Data centres house critical data for clients, including cloud services and data back-up, on servers that are heavy energy users. Consolidating data into a single premise is far more energy efficient than multiple individual on-site data servers, but data centres are still heavy energy users. This has caused mounting concern for policy makers, with Google’s electricity consumption, alone, almost doubling each year, and now running at around 3.2 Gw. In the US, analysts now estimate that the 91bn KwH and $9bn of electricity that data centres were consuming in 2013, will have become 139bn KwH and $13....

The ministers were speaking at the Connected East Africa Summit yesterday. This deliberations are expected to seal the gaps in ICT integration and shared infrastructure among East African Member states. “In Kenya ICT is one of the most vibrant sectors with its contribution to the GDP growing year after year. The sector has the ability to transform lives of those that we serve—our citizens. If we all work together in the region we will be able to achieve our goals of improving the lives of our people,” said Dr....

ECC is one of the leading beauty and personal care manufacturers in Egypt and provides a substantial opportunity to offer an enhanced service to Source Beauty’s clients, including new product innovation, and manufacturing know-how among others. The group offers 360-degree services in manufacturing and distributing scientifically proven innovative cosmetic products in the country. Lorax Capital Partners recently acquired a significant minority stake in ECC and is supporting the company’s expansion plans....

Founded in 2019 by Hossam Ali, Ahmed Anwar and Abdullah Mohebeldin, the platform brings together retailers, manufacturers, and wholesalers in one place. Fatura offers its users a multitude of innovative services, ranging from a marketplace with live product viewing and price transparency to B2B buy now pay later services and marketing support services. Commenting on the deal, Minister of International Cooperation, H.E. Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, said, “Tanmeyah’s acquisition of Fatura, backed by Egypt Ventures, and its accelerator “EFG EV Fintech”, which is a partnership with EFG Hermes Holding, comes in line with the Government of Egypt’s efforts to increase the involvement of, and to empower, the private sector, as a major driver of comprehensive and sustainable economic growth....

By revolutionizing the way fresh goods are sourced, moved, and sold, the Cairo-based fresh food platform hopes to become the region’s largest fresh food distributor by leveraging technology and data. Additionally, FreshSource aims to transform the lives of producers, businesses, and consumers while also improving the environment by using their technology platform to develop more sustainable fresh food systems. Farah and Omar Emara, a Cairo-based sibling duo, founded FreshSource in 2019....

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021 His response was a pitch-perfect answer and a useful lesson in emotional intelligence for every leader You see, he knows just how random and changeable this bit of good news is, as is any news related to his companies’ share price. Over the past year, Elon Musk’s net worth soared by more than $150 billion in possibly the fastest bout of wealth creation in history, according to a Bloomberg report....

Yesterday, Mr. Charles Muhoko was appointed as the new Pre and Post Sales Specialist for East Africa. In his new role, he will be responsible for high-level technical pre-sales support to the local sales teams, customers and channel partners. He will be tasked with understanding customer requirements with the aim of aligning and putting them in scope with Epson’s product portfolio to provide solutions that meet and exceed the customer needs....

Speaking when announcing this milestone from Kinshasa Congo where he was witnessing the migration of BCDC to Equity’s core banking platform, Dr. Mwangi said, “We are delighted to witness this milestone that has shattered the psychological barrier of a trillion-shilling balance sheet. ” He added, “The benefits to our customers will be immense. The bank is also the most capitalized in East and Central Africa with over Ksh. 142 billion giving it a single lending obligor of Ksh....

In an effort to bring people closer, over 100 countries are in meetings to start conversations and help people think about the small steps they can take to stay safe online. Over 100 countries are participating in an effort to start conversations and help people think about the small steps they can take to stay safe online. The initiative is coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, and national Safer Internet Centers across Europe and beyond....

Basically, “Click-baiting” is when a publisher posts a link with a headline that encourages people to click to see more, without telling them much information about what they will see. Posts like these tend to get a lot of clicks, which means that these posts get shown to more people, and get shown higher up in News Feed. “However, when we asked people in an initial survey what type of content they preferred to see in their News Feeds, 80% of the time people preferred headlines that helped them decide if they wanted to read the full article before they had to click through....

