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How are AI and ML incorporating in Mobile App Development

The past of the year's computer technology is growing a very great success rate. Human lives have started an era for producing powerful computer methods to run their mobile apps development companies in all upright markets in the world are it medicine, education, industry and much further with the use of suitable devices.

Thus, you may see a problem like what specifically results in the modern world? Indeed, all credit goes to science and technology for constant development that has produced a range limit to how our difficulties can be solved with the help of it. All tools are emphasized in a giant network called the Internet of Things (IoT), including people.

Why Such A buzz for Artificial Intelligence?

We are all informed of computer rockets that are launched into location by which the control of technological processes, you get to implement security systems for businesses. In modern times, you can even use your mobile to understand speech and make some choices and even give a translator.

These compatible mobile features are based on artificial intelligence because it is estimated a complete methodology for reflection and learning mode combined into computer systems. What does that indicate? Well, the number of smart programs is developed using general knowledge and research on avian influenza, developers create intelligent functions as the mental and the potential that is performed in other mobile applications.

Probably, before the presence of computer programs or machines that are individually able to think for themselves, humans used to have an identical level of reflection. There is no doubt that human intelligence computers both related speed calculation, but here is what separates them - reflecting. Humans tend to think abstractly leading to problem-solving skills and giving some details of the invention. Besides, the human mind can also create innovative ideas that can lead to great innovations.

Know More - Top Artificial intelligence app development trends in 2019

Empowers Search Engines

AI and ML are users to add a new way to search using images and not related voice to text mode. All Android developers are building the voice verification system and image built by AI and ML in mobile applications for more regular user experience. AI now gives the location of the application to increase the conversion rate.

Artificial Intelligence + Internet of Things

With the help of AI, you can compare your device with another. AI is permitted to make some extreme changes by producing a collection of all real-time data and processing to allow other devices to learn to function alone. Therefore, AI is a hand to Android developers in learning, and data exchanged each of the different devices to take the necessary measures.

Smart Phone cameras for absolute subject detection

Mobile devices are such upward where companies and application developers working together to integrate AI and ML. Using artificial intelligence, the interface of the mobile device can recognize the object came frames very easily. Also, AI and ML can quickly recognize facial expressions to improve and return a great portrait image.

Real-time language translation

At present, many applications allow the user to take a picture of the text in one language and turned into another language. However, many of those applications need to use the Internet to download images to explain and translate. To solve this problem, once you combine your device with AI and ML, it becomes able and smart enough to translate multiple languages ​​on an important basis without the need for an Internet connection.

Face recognition for highly secured smartphones

For years creating the amazing FaceID unlocking system, Apple had included and AI algorithms based on ML. The artificial intelligence system works to know the face of the device used to secure release with the sequence of premium hardware. With the help of a facial unlock feature, it adds an extra layer of protection to your device and data. Over the coming years, we can see an increase in several Android developers and smartphone manufacturers complete facial unlock feature by using the AI ​​treatment where the smartphone can simply identify the face of the user with the changes of the face such as specifications or beard more time.

Know More - 6 Ways to use artificial intelligence in mobile applications

High mobile app authentication

Artificial intelligence is to have a tremendous responsibility for cybersecurity shoulder. We require an excellent level of data security in terms of access to technology that is continually evolving. Security is one of the greatest concerns regarding the development of new mobile applications. Using both AI and ML, safety issues and problems are overcome by receiving alerts to users about threats and vulnerabilities to explain user behavior.

Creation of App Marketing

Marketers need to have and collect a wide range of online and offline data for the final marketing of your application. This can be very time consuming and needs more hard work because it is hard work to keep the data for each customer when required to deal with thousands of customers worldwide. Applications based on AI and smartphones help to examine and study the market by buying the history of the user. According to a study by research, we should see a growth in the number of companies and businesses that will utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve their sales. Besides this, AI and ML also help companies move closer toward better marketing decisions to improve users and sales commitments.

Conclusion:

We can see an advance in the exciting growth of avian influenza and ML these days as companies focus more on advertisements and influence Micro-targeting its customers to expand their market. AI should be part of the 5G smartphones in the coming years, which indicates that users can get more benefits from ML and AI to collect, store and prepare data in real-time. To get the new features in your Android app, you need to hire Android developers for the same. You may get in touch with us at mobile Apps Development Company in Uganda for a free quote to develop a mobile app for your business. And helps Business owners to reach more customers who want to change their business towards app development, Blockchain, and Machine Learning Development software. The Company has a very good working environment. To know more about my company, Visit Fusion Informatics. For more queries please send a mail to get a free quote sales@fusioninformatics.com.

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A Guide to the Best iOS Development Tools for iOS Developers

If you’re an iOS developer and you’re looking to take your skills to the next level, you need great tools to help you do so quickly and efficiently. Fortunately, this modern age has plenty of tools at your disposal that can make your work easier and more pleasant than ever before. The best iOS development tools include everything from IDEs to compilers, as well as other pieces of hardware and software to streamline every step of the development process from start to finish. Here are some of the best tools available, along with some tips on how best to use them.

Xcode

The first and most important tool of any iOS developer is Xcode, Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE). By writing your code in Xcode, you have access to a host of debugging tools that make it easier than ever before to find bugs. You can also organize your code with folders and subfolders using Xcode’s interface. Finally, by utilizing various libraries written by other developers, you can easily add functionality into your app without needing outside help.

