The LG V30 comes with high-end specs and features like the one of a kind OLED display, 4 GB of RAM, huge 3,300 mAh battery and badass dual camera quality. You can check the full specifications of the LG V30 smartphone in this post. The LG V30 won’t go up for sale until September 21 but till then, we would be putting the device side by side with the Samsung flagship, the Galaxy Note 8....

Police are warning that fraudsters are targeting young professionals through their LinkedIn pages. Workers in one scam known as “bogus boss” get fraudulent emails appearing to be from their company. The website is being “massively exploited by criminals in terms of being able to scrape information,” said Warwickshire Police. According to cyber protection officer James Squire, it was one of the fastest-growing frauds the force has seen. One victim in his twenties told BBC CWR that he lost over £1,000 after replying to false emails and texts from someone he thought was his supervisor....

Founded in 2017, Lipa Later is a trusted BNPL company operating in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Nigeria, with the sole purpose of providing financial solutions to consumers by increasing their purchasing power. Today, Lipa Later has become one of the most preferred alternative payment options for African consumers. Through this partnership, Lipa Later has embedded credit insurance to all products purchased through its platform. Consumers will be automatically protected during the installment period on costs related to any loss and damage caused by an accident....

But the reverse is the case when you have to shop in an online store dedicated to just gift items. This is why Olaleye Luther Lawoyin launched Lucy.ng October 2015.

The portal of LynkMii is enabling all business owners to post details pertaining to their products and services to their mobile customers as per geographic location. This will enable all of their prospective clients to review any businesses located near them offering certain services or any special promos that are currently available. LynkMii is now available on the mobile world. Designed to let businesses take advantage of the amazing mobile connections channel, LynkMii will help every business owner to build long term relationships with their prospects and regular customers....

The interest will be paid to M-Pesa customers, agents, super agents and M-Pesa business partners as well as retail agents who will all receive payments based on transactions made via their mobile wallets. “In compliance with regulations of the Central Bank of Tanzania, interest earned from the deposit is periodically shared with the customers. Today we are happy to share a dividend of TZS 4.1 billion with our over 11 million customers across the Nation....

Whether big or small, all businesses need an excellent marketing strategy. If you own a construction business, you may have wondered what you can do to advertise your company better. If so, here are some marketing strategies used by some of the most successful players in the industry. Build a Good Brand Image – Brand image is the perception of the customer about your company and your products and services....

Have you been on PornHub recently? well, in case you’ve tried making payments there with your card you need to know that you no longer can. If you don’t engage in this activity then you’re in the wrong place. A columnist and author noted the change and tweeted: MasterCard sent out an official statement and wrote: “Today, the use of our cards at Pornhub is being terminated. Our investigation over the past several days confirms violations of our standards prohibiting unlawful content....

Launched in 2014, the program is centered on a unique, interactive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum that aims to impact five million girls globally by 2025. Based on global science and math standards, it incorporates Mastercard’s deep expertise in technology and innovation, enabling students to discover a range of STEM careers, such as fraud detective, data scientist and software engineer. “Global stats show that 80 percent of jobs created in the next decade will require some combination of STEM skills....

Farmcrowdy, a digital agritech startup that makes use of technology to connect farm sponsors with real, mostly rural farmers has launched its first subsidiary, Farmgate Africa. This move by Farmcrowdy to further launch into a vertical portrays an opportunity for the company’s expansion. This was after the company rebranded to be The Farmcrowdy Group. The newly launched platform, Farmgate Africa is an agro-trading platform that is bridging the gap between rural farmers and the market place by providing major processors and international buyers the opportunity to purchase commodities directly from local farmers....

Girls Coding Academy is a startup movement founded by 7 women within the Computer Science field. They were part of the female 2017 Africa Code Week team trainers and from that training they were inspired to start their own academy. The academy is dedicated to educating, mentoring, innovating and equipping young women and girls with technological skills by club program, campus program and summer immersion. Their mission is to reduce the gender gap by engaging and encouraging young women and girls to participate in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths or STEM fields....

Tracy studied Finance and Business Administration at Strathmore University and worked for 3 years in the finance industry, before quitting to start Offspring. Founded in 2017, the company provides access to products, services and information to people who are transitioning into parenthood. Passionate about children, Tracy hopes that by offering parents convenient access to the right resources on her platform, they can focus on their most important task: that of raising their children....

Deployed after five years of research and development by BitHub Africa in partnership with the County Government of Kajiado, Melanin Solar, uses blockchain technology, leveraging both Bitcoin Lightning Network (BLN) and Whive Protocol to help communities can share energy amongst themselves over the BLN as well as store excess energy in the form of Whive digital tokens. BLN is a second layer network built on Bitcoin blockchain that enables transactions to be automated by the MSBX in real-time while decreasing the costs associated with using Bitcoin’s layer 1 blockchain....

Afrimoney, is Africell’s mobile money service, will now be linked to other mobile transfer operator customers connected to the MFS Africa hub – such as MoneyGram, World Remit, and Xoom – to allow users to easily send money to mobile wallets in Sierra Leone. MFS Africa’s hub has over 320 million mobile wallets providing an array of new cross-border payment possibilities. According to Dare Okoudjou, CEO and founder of MFS Africa: “To drive growth in Sierra Leone, bringing more people into the financial system is essential....

The company also announced it will partner with venture capital investors to increase funding access for startups in Africa by unlocking $500 million in “potential” investment. Microsoft said that it is already working with Banque Misr, Global Venture Capital and Get Funded Capital Africa, and the intention is to grow this network of venture capital investors in the next five years to increase funding and enable them to scale up and drive economic growth....

Last week, through their Microsoft Azure page, Microsoft announced that following the global pandemic, its team is working to support its customers especially critical health and safety operations. As of this month, most companies have resorted to working from home to embrace social distancing. Internet usage at the same time has surged. For example, Sony has lessened gamed download speeds to manage internet congestion. For instance, Microsoft has recorded a spike in Teams usage currently documenting more than 44 million users a day....

The usual individual cannot understand cryptocurrencies too well and a short analysis is therefore given. Satoshi Nakamoto has released the 2008 White Paper, which outlines a monetary exchange strategy focussed on a panel of experts. The money in question is Bitcoins. The entire premise is on the border of a transparent framework that is blockchain. Bitcoin contributed to the introduction of the first crypto-monetary as well as all the other blockchains....

Ayoola, who runs RedViolet Company in Nigeria and Ghana says her firm has over the years evolved and become an ecommerce company providing access to furniture and furnishing accessories despite the challenges. In Nigeria and Ghana, Red Violet Company sells individual pieces, curated looks, takes orders for custom design services. Ayoola hopes that launching her new home furnishing startup in the UK market will greatly change the home furnishing sector in the market and meet the growing need for African-themed furniture and interior design solutions....

This funding round allows the Moroccan startup to strengthen its continental expansion and begin its shift to fintech by financing the acquisition of Axa Credit, subject to central bank approval. Chari’s co-founder, Ismael Belkhayat, commented on the new investment round, saying, “ it’s a good sign to see that renowned foreign investment funds are interested in Moroccan startups; this bodes well for a rapid take-off of the Moroccan startup scene....

The platform was co-founded by Aremu Kamali and Duru Kingsley with the aim of providing a seamless route for financial transactions worldwide. With the platform, users can shop in any geographical location and transact, even in digital currencies. To use the Mpaying, users simply sign up on the website, and then receive an Mpaying card which can be funded through bank transfer, direct bank deposit, cryptocurrency, debit/credit card and agent outlet....