Apple Translate is one of the software that has been rubbing shoulders with Google. It allows Apple users to translate text, voices, and conversations. Apple’s translator is far from being as sophisticated as Google’s program in this area, but it is still making progress. It will use the release of iOS 16 to welcome additional languages. The newest version of Apple’s operating system has been in developers’ hands for several weeks....

Back in February, Apple finally started shipping an Apple TV app for Google’s Chromecast with Google TV, giving many more users access to Apple’s ever-expanding library of content and other movies and TV shows you may have purchased on iTunes. That’s all fine and dandy, but the app wasn’t made available to those with Android TVs. Luckily, that changes today. The app has finally started rolling out to Android TV devices like the Nvidia Shield TV....

During the unveiling celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and J.J. Abrams were on hand alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple’s Cupertino, California, headquarters to announce new projects for the platform. That’s not all, Apple had also announced a new service named Apple TV Channels, which offers a la carte access to a handful of different TV channels. Both Channels and Plus are part of a major update coming to the Apple TV app....

ABH annually awards 10 outstanding finalists with a share of a US$1.5 million grant. The AfricaBusinessHeroes is open to entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, across every sector, age group, and gender will now be able to submit their applications, in either French and English, for a chance to compete for a spot among the Top 10 finalists. The central theme of this year’s competition, “It’s African Time”, is a bold call to action for all talented African entrepreneurs who are challenging stereotypes associated with “African time” through their businesses, to leverage the ABH prize to scale their efforts as well as share their stories of how they’ve driven change and solutions....

While the WhatsApp message is genuine and appears to come from one of your contacts, the contact has had their WhatsApp hacked and it is a scammer who is controlling the account. If you forward the code provided, you are doomed. The verification code that the hacker wants you to send is a One Time Password that will be used to register your WhatsApp on another number, or even set up a WhatsApp Business account....

Essentially, there are price caps on the vehicles eligible for the credit, as well as rules governing where the EVs are built and where the battery materials are sourced. According to TechCrunch, roughly 70% of EVs in the US (72 current models) that are eligible for the current credit will no longer be eligible for the new credit. Having said that, the Biden Administration has announced that approximately 20 current and upcoming electric vehicles will be eligible for the new credit....

This is a first-of-its-kind crypto hub and will be a training center for in-person blockchain education sessions. Through this hub, Binance will equip crypto enthusiasts with more resources to thrive within the ecosystem as well as foster offline connections. “Africans continue to interact with crypto in very different ways, establishing some of its most important use cases and opportunities for greater financial inclusion. Through the Binance crypto hub, we see a more on-the-ground approach as an essential step in demystifying the concepts, fostering the right understanding of the many opportunities that education, web 3....

The round was raised from Moore Strategic Ventures (Louis Bacon), Kyle Bass, Access Industries, Rovida Advisors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV (aka Google Ventures), Lakestar, Eldridge, and more. According to Peter Smith, CEO & co-founder Blockchain.com, “When we set out to raise our Series A in late 2014, there were only a handful of venture-backed crypto companies. A bitcoin was worth hundreds of dollars and we were pleased to power just over 2 million wallets in the wild....

Technology has made things a bit bearable especially for the job searching area where people are now ‘tarmacking’ on the internet as opposed to the traditional way of dropping resumes in all the companies reception area which end up in the trash can. Bridging the gap between the employer and employee, Kenyans are now logging in to BrighterMonday’s portal in search of a job opportunity. The number of searchers has greatly grown especially as higher university intakes lead to more graduates....

Waspito, founded in 2020 by Jean Lobe , connects users with doctors via instant video consultations from their smartphones. It also offers mobile laboratory services, in which a lab professional collects samples from a user’s home and sends the results to them digitally. Waspito has served over 15,000 patients to date, and it plans to expand to ten countries in the next four years. It also includes a health-focused social network where users may engage anonymously with medical specialists who provide preventive care suggestions and answers to inquiries....