Appcelerator

An open-source mobile development platform that allows developers to quickly create, deploy and manage apps across multiple platforms (including iOS, Android and Windows). It combines coding, testing and debugging with a visual environment in which developers can build native applications. Furthermore, it provides back-end integration with enterprise data sources. Top features include: JavaScript support; device monitoring and real-time code editing; admin control of code access; REST API support. And more.

Perfecto Mobile

Web & Native Testing Automation Tool : While developers are testing their code, they also have a lot of issues during development with mobile devices and platforms. Perfecto is an automated testing platform that eliminates manual testing on physical, virtual, and cloud-based devices. Perfecto is integrated into team development environments through plugins or extensions (Ruby gems), and it’s also available as a standalone web application.

Centercode

This is one of my favorite tools because it lets you do live code sharing and collaboration. One of my best friends is in Uganda right now, and I’m helping him build an app—Centercode makes it easy to share code files, invite other developers on Slack or Google+ so they can see your progress, and keep your whole team up-to-date.

DeviceAnywhere

Real-time Device Monitoring and Remote Support. An iPhone developer's toolbox is simply incomplete without an iPhone monitoring tool. And that’s where DeviceAnywhere steps in. It enables real-time, remote access to your iPhone/iPad devices, making it easier for you as a developer to detect bugs, test features and troubleshoot apps on real devices from your Mac or PC. The best part? You don’t even need a jailbroken device!

Testfairy

It is an application performance monitoring tool. It provides real-time data on mobile applications, allowing developers and QA professionals to perform detailed analysis of end user experience. Some of its features include tracking network traffic, recording and analyzing crashes and memory leaks, running your own performance tests and getting insights from speed test reports generated by Google, Amazon and Apple.

Crittercism

a mobile application performance management platform that enables enterprises and developers to monitor and troubleshoot issues occurring within their applications. The company, founded in 2010, is based in San Francisco, California. Crittercism powers billions of events daily, including issues such as crashes, exceptions, security violations and third-party SDK issues.

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Mobile App Developers in Kenya

Mobile application development company in kenya

Mobile Apps Developers in Kenya | Android Apps | IOS Apps

Android and IOS apps developers in Kenya

Our Packages includes Hosting, 24/7 free Support & Maintenance and therefore cost effective. We deliver mobile application development services in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan and beyond the region. Statistics from the Google Play Store show that over 60% of the apps on the store have never been downloaded, over 35% of them are downloaded but are inactive. This means mobile app development needs not only the skills of a mobile developer but a multitude of disciplines to realise a successful app. Glitex Solutions Limited offer a one-stop-shop for all your mobile app development needs for both iOS and Android.

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TELUS International Jobs 2021 – 50 No ExperiencePersonalized Internet Assessors (Swahili)

Job Title: 50 Personalized Internet Assessors (Swahili) – TELUS International Jobs 2021 Organization: TELUS International Duty Station: Part time, Independent Contractor, Work from Home Role     TELUS International Profile: TELUS International partners with the world’s most innovative companies to develop and improve their AI powered products. Whether it’s improving the relevance of search engines or training digital assistants to understand more languages and dialects, our teams help break machine-learning barriers and build human-learning bridges around the world — and you can be part of it. Telus International offers flexible opportunities with competitive rates across the globe. Learn more at Telusinternational.ai     Job Summary: In this role you will be reviewing online search results in order to improve their content and quality. You will be required to provide feedback and analysis on content found in search engine results and provide ratings on their relevance to the search terms used. Another aspect of this role will involve reviewing the language used in the search results by examining grammar, tone and cultural relevance. Through this work you will be making a valuable contribution by expressing your opinion on the quality and content of what is currently out there on the web.  You will play a part in improving the quality of one of the largest search engines in the world using both your PC and required Smartphone device.     Minimum Qualifications Who is suitable for this role? - We are currently seeking dynamic and creative people who have a strong interest in social media, specifically those who are an active daily user of Gmail. We also require suitable candidates to own & use a smartphone – Android or iPhone – and have a familiarity with other forms of social media and Google products.   You should also be flexible, reliable and have the ability to interpret and follow established guidelines. - You will have the flexibility and freedom to work from your own home, working your own hours. Hours are up to 5 hours per week depending on task availability. - We are currently seeking people who have a specific smartphone device (Android V4.2 or higher or iPhone running iOS version 10.0 or higher) to complete tasks. Qualifications, Skills and Experience: What are the main requirements for the role? - You must be fluent in written and verbal English& Swahili - You must be living in Uganda for the last 5 consecutive years - You must own and use a Smartphone (Android V4.2 or higher or iPhone running iOS version 10.0 or higher)to complete tasks. - The majority of the task types will require both a desktop/laptop and a Smartphone - Gmail must be your primary email account - Active daily user of Gmail and other forms of social media. - You must have familiarity with current and historical business, media, sport, news, social media and cultural affairs in Uganda. - Access to and use of a broadband internet connection and associated computer and software to perform the work, all provided at your own expense - Experience in use of web browsers to navigate and interact with a variety of content What’s next? Don’t Delay! Submit your application through the below link using a desktop PC/Laptop and a member of our recruitment team will review your application     How To Apply for TELUS International Jobs 2021 All interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit their applications through the link below. Click here to apply Deadline: Open until filled     For similar Jobs in Uganda today and great Uganda jobs, please remember to subscribe using the form below: NOTE: No employer should ask you for money in return for advancement in the recruitment process or for being offered a position. Please contact Fresher Jobs Uganda if it ever happens with any of the jobs that we advertise. Facebook WhatsApp Twitter LinkedIn Read the full article

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Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

Jake Bright Contributor

Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.

