Founded in 2019 in Tamale, Northern Ghana, AppCyclers provides online services for individual households, businesses, organizations and institutions to trade off their used electronic, electrical and home appliance gadgets. AppCyclers is an online platform solution that focuses on reshaping the way consumers buy and sell electronic goods. The startup acts as a middleman to provide individual households, businesses, organizations and institutions with options on how they can trade their used gadgets for cash....

Telcos in the country are individually taking measures to curb the menace with MTN proposing the 19 cents minimum per minute of inbound international traffic to be removed as their solution after reporting reduction in revenue losses to simboxing. Ghana Web reports that the MTN CEO revealed the reduction was significant having come from $800,000 to just about $100,000 a month which proved a downward trend. Only last month the telco was losing an average of about GHS34million to SIMBOX fraud every year and the tax component government lost was GHS16million....

Now, we are proud to tell you that Go Metro has emerged the best at the 2014 “Get In the Ring” Cape Town competition and Justin Coetzee will be going to Rwanda in September 2014 to represent Cape Town in the Regional Finals. Go Metro is a data-driven transit app for City Transport that contextualizes schedules and real-time data with crowd sourced updates from users in the system. GoMetro is a social network for transit users – improving the customer experience of moving around in a city through a mobile-centred, location-aware service – for trains, buses and and BRT....

The cancellation follows a string major tech events cancellations that have taken place in the last two weeks. All pegged on the growing concerns of coronavirus. Google recently cancelled their attendance for Games Developer Summit in mid-March moving it to an online-only event. “Due to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19). And in accordance with health guidance from the CDC, WHO, and other health authorities. We have decided to cancel the physical /O event at Shoreline Amphitheatre,” explains a Google spokesperson Google typically uses I/O as its biggest news event of the year to introduce new changes to Android, Google-powered hardware, and even updates to services like Google Maps....

In case you wondered, Google usually targets ads based on what you search. Basically, if you search for a phone the next thing you keep seeing phones all over your timeline and then you wonder if there’s a ghost tracking you? Well, this is where digital marketers come in, they target you based on your interests and Google helps them. The Alphabet Inc. company said Wednesday that it plans next year to stop using or investing in tracking technologies that uniquely identify web users as they move from site to site across the internet....

In light of the Google Watches and the Pixel 7 series launch. The manufacturer has provided an insight on how long users of the Pixel Watch may anticipate update support in the future in a support document. Therefore, until October 2025, or three years after the Google wristwatch initially debuted in the Google Store in the United States. Google does not distinguish between security upgrades and guaranteed Android OS updates in this case, unlike its Pixel phones....

Kenyans are searching online for thrift stores, revealing an interest in second-hand goods. According to Google search trends, searches for the terms ‘thrift meaning’ and ‘thrift stores’ have increased by 160 percent. “Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, new data from Google Search Trends reveals that Kenyans have taken a particular interest in searching for ‘Thrifting’; the buying and selling of second-hand items that have been gently used,” Google Kenya Communications and Public Affairs Manager Sharon Machira said....

According to GSMA, the far bigger challenge is the 3.4 billion people who live in areas that are already covered by mobile broadband, but are not using it, (“the usage gap”). According to GSMA’s Chief Regulatory Officer, John Giusti, “The COVID-19 pandemic made clear the importance of mobile internet access to people’s lives and livelihoods and has accelerated the digital transformation around the world. Mobile is the primary and often the only way to access the internet in low- and middle-income countries....

The program, “Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Tractor Financing for Increased Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria,” already has enabled tractor purchases in the states of Nasarrawa, Abuja and Enugu. These purchases could make tractors accessible to thousands of smallholder farmers via the increasingly popular Hello Tractor leasing platform. Sometimes referred to as Uber for tractors, Hello Tractor offers software and tracking devices that allow farmers to book tractor services from local tractor owners via a mobile phone app....

Speaking to TechMoran, Okii Eli of Heloclean said the firm is set to help Nairobi residents book a professional cleaner for their office or home, party venue, apartment or laundry for as low as Ksh 300 ($3)/hr. “We are dedicated to providing you with trusted and reliable house cleaners. We have well trained cleaners whose background we have thoroughly vetted, ready for the job,” Eli told TechMoran. Apart from background and identity checked professionals, the firm is promising 100% money-back guarantee, friendly 24/7 customer service and Ksh 300 off your first order....

