assistALL , an innovation by Signs Media Kenya Limited has officially launched to provide sign language interpretation services in Kenya and bridge the communication gap between deaf persons and healthcare providers in Kenya. Initially planned to help during the Covid-19 pandemic, the app is now open to users in the higher education sector, healthcare, judicial system, government services and finance among others. “assistALL app will revolutionize how the deaf participate in the social economic development in Kenya and beyond,” said Chief Administrative Secretary Min of ICT Ms....

Elizabeth Rossiello founded AZA in 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya. The startup has expanded to more than 10 countries across Africa and Europe. Rossiello has worked as a rating analyst for microfinance institutions across sub-Saharan Africa .She has done consulting for Grameen Foundation, Gates Foundation and the Acumen Fund. She has worked with regulators and policy-makers on legislation for financial innovations. Elizabeth co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Council on Block chain ....

1.WeVideo It’s compatible with android and iOS mobiles, Chromebook, Mac and windows without downloading it. Upload any file format, edit and share it on social media and web while on the go. To save your storage space, it has a cloud-based storage system that offers unlimited media storage space. 2.Movie Maker Online The greatest advantages of using Movie Maker Online are no registration requirements, free to use and edited videos have no watermarks and site labels....

1. Magisto If you’d like to try a different app than your usual video editor, try Magisto. This app offers an in-built music playlist that you can use for all your content. If you’re not good at arranging your clips then good because Magisto arranges your clips because of it’s artificial intelligence (AI), this intuitive app helps organize your footage in a video that best delivers the message you have in mind....

Betty Kyallo and her sisters will star in Kyallo Kulture, a new Kenyan reality series that will launch on ShowMax shortly. Betty Kyallo and her two sisters, Mercy and Gloria, will be featured in the 13-part reality series. Betty Kyallo is a successful entrepreneur and one of Kenya’s most well-known media figures. She’s hosted popular shows and anchoring news for top stations around the country, including KTN and K24. The three sisters will show the benefits and drawbacks of sisterhood....

In particular, the funds will go into processing of minerals for use in large-capacity batteries and recycling those batteries. The funds will be distributed as grants to companies involved in those two operations. According to Reuters, the grants will not go toward developing new domestic mines to produce lithium and other minerals needed to make batteries due to local opposition of such operations. “These resources are about battery supply chain, which includes producing, recycling critical minerals without new extraction or mining,” said Gina McCarthy, Biden’s national climate adviser....

The event’s keynote also brought a new business venture for Apple with a new credit card service. All of the above services highlight privacy as Apple’s key differentiator, with each product noting that there will be no Ads, and your consumption behavior will never be shared with marketers. What is interesting is that many of the products announced at the event did not receive a live onstage demo, and most will be available much later this year....

The initial i3 model debuted in 2013 and was only made in BMW’s Leipzig production facility. More than 74 nations sell the BMW i3, and the company has finished assembling the 250,000th i3. 80 percent of i3 sales, according to BMW, were to consumers switching from other brands during the i3’s years on the market. According to BMW, the i3 is the most successful EV in the “luxury compact market....

After Mercedes announced their new measure to deal with the shortage, BMW is doing the same today. In an effort to maintain its current production levels BMW will ship some of its popular models without touchscreens. The affected models include the BMW 3 and 4 series (excluding the i4 electric vehicle), the BMW X5, X6, X7 and the Z4. “This measure is a result of the industry-wide supply chain issues which are affecting automotive manufacturing worldwide and causing limitations on the availability of some features or options,” said BMW to Edmunds....

Define Your Brand Identity The first step in truly building a successful brand is defining your identity. What makes your company or product unique? What are your core values? What do you want your brand to represent? Once you have a truly clear idea of who you are and what you stand for, you can start developing marketing materials and messaging that aligns with your brand identity. The key is to create a super strong brand identity that resonates with your target audience....