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Fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter.

The app based offering is aimed at facilitating personal and small merchant payments within countries and across Africa’s national borders. Existing Visa card holders can send and receive funds at home or internationally on GetBarter.

The product also lets non card-holders (those with accounts or mobile wallets on other platforms) create a virtual Visa card to link to the app.  A Visa spokesperson confirmed the product partnership.

GetBarter allows Flutterwave—which has scaled as a payment gateway for big companies through its Rave product—to pivot to African consumers and traders.

“Rave is B2B, this is more B2B2C since we’re reaching the consumers of our customers,” Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola—aka GB—told TechCrunch.

The app also creates a network for clients on multiple financial platforms, such as Kenyan mobile money service M-Pesa, to make transfers across payment products, national borders, and to shop online.

“The target market is pretty much everyone who has a payment need in Africa. That includes the entire customer base of M-Pesa, the entire bank customer base in Nigeria, mobile money and bank customers in Ghana—pretty much the entire continent,” Agboola said.

Flutterwave and Visa will focus on building a GetBarter user base across mobile money and bank clients in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa, with plans to grow across the continent and reach those off the financial grid.

“In phase one we’ll pursue those who are banked. In phase-two we’ll continue toward those who are unbanked who will be able to use agents to work with GetBarter,” Agboola said.

Flutterwave and Visa will generate revenue through fees from financial institutions on cards created and on fees per transaction. A GetBarter charge for a payment in Nigeria is roughly 40 Naira, or 11 cents, according to Agboola.

With this week’s launch users can download the app for Apple and Android devices and for use on WhatsApp and USSD.

Founded in 2016, Flutterwave has positioned itself as a global B2B payments solutions platform for companies in Africa to pay other companies on the continent and abroad. It allows clients to tap its APIs and work with Flutterwave developers to customize payments applications. Existing customers include Uber, Facebook, Booking.com, and African e-commerce unicorn Jumia.com.

Flutterwave has processed 100 million transactions worth $2.6 billion since inception, according to company data.

The company has raised $20 million from investors including Greycroft, Green Visor Capital, Mastercard, and Visa.

In 2018, Flutterwave was one of several African fintech companies to announce significant VC investment and cross-border expansion—see Paga, Yoco, Cellulant, Mines.ie, and  Jumo.

Flutterwave added operations in Uganda in June and raised a $10 million Series A round in October that saw former Visa CEO Joe Saunders join its board of directors.

The company also plugged into ledger activity in 2018, becoming a payment processing partner to the Ripple and Stellar blockchain networks.

Flutterwave hasn’t yet released revenue or profitability info, according to CEO Olugbenga Agboola.

Headquartered in San Francisco, with its largest operations center in Nigeria, the startup plans to add operations centers to South Africa and Cameroon, which will also become new markets for GetBarter.

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Pan-African Bitcoin Exchange Kubitx Goes Live, Launches OTC Wallet

Kubitx, a pan-African digital asset exchange, went live on Dec. 20 after completing its beta test. The Malta-registered trading platform has also released what it calls a “hybrid over-the-counter (OTC) wallet” allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies including BTC and BCH as well as to pay bills.

Also read: U.K. Investors to Pay Capital Gains and Income Tax on Bitcoin Investments

 Kubitx Lists 22 Digital Assets

Eric Annan, chief executive officer of Kubitx, has said 22 digital assets will initially be listed on the exchange across four markets: BTC, ETH, USDT and KBX, an in-house digital coin. Some of the tokens that will be available for trade at launch include ripple, dash, zcash, and doge.

Users intending to make withdrawals of $10,000 or more will be expected to complete full know-your-customer requirements, said Annan. So far, 100 people have signed up. Starting with Nigeria, Africa’s biggest bitcoin market, traders will be able to exchange their cryptocurrencies for the naira, the local fiat unit, and withdraw directly into their bank accounts. The service is to be rolled out to other countries on the continent in future.

“The registration on the exchange is designed to be very easy and user-friendly as we have made the exchange simple for everyday people,” Annan explained in an online statement. He claimed that Kubitx has achieved speeds of “10m+ transactions per second and implemented several tools using machine learning such as anti-market manipulation and trade surveillance to ensure that the exchange is regulatory compliant.”

Founded in 2017, Kubitx describes itself as a “hybrid digital asset exchange” that leverages distributed ledger technology to facilitate payments throughout Africa and abroad. It also offers trade financing while handling remittances and over-the-counter trades. In addition, the exchange is registered as a legal entity in Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

Hybrid OTC Wallet

In October, Kubitx announced the beta launch of its cryptocurrency exchange. About 150 users tried out the exchange’s trading, deposit and withdrawal interface, among other features, using a demo token. Annan told news.Bitcoin.com that the beta test went well, adding that “bugs (were) detected and corrected.”

Meanwhile, the pan-African exchange has released what it calls a “hybrid OTC wallet.” It says the wallet is being “launched for starters as a mobile application on Android.” With it, investors will be able to trade, send and receive virtual currencies. They can also pay bills in crypto or using acceptable debit or credit cards. Cross-border payments and remittances for specific offshore payments like school fees and selected merchants are supported also.