The Google for Startups accelerator programme, which will run virtually until the end of September, will see 12 selected startups receive mentorship in machine learning, cloud, digital marketing, product design/UX, customer acquisition, and leadership development. They will also be connected with venture capitalists, and Google will provide design thinking training to all startups that applied for the second cohort. Automotive, agriculture, fitness, fintech, real estate, e-commerce, and entertainment are among the 12 startups selected from six Arab countries....

Mazzuma, an international remittance and mobile money platform based in Ghana; HouseAfrica, a digital property validation system based in Nigeria; Pravica, a decentralized communication suite for enterprises based in Egypt; and CARMA, a P2P data marketplace for the unbanked based in Nigeria, are the four startups selected. In partnership with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), CV VC is now expanding into Africa, with plans to construct the continent’s first blockchain-focused accelerator and invest in 100 startups over the next four years....

In addition, a project was also awarded the special, “Jury’s Favourite” prize. So, a total of six prizes were awarded by the POESAM International Grand Prix jury. 18 finalists were selected to enter the international competition which took place at the AfricaTech Festival, the biggest technology fair in Africa. For the International Grand Prix, the 3 winners were: 1st prize: Tunisia’s Ahkili, an innovative psychological assistance telephone hotline covering the whole of North Africa, available seven days a week to facilitate contact with qualified psychologists without having to make an appointment....

The partnership means that people in underprivileged countries/communities can learn even if they have no access to data adding to its over 10,000 already trained individuals in data science, product management, product design, analytics with python among others. Utiva has also trained about 20,000 learners through its sponsored masterclass, some of these individuals have gone ahead to transition into tech, gotten new jobs and even relocated to work abroad. Launched two years ago, Utiva’s commitment to enriching lives by providing opportunities to tech learning, the company designed an affordable option of learning called Ubuntu, a concept that lowers the barrier to people regardless of their gender and economic background....

Launched on the 1st of October 2016 by Ijezie Emmanuel, the service is currently available in Nigeria and Ghana, with plans for expansion. Since its launch, Hithood has hosted goods in various categories, including mobile phones and accessories, vehicles/Machines, animals and pets, housing and real estate, art and hobbies, computers and other electronic gadgets. To optimise user experience, products and services are grouped in basic categories. Users begin their process of shopping on the platform by first selecting their country of residence....

This challenge is what HollaNow wants to address. HollaNow is a smart phonebook that enables users to be a able to search for contacts beyond their smartphones and address books. To use the platform, users simply search for contact details, including emails and phone numbers of service providers, friends, colleagues or corporate bodies, and dial on the go. The ‘smart phonebook’ operates in 2-ways. While it allows contacts to be discovered, users can also register their details via the app for others to find....

Apple has chosen to highlight the most exciting features of its upcoming operating system while ignoring the minor security enhancements. Despite this, there are a lot of them. The Cupertino brand will implement a new mechanism known as Rapid Security Response. The latter will enable Apple to provide urgent security fixes for iPhones, iPads, and other MacBooks without requiring a full system update. Except in rare circumstances, these patches will be deployed silently on your device and will not require a reboot....

Consumer Lending is Changing Technological advancement has spurred on much of the change in consumer lending. The availability of data allows the lender to look deeper than the credit score when analyzing the creditworthiness of a customer, resulting in a more accurate risk assessment (Infosys BPM, n.d.). Digital lenders can have access to employment history, education details and spending habits that help them better understand if an applicant will be able to pay their debts (Srivastava, 2021)....

The following are the main documents you will need when applying for a tax refund from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). A mortgage certificate issued by a financial institution for claims relating to mortgage interest or a home ownership plan. Insurance policy certificates are required for claims involving insurance relief. Tax deduction card (P9 Form) for claims relating to excess PAYE deductions. You must take the following steps to apply for a KRA tax refund: Access to the KRA iTax PortalLog in to the portal with your KRA PIN....