to operations, marketing, finance, and sales. A series of online self-study modules will also be available at the Vendor Hub page. Additionally, Jumia will offer working capital financing to vendors to help them grow. “Now more than ever, we need to be all-hands-on-deck to help cushion businesses from the impact of COVID-19. We will commit resources to support KEPSA’s Digital Commerce initiative, to train vendors & give them the tools to sell online effectively....

Khazna’s Super App provides its users with Earned Wage Access, Bill Payment and Purchases of electronics and household products all in-app, thereby significantly minimizing cash transactions. Through the Khazna Card, Khazna’s users have instant 24/7 access to their wages. This unique offering is a testament to the significant efforts by the Central Bank of Egypt towards financial inclusion and a less-cash society. Informal short term loans to employees and gig workers are common among the Egyptian labor force to cover liquidity gaps between paychecks....

Basically it’s an online marketplace for all fashion stores with verified physical addresses to upload and sell to the massive community of online users. Sellers don’t have to bother about logistics and delivery to customers, just register your store, get verified and start uploading your apparels for free. Kowane takes a commission after sales have been made. And the best part is you can deliver anywhere in the world. For more information click here....

QHD+ resolution 537 pixels per inch Curved display Always on Display HDR10 support Dolby Vision Wide angle one has 120 degrees of view Front: 5MP f/2.2 with autofocus Quick charge 3.0 1P68 Water and Dust resistant MIL-STD-810G Drop resistant 158g weight · World largest aperture size on the regular rear camera f/1.6 · Quad DAC for sound enhancement, tuned by B&O Play. · Premium B&O earphones in the box · Cine video with Cine Effect and Point Zoom · MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) technology for compressing studio audio without losing clarity for streaming · Floating bar an Always on display with all the functions of the V series signature second screen · Military grade drop resistant rating · Water and dust resistant · Bluetooth 5....

This will see the residents of Nakuru County enjoy a free, fast and reliable public street Wifi connection, enabling rapid access to information vital for economic and educational advancement. The public-private partnership between the Nakuru County Government and Liquid Telecom Kenya has seen the design and launch of a high capacity Wifi network that covers a 10-kilometre radius from the central business district (CBD) with a capacity of 1 Gigabyte per second (Gbps)....

The deal was “unplanned and that Little would still raise another $100 million,” earmarked for expansion across Africa. This cash injection adds to the previously raised $10m the company received from parent company, Craft Silicon LTD, and its other shareholders. Speaking to Reuters, Craft Silicon founder and chairman, Kamal Budhabhatti said, “What is happening is that the transport and auto industry which has been quite dormant, from the disruption point of view, is now ripe for disruption....

Today, M-KOPA Solar has introduced a Safaricom-branded solar lighting system dubbed M-KOPA III, its third-generation pay as-you-go solar home solution also wired to M-PESA. With two LED solar lights and one solar rechargeable LED torch, and a larger 8W panel that gives 60% more charging capacity. M-KOPA III comes with a solar rechargeable radio, a mobile phone charger and a larger battery unlike its predecessors and is upgradeable to include two additional solar lights – sold separately....

Foundedin 2016 by Claire Mangeau, the technology powers a service that creates and delivers personalized learning experiences for each child and empower schools with insights all through SMS and web. The Nairobi based company is, envisioning a world where every learning community works together to help students succeed. TechMoran met up with Claire at M-Shule offices, as she told us more about the company’s goals and progress so far. Tell me about yourself, your educational background etc My name is Claire Mangeau, am the CEO and founder of M-shule....

Christened graduate tracking system, the system will not only reveal the number of students supervised by a lecturer but will also reveal the research that is being conducted by students. The New Vision Uganda reports that the system is also expected to reveal sluggish students and supervisors especially at PHD level. Dr Vincent Ssembatya, the Makerere University director for quality assurance said the says the system will also spontaneously alert lecturers about the venue and time of their classes several hours in advance....

These glasses will be the first product resulting from the work of the social media giant in the field of connected glasses. A conventional design, but “advanced” functions The officialization comes from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who confirmed the upcoming collaboration during his conference call on the second quarter financial results: “Looking to the future, the next product release will be the launch of our first Ray-Ban smart glasses in partnership with EssilorLuxottica,” he said....