“This step [OTC wallet] is intended to facilitate financial inclusion in Africa using blockchain technology,” explained Kubitx, which has recently reached an agreement with Interswitch International, a major payment switching company for 99 percent of Nigerian banks, with an additional presence in Kenya and Uganda. It will operate its fiat-to-crypto payments and remittance business in those markets.

The exchange also hopes to open new trading platforms in Zimbabwe, Angola, Ghana, South Africa and elsewhere after it completes its planned $12.5 million initial coin offering. Annan said “we will continue to list other assets incrementally as we progress in operation, monitor and have good and satisfactory feedback on the exchange.”

What do you think about the development of the cryptocurrency industry in Africa? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

Jake Bright Contributor

Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.

More posts by this contributor

Harley Davidson reveals more about its push into electric vehicles

Venture capital, global expansion, blockchain and drones characterize African tech in 2018

Fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter.

The app based offering is aimed at facilitating personal and small merchant payments within countries and across Africa’s national borders. Existing Visa card holders can send and receive funds at home or internationally on GetBarter.

The product also lets non card-holders (those with accounts or mobile wallets on other platforms) create a virtual Visa card to link to the app.  A Visa spokesperson confirmed the product partnership.

GetBarter allows Flutterwave—which has scaled as a payment gateway for big companies through its Rave product—to pivot to African consumers and traders.

“Rave is B2B, this is more B2B2C since we’re reaching the consumers of our customers,” Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola—aka GB—told TechCrunch.

The app also creates a network for clients on multiple financial platforms, such as Kenyan mobile money service M-Pesa, to make transfers across payment products, national borders, and to shop online.

“The target market is pretty much everyone who has a payment need in Africa. That includes the entire customer base of M-Pesa, the entire bank customer base in Nigeria, mobile money and bank customers in Ghana—pretty much the entire continent,” Agboola said.

Flutterwave and Visa will focus on building a GetBarter user base across mobile money and bank clients in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa, with plans to grow across the continent and reach those off the financial grid.

“In phase one we’ll pursue those who are banked. In phase-two we’ll continue toward those who are unbanked who will be able to use agents to work with GetBarter,” Agboola said.

Flutterwave and Visa will generate revenue through fees from financial institutions on cards created and on fees per transaction. A GetBarter charge for a payment in Nigeria is roughly 40 Naira, or 11 cents, according to Agboola.

With this week’s launch users can download the app for Apple and Android devices and for use on WhatsApp and USSD.

Founded in 2016, Flutterwave has positioned itself as a global B2B payments solutions platform for companies in Africa to pay other companies on the continent and abroad. It allows clients to tap its APIs and work with Flutterwave developers to customize payments applications. Existing customers include Uber, Facebook, Booking.com, and African e-commerce unicorn Jumia.com.

Flutterwave has processed 100 million transactions worth $2.6 billion since inception, according to company data.

The company has raised $20 million from investors including Greycroft, Green Visor Capital, Mastercard, and Visa.

In 2018, Flutterwave was one of several African fintech companies to announce significant VC investment and cross-border expansion—see Paga, Yoco, Cellulant, Mines.ie, and  Jumo.

Flutterwave added operations in Uganda in June and raised a $10 million Series A round in October that saw former Visa CEO Joe Saunders join its board of directors.

The company also plugged into ledger activity in 2018, becoming a payment processing partner to the Ripple and Stellar blockchain networks.

Flutterwave hasn’t yet released revenue or profitability info, according to CEO Olugbenga Agboola.

Headquartered in San Francisco, with its largest operations center in Nigeria, the startup plans to add operations centers to South Africa and Cameroon, which will also become new markets for GetBarter.

source https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/16/flutterwave-and-visa-launch-african-consumer-payment-service-getbarter/

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Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

Jake Bright Contributor

Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.

More posts by this contributor

Harley Davidson reveals more about its push into electric vehicles

Venture capital, global expansion, blockchain and drones characterize African tech in 2018

Fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter.

The app based offering is aimed at facilitating personal and small merchant payments within countries and across Africa’s national borders. Existing Visa card holders can send and receive funds at home or internationally on GetBarter.

The product also lets non card-holders (those with accounts or mobile wallets on other platforms) create a virtual Visa card to link to the app.  A Visa spokesperson confirmed the product partnership.

GetBarter allows Flutterwave—which has scaled as a payment gateway for big companies through its Rave product—to pivot to African consumers and traders.

“Rave is B2B, this is more B2B2C since we’re reaching the consumers of our customers,” Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola—aka GB—told TechCrunch.

The app also creates a network for clients on multiple financial platforms, such as Kenyan mobile money service M-Pesa, to make transfers across payment products, national borders, and to shop online.

“The target market is pretty much everyone who has a payment need in Africa. That includes the entire customer base of M-Pesa, the entire bank customer base in Nigeria, mobile money and bank customers in Ghana—pretty much the entire continent,” Agboola said.

Flutterwave and Visa will focus on building a GetBarter user base across mobile money and bank clients in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa, with plans to grow across the continent and reach those off the financial grid.

“In phase one we’ll pursue those who are banked. In phase-two we’ll continue toward those who are unbanked who will be able to use agents to work with GetBarter,” Agboola said.

Flutterwave and Visa will generate revenue through fees from financial institutions on cards created and on fees per transaction. A GetBarter charge for a payment in Nigeria is roughly 40 Naira, or 11 cents, according to Agboola.

With this week’s launch users can download the app for Apple and Android devices and for use on WhatsApp and USSD.