Tobiloba Ajibola, a fashion designer won the Ideas category with her #DressbyAloli idea to create an online platform for women to create and order bespoke clothing for weddings, owambe parties(very popular in Nigeria) and other events without worrying about missed tailor deadlines, and other common problems they face. At a pitch event lastweek, Tobiloba whose current team is 3 person strong including herself, identified her potential market as a 3 trillion naira fashion retail market targeting tech savvy and other women who face the problem she is trying to solve....

With Fibre.ng, you can now pay your house rent monthly. Fibre is changing the norm by working with landlords across Lagos who list their properties on the platform in return for a guaranteed periodic rental income. These listed properties are then made available for tenants to live in and pay monthly. According to the team, “no more lump sum of 2-year rent payments. With Fibre, you can pay for your home monthly as you earn....

In a group or individual chat on WhatsApp, users will soon be able to respond to text messages and media files using additional emoticons. The “respond with emoji” function has recently begun to roll out in some countries, although there are only five emojis available on the site. Emojis like “thumbs up,” “red heart,” “laughing,” “surprise,” “sad,” and “pray” are among them. Users will soon see a + sign, which when clicked will reveal the bottom emoji tray....

During an outsourcing conference, some targets are being established with the purpose of aiming the next goal: helping the companies generate some savings when unfortunate financial problems appear. In crisis times, a well-thought procurement strategy needs to be applied if the managers want to save his business. Depending on the area of activity, some operations are needed and the owners have to take innovative actions that will keep them afloat....

Startups such as M-scan, Laboremus Uganda, ChapChap Africa, Endiro Direct, AkelloBanker, Patasente, and Easy Matatu showcased their business solutions and competed against twelve other startups at The Innovation Village recently to win the NINJA Accelerator Uganda program. The startups were required to demonstrate aspects of relevance, impact, feasibility, readiness, traction, and creativity, according to Uchiyama Takayuki, Chief Representative at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Uganda Office. “We looked at the business profitability, sustainable business models, future growth strategy and return on investment....

The deal will see millions of future Ford and Lincoln vehicles powered by Android, with Google apps and services built-in. Ford and Google are establishing a new JV dubbed Team Upshift to transform Ford car technology and develop new retail experiences based on data, and more. “As Ford continues the most profound transformation in our history with electrification, connectivity and self-driving, Google and Ford coming together establishes an innovation powerhouse truly able to deliver a superior experience for our customers and modernize our business,” said Jim Farley, President and CEO of Ford....

The investment was led by French development institution Proparco through the Digital Africa Bridge Fund, ASC VC, Octerra, Cauris, Senegal’s Wuri Ventures, Seed9, The MBA Fund, W Fund and family offices. Existing investors Alitheia IDF and Golden Palm also participated in the round. “With this funding round, we are excited to use our technology to reflect our customers’ data back to them in the form of business insights, so they can trade more profitably ....

Huawei‘s “10 Trends for 2025 report” released on 8 Aug, described the 10 exciting trends that are shaping the future. Drawing from Huawei’s own quantitative data and real-world use cases of how intelligent technology is permeating every industry, this year’s report identifies 10 megatrends currently shaping how we live and work. These trends described in the report include living and working with bots, super sight, zero search, tailored streets, augmented creativity, frictionless communication, symbiotic economy, 5G’s rapid rollout and global digital governance....

The Varkey Foundation launched the Chegg.org Global Student Prize, a $100,000 sister award to the Global Teacher Prize, in its second year to create a powerful new platform to highlight the efforts of extraordinary students around the world who are making a real difference in learning, their peers’ lives, and society at large. Amisa Rashid, a student at Strathmore University in Nairobi pursuing a master’s degree in public policy and management, founded the Nivshe Foundation to promote community resilience through community-based mental health interventions and trauma-informed programming....

The tweeter David Mugo claims the brand was on its way to deliver alcohol to his teens who are 16-year-old and the Courrier almost finalized the transaction without any identity verification. This is based on the regulations of the country. Children under the age of 18 are not allowed to purchase or consume alcohol. According to the statement, the brand notes that it does not tolerate the distribution of age-restricted items to minors....