The ISP provider boosts over 7,000 active users, Mawingu is the country’s largest Internet service provider catering to rural Kenya, with a presence in 15 counties, notably in the Mount Kenya region. The company has already begun to increase its outreach into towns which have not been well served and are generally neglected by the larger players in the industry. In the past few months. Mawingu has expanded into Marsabit, Garissa, Wajir, and Voi, towns for which other providers have not been given primary priority due to the high capital cost and logistical complexities involved in providing them with reliable and affordable connectivity....

Vodacom’s head of value-added services (VAS) Nguvu Kamand said that, instead of struggling and moving from one platform to another, we as a digital valuing company, saw the importance of creating one bundle which will include all music genres. That’s why we decided to partner with Mdundo. The music streaming app was launched in Kenya in 2013 and has become one of the leading music services in Africa. The platform is available to users globally, with a focus on African markets including Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe Vodacom Tanzania is a leading telecom company with over 15....

The Africa Young Innovators for Health Award is IFPMA and Speak Up Africa’s flagship programme to provide young entrepreneurs in the healthcare sector an opportunity to develop their business ideas and advance promising solutions to support, equip, protect, and train healthcare workers. Applicants must be 18 to 35 years and be a national or resident of an African country. The Award winners will take home a total of $75,000 in financial support and benefit from a business mentorship programme, media training and technical support with intellectual property protection, plus exposure to a renowned network of global health leaders....

Over the past 10 years, TATC platforms have developed a database of nearly 75,000 employers registered across Africa. The company aims to bridge the African talent gap. Erick Wilson Wafula is the current Head of Marketing for BrighterMonday for East Africa. He has experience in marketing and growth hacking of over 10 years across the African continent in different countries including, Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda & Kenya where he employed his skills as a Consumer Psychologist and professional marketer to shape the success of various brands In the past few years, he has led the marketing teams of Ringier One Africa Media brands such as PigiaMe (Kenya), Cheki(Kenya) Qefira (Ethiopia), Expat-Dakar (Senegal) & BrighterMonday as Head of Marketing....

So what is Tranzit about? Tranzit was taken from the English word ” Transit” which basically means “the conveyance of people and things from one place to another. Having this in mind, Tranzit is an IT based mobility service provider. Currently they offer two products: TaxiPixi Africa www.taxipixi.com, which is a taxi e-hailing and booking service, that helps you book a taxi in 30 seconds. Secondly, TranzitIT, a technology based delivery service that serves both e-commerce and brick and mortar merchant owners, as well as regular consumers ....

Sourab Nagpal ,the product manager at Microsoft said that, Dark Mode has been a highly requested feature by many of their customers and they are proud to begin releasing it today, adding that many users prefer using dark mode as it provides a more comfortable visual experience for reading and working on mobile devices. The office app will enable a user to accomplish their tasks on mobile device by combining Word, Excel and Power point into a single app while improving its capabilities for creating and working with PDFs, images, scanning, capturing notes and much more....

Nigeria is rising to become one of the most digital countries in Africa. Every other day there is something new that happens in Nigeria either in the business sector or startups. Many young Nigerian entrepreneurs have received massive support from different companies worldwide. Seeing this potential Microsoft has started a startup called WINsiders4good Fellowship who partnered with co-creation Hub that will offer 6 months mentorship to 20 technology startups in Nigeria....

3D painting software Remember the Microsoft Paint app you used to draw objects with when you were young, the tech giant has decided it’s time to revamp it. The new Paint software comes with the ability to paint or doodle 3D objects. The previous functionalities still remains, only better. Game mode Windows 10 will have a mode that will increase gaming performance. It will do so by prioritizing resources to your game and also limiting the background processes....

Vista used to be very intensive of the computer resources. Specifications that ran Windows XP decently were insufficient for Vista. Even those that were powerful enough to handle Vista were met with bugs and glitches all over. Microsoft realized this and quickly released the awesome Windows 7. With today’s news, the cease of support for Vista doesn’t mean the OS will stop functioning, it means that there will be no further security updates....

This comes in the wake of the government’s directive to maintain social distancing as one of the ways of curbing the spread of COVID-19 that has so far seen 50 people testing positive. “This telemedicine service provides the ideal means to offer certain types of patient care for our employees and clients during this period of Coronavirus pandemic. We are hopeful that the services offered will play a vital role in preventing the spread of novel Coronavirus....