Founded in 2016, Flutterwave has positioned itself as a global B2B payments solutions platform for companies in Africa to pay other companies on the continent and abroad. It allows clients to tap its APIs and work with Flutterwave developers to customize payments applications. Existing customers include Uber, Facebook, Booking.com, and African e-commerce unicorn Jumia.com.

Flutterwave has processed 100 million transactions worth $2.6 billion since inception, according to company data.

The company has raised $20 million from investors including Greycroft, Green Visor Capital, Mastercard, and Visa.

In 2018, Flutterwave was one of several African fintech companies to announce significant VC investment and cross-border expansion—see Paga, Yoco, Cellulant, Mines.ie, and  Jumo.

Flutterwave added operations in Uganda in June and raised a $10 million Series A round in October that saw former Visa CEO Joe Saunders join its board of directors.

The company also plugged into ledger activity in 2018, becoming a payment processing partner to the Ripple and Stellar blockchain networks.

Flutterwave hasn’t yet released revenue or profitability info, according to CEO Olugbenga Agboola.

Headquartered in San Francisco, with its largest operations center in Nigeria, the startup plans to add operations centers to South Africa and Cameroon, which will also become new markets for GetBarter.

Via Jonathan Shieber https://techcrunch.com

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AI can Take a Mobile App to The Next Level

Mobile apps development companies are obtaining momentum. As mobile phones were first introduced, recall the Register apps and the Snake Game. That's where the mobile era began. Today, the world of smartphones has several million applications and each has a good rating. The installations of these applications show users the level of demand and dedication. AI is no longer an imagination for mobile apps, but part of the real world. Without the introduction of artificial intelligence software, you cannot imagine personalization, hyper-personalization or even basics such as inventory management and Supply Chain management.

How You Can Use AI in Mobile Apps?

You tend to make AI smart and intelligent when you include AI in your mobile apps. It reduces work and increases performance and efficiency. The main reasons why AI should be part of your mobile apps are given here.

Automative Repetitive Processes

Repeat processes can be automated via AI technology so that the mobile application can be efficient. For example, Google Maps are known to help you reach the fastest route when calling for directions. All Uber rides are also designed to assist you in arriving soon. The built-in AI algorithm helps with this automation and speed up performance. This algorithm draws on a knowledge of the journeys, the routes and the detailed analysis of the past.

Enable Recommendations within Mobile Apps

Based on your past opinions, Netflix tends to suggest the best comedies. It also provides a general result based on your views from the past. Such past views and the subjects included by this class allow the machines to build a customized recommendation list. This is only one recommendation that Netflix uses. When defining your mobile app, you can make more of those recommendations.

Translation

You need machines to be quick when it becomes to translation. You should know what you are trying to communicate and translate accordingly. The AI enables machines to real-time translations of any language into another, boosting the machine's power and translation. Such devices can in reality also be produced for offline translation. How's that functioning? It is the same as an automatic translator. Machines use their intelligence and element algorithm based on the study of interpreters and their jobs to take over the actual work of the interpreter.

Advanced Search Abilities

Mobile applications have search engines at the heart. You want to ensure that the mobile app is strictly linked to the search engine, as well as to ensure excellent search capabilities in the mobile application. This ensures that the user can use a mobile app to find the things he needs. For AI, the design of mobile apps will easily integrate voice and vision into the mobile app, thus increasing the wealth of the tests. Localized search can also contribute to the increase in mobile solution conversion rates.

Know More - The importance and role of artificial intelligence in app development

Security

Security is a concern for the users of the mobile app, so AI contributes to the application's security and enhances transactions. The ability to know the mobile app only when biometrics are flawless can be unlocked. The ability to hack into the mobile app is growing. This is a result of the in-depth learning of AI. For AI, your apps are alert and, once someone hacks your account, you can receive a message without understanding it. They are not enabled, and the action will be reported to you to keep your account safe and information protected.

Advantages of AI in Mobile Apps

1. In developing a mobile app solution, you also make the value of the software. The same is true for AI-combined mobile app solutions. You don't know how this will help you. The benefits of using AI for your mobile app solution have been discussed here.

2. The first advantage of an AI-based mobile app solution is personalization. Before making a suggestion or solution for your clients, you will understand how they use the mobile app and its specific needs. The benefit of AI engineering is to limit time spent evaluating all this and providing the best solution for you.

3. The ultimate goal of each mobile app developer is to best user expectations. Only if you create mobile App solutions that meet the requirements of the user can you enrich the experience and improve the Mobile App Solution. With AI, you can integrate solutions that the user wants and offer solutions that are in keeping with the problems facing the user of the mobile app. The information the designers will obtain helps to design the algorithm to enhance user experience and enrich the solution.

4. AI can offer solutions that the customer needs, as it gets from the users, and help to strengthen the commitment. They understand the needs of the consumer and can apply them to your definition and the answer at last. This also helps to improve the mobile app's overall look and feel. Nonetheless, the development and coding of the mobile app solution help to understand the target market and analyze data.

Conclusion

Artificial intelligence is the gateway to intelligent, autonomous, and user-enhancing mobile app solutions. They help to automate solutions, develop recommendations and think solutions that can build on your validated idea. To improve your mobile app solution for end-users, you have to prepare the solution with the proper integration of AI. Before planning and strategizing, take into account all user wishes and needs. A fine plan guides you through the design you want. You may get in touch with us at mobile Apps Development Companies in South Africa for a free quote to develop a mobile app for your business. And helps Business owners to reach more customers who want to change their business towards app development, Blockchain, and Machine Learning Development software. The Company has a very good working environment. To know more about my company, Visit Fusion Informatics. For more queries please send an mail to get a free quote sales@fusioninformatics.com.