The incubation program is for startups that are in the incubation stage, which means they have a basic product, an MVP, but no traction, which means the product is still not in the hands of users, or only a small number of early adopter users, and there isn’t enough evidence that this product or business can work. In terms of the team’s status, it’s possible that the team isn’t yet fully formed, with a size of two or three co-founders coming in and out....

The Next Big Thing in Casinos Data collection and data integration are the keys to make any new age industry run smoothly. This is right here cloud computing can work big time. All responsible casinos keep detailed information on all its previous transactions, advantage players, cheaters, staff, as well as of visitors who had an “interesting” story. Using this information on cloud storage, casino runners can easily recognize different relationships, which might not be obvious on the surface....

Both printers come with free, compatible apps – the Canon Mini Print app [iii] and the upgraded SELPHY Photo Layout app [iv] respectively, allowing users to add text, borders, fun overlays, or curating highlight moments in a fun collage. Let’s look at some of the captivating features that come with two printers: Compact and speedy, the Canon SELPHY CP1500 lets users print high-quality photos, from postcard and square formats to mini stickers, that will last up to 100 years [i]....

Asus has introduced a new generation Intel-powered Fonepad running Android OS and retailing for KSh22,000. The firm also launched X200 and F200 notebooks suitable for the local market due to their affordability and sturdyness. The F200 is touch while the X200 isn’t but both run on Windows 8 operating system. The X200 has an Intel Core i3 and will retail at KSh35,000 while the F200 will go for KSh61,000. According to Chris Wen, product manager Asus Kenya, “We are regularly producing newer and more differentiated products to match the current technological trends....

M-pesa, meaning ‘mobile money’ in Swahili, is accredited with changing the lives of millions of Africans who have limited or no access to conventional banking services. The concept, which works by customers sending and receiving money via mobile phones using an easy text messaging technology, has changed the manner in which the humanitarian community and several Africans do business. After its introduction in Kenya seven years ago, M-pesa has since expanded to half a dozen African nations including the Democratic Republic of Congo....

The competition will receive applications until June 30, 2015 from financial service providers with operations in the world’s developing countries. Three to five finalists will be invited to Cape Town in November to present their organization and its practices to an audience of approximately 300 industry experts. The audience will vote on which of the candidates is most deserving of the Prize. Applicants must be legally registered and operating companies providing financial products and services to people living in poverty (as defined nationally) in developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America....

CFD trading definition and utility CFD trading, or Contract for Difference trading, is a derivative instrument used by investors to speculate on the movements of any underlying asset. CFDs are derivatives in that they allow traders to take advantage of rising and falling markets without owning the corresponding physical security or commodity. By using CFDs, investors can profit even if the price of an asset stays the same. When trading with Contracts for Difference, investors are essentially speculating on whether the price of an underlying asset will increase or decrease....

That’s why not every resume is going to be the same. It may look like they are— but with the help of a template, you can make yours stand out. There are several criteria that every resume should have in common. Both the kind of resume you are writing and the type of job you are applying for determine the kind of template to use. To make the most of some of the best free online resume templates, you need to know: What makes a good resume?...

This was in line with the ‘Girls Power Tech’ mentoring sessions in Kenya this week, as part of a global mentoring initiative to support and complement the United Nations’ Girls in ICT Day’ on the 23rd April 2015, an annual day of activities organized by the International Telecommunications Union aimed at improving the understanding of careers in ICT among girls. Cisco has supported Girls in ICT for the last 4years since its inception in 2011 and the girls also experienced Cisco technologies first hand and met with other Girls participating in ICT Day across the region via Cisco TelePresence....

We are unaware of the quantity of trash and temporary files that accumulate on our phones as we use them. Junk and temporary files should preferably be hidden or unnoticed. When the phone starts to slow down or when the apps on the mobile phone take longer than usual to open, the phone’s visibility increases. We start to wonder what’s wrong with the phone at this point. So, here are some pointers on how to deal with all the junk data on your Android devices....