Nokia has appointed Pius Ang’asa as Country Manager for Kenya. He will be the primary interface with local authorities and government and be responsible for establishing and leading the Country Sales Committee (CSC) to foster Nokia’s business in the country across all customer segments. Rajiv Aggarwal, Market Unit Head of Central, East and West Africa (CEWA) at Nokia, said, “Kenya is a key market for Nokia in the region and we are determined to play a key role in the development and transformation of the telecoms industry in the country. We believe that Pius will play a critical role in…
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: In alignment with the company’s commitment and dedication to Innovation, Canon CCNA recently announced the next leap forward in full-frame mirrorless cameras – the professional-grade Canon EOS R3. Building on the success of the EOS R camera series, Canon EOS R3 is packed with robustness and performance that can deliver maximum speed, versatility, and reliability for sports, wildlife photographers and reportage. The company has also kick-started its Canon R tour – a series of roadshow events that will give people a chance to get up, close and personal with the revolutionary camera from January until December 2022. The R3…
NBK Capital Partners Mezzanine Fund II has announced that it closed a $10 million financing facility with Uber’s exclusive vehicle supply partner in Africa, the mobility fintech, Moove. The innovative asset-backed venture debt marks the sixth investment from the Fund advised by NBK Capital Partners. The growth facility from the Fund will support Moove’s expansion in West Africa initially, executives said. Moove is the first investment in Africa by NBK Capital Partners funds, underscoring the opportunity for a platform like Moove to address the continent’s vehicle financing gap. Founded in 2019 by Ladi Delano and Jide Odunsi, Moove is an…
Kenya-based digital trucking logistics startup Amitruck has secured $4 million in seed funding to expand its operations across Africa. The fundraising was led by Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV), a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that targets early-stage startups. Also in the round were supply chain and mobility venture capital Dynamo Ventures, an investor to Berlin-based Digital Freight Forwarding unicorn, Sennder GmbH. Other investors included Rackhouse Ventures, founded by Kevin Novak, one of the early members of Uber Freight; Flexport Inc, a digital freight forwarding and customs brokerage company based in San Francisco; Knuru Capital, Launch Africa Ventures, the Uncovered Fund,…
LG Electronics has unveiled upgradable home appliances that offer an option for users to level up their experience in line with their unique and changing lifestyle.Developed under the concept, Evolving Appliances For You, LG upgradable appliances can incorporate new features developed in the future based on owners’ usage patterns and habits. Commenting while announcing the new paradigm of appliances, LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company president Lyu Jae-Cheol said, “Upgradeability challenges the idea that expensive appliances are designed with planned obsolescence in mind”. “What upgradability brings to the table is the ability to add a new function or convenience to an…
The internet of things (IoT) is on the rise with projections suggesting that approximately 50 billion IoT devices will be in use around the world by 2050. This is because today, time-pressed consumers are already turning to technology for greater convenience and efficiency both in their personal lives as well as in their home environment. It is for this reason that home automation is increasing in popularity. With this in mind, Larry Barnes, product manager at CBI-electric: low voltage outlines the top five trends in home automation for consumers to take note of in 2022: Solar goes smart: Home buyers…
Severus Finance is launching a limited edition NFT collection called ‘African Hero’, to commemorate Africans who have shaped history and to inspire young Africans to build a brighter future. The African Hero NFT collection launches 21 January 2022, at 7pm UTC on popular NFT marketplace, OpenSea. Severus (previously FoxWallet) (www.Severus.finance) is launching a world-first NFT collection focussed on inspiring African heroism. The NFT collection, aptly called, ‘African Hero’, depicts the North African, Septimius Severus(AD145-AD211) during his reign as the Roman emperor from AD193 to AD211. The NFT collection aims to highlight the achievements of Africans who have made invaluable contributions to…
Check Point Research has released its 2022 Security Report. From the SolarWinds attack at the beginning of the year, which presented a whole new level of sophistication and spread, all the way through to December and the influx of Apache Log4j vulnerability exploitations, the 2022 Security Report reveals the key attack vectors and techniques witnessed by CPR during 2021. Overall in 2021, organizations experienced 50% more weekly cyber-attacks than in 2020. With the Education/Research sector’s 1,605 weekly attacks taking the lead (75% increase). This was followed by Government/Military with 1,136 weekly attacks (47% increase) and Communications with 1,079 weekly attacks (51%…
One Payment Limited, a subsidiary of the leading Pan-African digital payments group, DPO Group has been granted a licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide certain types of payments services to businesses across Nigeria. This license enables the DPO Group to operate as an independent payment solutions services company in Nigeria as it does across over 20 other countries in Africa. DPO offers merchant aggregation services to over 60,000 active merchants, including eCommerce companies, airlines and travel agents. Local and global businesses trust DPO Group because its robust and reliable network allows merchants to accept payments in the…
Imagine right in the middle of a virtual meeting your earbuds notify you of low power and they go off. It’s disappointing, especially if you have no backup. Besides power issues, it’s worse off when one earbud stops working or the volume is low and can’t go up either. Thanks to innovation, such hiccups can today be avoided with high-end earbuds like the LG TONE Free UVnano FN6 Wireless Earbuds with Meridian Audio. Since 1977, Meridian has been crafting innovative, elegant, high-performance audio solutions. As the pioneer of high-resolution audio and a leading authority on Digital Signal Processing (DSP) they transform the way,…