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Best Mobile App Development Companies in Zambia

Apps Development Companies in Tanzania

Mobile App Development Companies in Ghana

Apps Development Companies in Kenya

Best App Development Companies in Uganda

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25-year-old Kenyan invents smart gloves that convert sign language movements into audio speech

They say necessity is the mother of invention and the need to communicate and connect with her niece pushed 25-year-old Roy to invent the smart gloves.

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and must rely on sign language.

Roy Allela’s six-year-old niece was born deaf and found it extremely difficult to communicate with her family, none of whom knew sign language.

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and must rely on sign language, which poses a language barrier when seeking to communicate with non-sign language users.

It is something Roy Allela’s knows too well.

Roy Allela’s six-year-old niece was born deaf and found it extremely difficult to communicate with her family, none of whom knew sign language.

They say necessity is the mother of invention and the need to communicate and connect with her niece pushed 25-year-old Roy to invent smart gloves that convert sign language movements into audio speech.

Sign-io’s sign language to speech translation glove recognizes various letters signed by sign language users and transmits this data to an Android application where it is vocalized.

This feat saw Roy win admiration and recognition by the prestigious American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the world’s largest organization for mechanical engineers, during its prestigious 2017 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) competition.

Roy and two other African inventors – one from Uganda and Ghana – took home the Grand Prize in second of three regional showcase events.

Brian Gitta from Uganda who developed Matibabu, a noninvasive device used to test for Malaria, Charles Antipem from Ghana who created Science Set, an affordable, portable, practical and highly scalable science lab that can fit in the bag and on the desk of students and Roy Allela shared $500,000 in cash and in-kind prizes, along with three other winners in Bangalore, India, and three more in Washington, DC.

The winners were among ten socially-minded hardware entrepreneurs who were selected among 150 applicants as finalist of the event, held at the Golden Tulip Westlands Nairobi Hotel, to present a range of devices designed to make a transformational economic, environmental, and social impact.

During the competition, the finalists appeared before a panel of judges, including successful entrepreneurs, academics, and founders of venture-funded startup companies, to pitch the engineering design attributes of their prototypes and outline their plans for manufacturing, implementation, marketing, and financing.

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U.S. firm to assemble phones in Uganda

KAMPALA (Reuters) – U.S. firm CTI Africa plans to invest $10 million in Uganda to build a plant to assemble low-end smart mobile phones and manufacture phone components, its chief executive said on Friday.

CTI says it is focused on digital technology to bring affordable solutions in sectors like agriculture, energy, healthcare and finance to rural communities in Africa.

CEO Michael Landau told Reuters in an interview on Friday the company plans to build the plant in the capital Kampala and to eventually manufacture elsewhere in the country.

“From a realistic perspective we are hoping to be able to start delivering the phones in the early first quarter of 2019,” Landau told Reuters.

“We need to be manufacturing millions of phones …the cost of developing a building that can handle that sort of value is going be in the $10 million range.”

There are more than 20 million mobile phone subscribers in Uganda, where the sector is dominated by a unit of South Africa’s MTN Group and a subsidiary of India’s Bharti Airtel.

Wooed by economic stability, a young population and strong growth, foreign investment has flowed into Uganda’s IT sector over the last two decades.

Fast growing internet use has drawn Google and Facebook who have investments in the country’s high-speed internet infrastructure.

The sector now directly employs about one million people and accounts for around 2.5 percent of the East African country’s GDP, according to government estimates.

Landau told Reuters CTI Africa’s planned investment is a result of a pilot project in a small community in central Uganda.

In the pilot, CTI Africa tested the idea of harvesting personal health, financial, energy, agricultural and other personal data that the firm can then use to connect those individuals with potential providers of services and products.

The smartphone handsets that CTI Africa will assemble, under the brand name LifeMobile, will operate on Android and users can download standard apps from the system’s Play Store.

But the LifeMobile handsets will have in-built, customised applications that users can tap into to access providers of a range of services and products such loans, renewable energy and healthcare, e-commerce and others.

CTI is in discussions with some financial institutions to help provide hire purchase deals to customers, Landau said, adding it was also in talks with several other African countries about similar investments.

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US SEC Mulls Over Bitcoin ETFs, While Bakkt’s BTC Futures Inch Closer To Approval

Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.

Top Stories This Week

US SEC Releases Memorandum From Meeting Over Bitcoin ETF Proposal

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published a memorandum from a meeting about the Bitcoin exchange-traded-fund (ETF) proposal from VanEck and SolidX that included EC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman and his counsels Dean Conway, Matthew Estabrook, and Christina Thomas, along with representatives from SolidX, VanEck, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). The memorandum outlines the parties’ arguments over the regulators decision to disapprove SolidX’s previous ETF application, specifically the failure to comply the section of the Securities Exchange Act over the prevention of fraud and manipulation.

Crypto Exchange Coinbase And Circle Launch USD Stablecoin

Cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase has now launched the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, which was developed in collaboration with Coinbase and blockchain-powered payments tech company Circle. Coinbase users in the supported jurisdictions can now trade in USDC at Coinbase.com, as well as the iOS and Android apps. According to Coinbase, USDC will soon be supported on Coinbase Pro. The coin is reportedly 100 percent collateralized with U.S. dollars.