One such item from our history, the classic fruit machine, has undergone a digital revamp in recent decades, allowing players of the classic fruity, the opportunity to grab a spin of the iconic reels from the comfort of their home, on a device of their choice, whilst connected to the internet. Online slot machines, otherwise known as Slots, have become a big deal since the birth of the first online casino in 1996, and now make up over 70% of the virtual casino game floor, allowing players from far and wide the chance to spin a reimagined fruity anywhere they like, any time of day, without having to enter a casino establishment or gaming venue....

Unfortunately, retail businesses in major urban areas that were not equipped to handle card or mobile payments found it challenging to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. In Zambia, where multiple mobile money players are fighting for market share, merchants and retailers have set up fragmented payment processes, contracts and accounts to accept all forms of payments. In turn, this means that the retailer is managing varying user payment experiences to collect from multiple mobile money networks and processes for settlement and reversals daily....

The Africa Fintech Summit brings together diverse stakeholders in the fintech space, offering an avenue for exploration of ideas, mobilisation of investments, and collaborations across sectors and geographies. The summit highlights the issues and opportunities in African finance and the entrepreneurs driving the revolution on the world’s stage. The awards ceremony dubbed the Annual Excellence in Fintech Awards recognises African fintech stakeholders to enable Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and drive financial inclusion and literacy through innovation....

EntrepreneurCountry has landed in Nigeria. The entrepreneurial ecosystem with a 133,000 strong community from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America connects high-profile digital enablers/entrepreneurs with world leading corporate brands who need their products and service. This global discovery platform allows entrepreneurs to be discovered by leading corporate organisations. It has over 400 partners, giving entrepreneurs access to leading investors and a platform for thought leadership. It launched its first event at the Lagos Chamber of Commercer and Industry last month which was graced by a selection of high-profile guest speakers including Amit Pau, Director of EntrepreneurCountry, Beverly Okoye, Deputy Director at UK Trade and Investment Nigeria (UKTI), Bankole Oluwafemi, Co-Founder of Nigerian tech blog TechCabal, Victor Okigbo, Manager at IDEA Accelerator and award-winning journalist Tolu Ogunlesi....

Rolled out in 1998, EALP is a rigorous internship-based leadership development program which aims to create a community of talented leaders who are capable of solving the world’s most pressing challenges. EALP provides benefiting scholars with paid internship opportunities and a college savings scheme to help finance their studies. EALP benefits the top performing boy and girl in the high school leaving/university entrance exams in Kenya in every sub county where Equity Bank has a branch and trains scholars through programming activities aimed at developing each scholar in three thematic areas: Academic Vitality, Professional Development, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation....

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The objective of the initiative is to set up a public service platform that will provide the Rwandan citizenry with the option of accessing government services through the web. Rwandan government signed an agreement with Rwanda Online Platform Limited in April 2014 granting the firm the right to run the platform for 25 years, after which the government will take back the rights. The agreement is intended to bridge the gap of information access....

Pan-African telecoms operator Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has revealed the launch of managed infrastructure and services solution for the SME market in Uganda by its iWayAfrica business. It is a joint product offering with managed services company SevenC Computing. Winston Smith, General Manager, Terrestrial Services for GIN and iWayAfrica says that the partnership with SevenC Computing has already proven beneficial in several countries. “We have seen great success in Namibia and Zimbabwe and anticipate tremendous growth in Uganda....

Lack of sufficient training of staff It is not easy to convince business decision makers to move from a legacy system to a new one unless they understand it well. Resistance to change can only be overcome through education, and experience from each application that you successfully migrate. Most times, when a new system is introduced to a company, it will be managed by a select few in the tech/IT team....

Uganda’s minister of education and sports, Janet Museveni, said the initiative would be critical in digital learning, “This is a project that has several benefits, it will support education and encourage digital learning in rural schools by providing learning aids in form of projectors and televisions. These will be utilized to implement lessons plans and demonstrative education through videos and pictures,” she said. Chinese ambassador to Uganda, Zheng Zhuqiang, said the 12 million U....