New York Regulators Approves Coinbase’s Crypto Custody Offering

The New York State Department of Financial Services authorized Coinbase’s wholly-owned subsidiary Coinbase Custody Trust Company LLC to add a range of custody services for virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Ripple, and Litecoin. Coinbase had launched its custody services in July, with the aim to bring in institutional customers and able to store large amounts of digital currency.

NYSE Parent Company Announces BTC Futures Launch Date On Bakkt Platform

The Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a Dec. 12, 2018 launch date for Bitcoin futures on its Bakkt platform this week. According to the release, ICE will list Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contracts for trading starting in December, and the product will be physically-settled and cleared by ICE Clear U.S., Inc. Also this week, an unnamed source told a tech outlet that ICE’s Bakkt crypto platform could get approval as soon as the first week of November.

Indian Crypto Exchange Detained For Unregistered Bitcoin ATM

Harish BV, the co-founder of Indian cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin, was held in custody this week shortly after setting up an allegedly unregistered Bitcoin ATM in Bangalore. Harish BV reportedly installed the ATM kiosk at a mall together with fellow Unocoin co-founder Sathvik Viswanath. According to local Indian media reports, Harish BV was detained because the ATM did not receive permission from the state, and was dealing with crypto outside of regulations.

Most Memorable Quotations 

“I look forward to delivering even more music that would make Dad proud,” — Young Dirty Bastard, speaking about the Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s estate’s upcoming release of O.D.B. Coin

“The minister’s statement was clear: Cryptocurrencies are not legal tender in India. He did not say ‘illegal tender.’ There’s a huge difference. It means you bear the risk of your investment and there’s no regulation for the industry,” — Sathvik Viswanath, co-founder of Indian crypto exchange Unocoin

Laws And Taxes

Spanish Crypto Investors Could Face Mandatory Reporting Of Crypto Holdings For Taxes

Spain this week approved a new draft law that could require cryptocurrency investors to report their crypto holdings for tax purposes. Finance minister María Jesús Montero said that the new measures would apply to all Spanish citizens, even if they are currently living overseas. The draft bill specifically would requires both the identification and the balances of each investor’s virtual currencies. If the latest draft becomes approved as law, virtual currency holdings would need to be included in Spain’s “notorious” tax reporting structure known as the 720 form.

Taiwan Plans Initial Coin Offering Regulation To Be Issued By June 2019

The current chairman of Taiwanese finance regulator, speaking at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan Finance Committee, said that the country plans to release ICO regulation by June 2019. According to the chairman, “the more we regulator, the more this new economic behavior wanes.” Despite the chairman’s statement on ICO regulation, Taiwan does not have any plans on “curbing the creativity and productivity associated with cryptocurrencies” provided they do not constitute securities.

New York Judges Throw Out Class Action Lawsuit Against Nano Developers

A class action lawsuit brought on by a crypto investor against the development team of altcoin Nano was dismissed by a New York judge this week. According to court documents, the lawsuit alleged that the developers had lured him to trade in Nano on a platform that lost hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of the cryptocurrency. The lawsuit had asked that Nano do a “rescue fork” to return investors’ missing money. However, in the dismissal, the judge notes that the case had lacked merit.

Coinbase Lawsuit Over Insider Trading Of BCH Dismissed

A U.S. district judge has dismissed the lawsuit over alleged insider trading against crypto wallet and exchange Coinbase during its launch of Bitcoin Cash support last year. The lawsuit alleged that Coinbase employees had benefited from insider trading in the process of adding support for the altcoin. However, the judge noted that the plaintiff didn’t have a sufficient legal basis for his claims in the complaint, and dismissed the class action without prejudice.

US Tax Agency Advisory Committee Asks For Additional Guidelines For Crypto Transactions

An advisory committee of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has asked the agency to provide more guidelines for the taxation of crypto transactions, according to a 2018 general report. In 2014, the IRS had issued commentary specifically concerning digital currencies, with the recommendation that they be treated as property. However, the advisory committee has brought up several questions surrounding crypto taxation, including whether crypto can be considered as a “specific foreign financial asset.”

Adoption

Visa Plans Quarter 1 Launch Of Blockchain-Based Digital Identity System

Visa is planning to release its blockchain-based digital identity system for cross-border payments in the first quarter of 2019. The system, called Visa B2B Connect, support a blockchain-based solution for financial institutions to securely process cross-border payments by tokenizing sensitive business data and creating a unique cryptographic identifier for transactions. The solution will use a Hyperledger Fabric framework, along with Visa’s “core assets.”

Report Finds Demand For Blockchain Engineers Has Grown 400 Percent Since 2017

Hired’s 2018 State of Salaries Report has found that demand for blockchain role has risen by 400 percent since the end of 2017. According to the report, the average earnings of a blockchain engineer has soared to between $150-175,000 per year. This salary puts blockchain engineers into the same category as artificial intelligence specialists, as the need for blockchain-able engineers increases. CNBC notes the demand is further fueled by the interest of global tech giants such as Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, all of whom are currently advertising for specialists from the emerging sector.

Sony Creates Contactless Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet

Japanese technology firm Sony’s research arm announced this week that it had created a contactless cryptocurrency hardware wallet that utilizes IC smart card technology to communicate with the Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency network. According to the developers, the wallet’s advantages lie in dispensing with the need to attach the wallet to a device with a USB, the current industry standard.

Oracle Announces Suite Of Blockchain-Based Software For Supply Chain Management

Oracle Corp., a software development company, has announced the release of a suite of blockchain-based software-as-a-service (Saas) applications based on its Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service. Oracle’s new product is designed to increase the traceability and transparency through supply chains. The new product, called the Oracle Blockchain Applications Cloud, includes four apps: Intelligent Track and Trace, Lot Lineage and Provenance, Intelligent Cold Chain, and Warranty and Usage Tracking.

Binance’s Fiat-Crypto Exchange Goes Live In Uganda

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has officially launched its fiat-to-crypto exchange in Uganda this week. Binance Uganda has launched its live trading, enabling users to buy Binance and Ethereum with local fiat currency Ugandan shillings. This week’s announcement also noted that Binance Uganda is the “first step” to the expansion of crypto exchange markets for a “more inclusive ecosystem that will involve fiat currencies.”

Mergers, Acquisitions, And Partnerships

China’s Largest Newspaper To Launch Blockchain Lab With Tech Firm

The official newspaper of the Communist Party of China’s venture capital wing has made a deal with Shenzhen-based technology company Xunlei Limited. According to the agreement, People’s Daily Online and the tech firm will create a laboratory for “technology innovation” at the People Capital’s Blockchain Research Institute. In addition to blockchain research, the partners will also create a “high-level industrial service platform” for organizing seminars, as well as promote and identify startups in the blockchain industry.

Largest Port In Europe Partners With Dutch Bank, Samsung For Blockchain Shipping Tests

The port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe, has announced a partnership this week with Dutch bank ABN AMRO and the IT subsidiary of Samsung to test blockchain use for shipping. The trial, according to Samsung SDS, will focus on shipping containers from an unnamed factory in Asia to the port of Rotterdam. The experiment will officially start in January, and the results will be announced in February.

Johnny Depp Partners With Crypto-Powered Social Entertainment Platform

U.S. actor and producer Johnny Depp has partnered with crypto-powered social entertainment platform TataTu in order to create and produce film and digital content together. The content will be produced by the Infinitum Nihil film production firm owned by Depp, who will be collaborating with TaTaTu founder Andrea Iervolino. TaTaTu, which launched in May of this year, aims to combat illegal piracy and improve transparency for rights holders, as well as to assist high-quality brand advertising by using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

VeChain, Republic Of Cyprus Sign MoU For Blockchain Development

Singapore-based blockchain platform VeChain Foundation, the U.S. blockchain startup CREAM, and the national investment partner of the Republic of Cyprus have signed an MoU for blockchain development and its use cases. According to their agreement, the parties will collaborate on national level investment strategies, using blockchain-powered economies and promoting blockchain technology, particularly in the field of financial services.

Funding Rounds

Government-Owned Holding Firm Subsidiary Invests In Binance Singapore Expansion

Vertex Ventures, a subsidiary of Singapore-based government-owned investment company Temasek Holdings, has announced an investment in crypto exchange Binance to support its expansion into Singapore. The investment is a joint effort between Vertex Ventures China and Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, and will support Binance’s plans to create crypto-fiat services throughout South Asia. Wei Zhou, CFO at Binance, said in the release that the exchange “look[s] forward to building up the blockchain ecosystem and working with all stakeholders in Singapore to support continued innovation in the local fintech space.”

Overstock’s Medici Ventures Announces Investment In Decentralized Social Networks

Medici Ventures, Overstock’s venture capital subsidiary, has invested an undisclosed Series A investment in Minds, Inc., a decenetralized social network. Minds, founded in 2011, is a social network platform that rewards users with crypto for their activity online. According to the press release, Minds has adopted the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Manila Principles as the platform’s Digital Bill of Rights in order to “ensure freedom of speech” for its users.

Winners And Losers

Bitcoin is remaining stable this week, trading at around $6,473, with Ethereum at around $204. Total market cap is currently at around $208 billion.

The top three altcoin gainers of the week are PrimeStone, HappyCoin, and Paypex. The top three altcoin losers of the week are CJs, EPLUS Coin, and Etheera.

For more info on crypto prices, make sure to read Cointelegraph’s market analysis.

FUD Of The Week

$50 Million Australian ICO Shuts Down, Cites Regulatory Requirements

Australian crypto startup Global Tech Exchange (GTE) has ceased the operations of its ICO — which had a fundraising goal of $50 million — citing the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) requirements. The firm had gained popularity after being endorsed by Michael Clark — a former Australian cricket captain and national celebrity. As of press time, the reasons behind the ICO’s closure have not yet been publicly commented on.

Head Of Indian Nonprofit Trade Organization Calls Cryptocurrency “Illegal”

The president of India’s National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) said this week that cryptocurrency is “illegal” and asked businesses to obey the law. Speaking to a local news outlet, the president said that the illegality of crypto is the result of the government’s apparent failure to keep up with innovation. While cryptocurrency is actually currently legal in India, the Reserve Bank of India banned the country’s banks from servicing crypto-related businesses in July.

Thai SEC Issues Warnings About Investing In Nine Unregistered Tokens And ICOs

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a warning about investments in nine digital tokens and ICOs, which have reportedly not been registered. According to the Thai SEC, the regulator has initiated an investigation into digital tokens and ICO investments promoted on social media platforms, and have found nine where the product was not authorized. The Thai SEC notes that as the digital assets and ICOs do not have the SEC’s official approval, investors should be aware of associated risks of investment.

Coinbase Lets Fifteen Staff Members Go, Sources Report

Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase has let “at least” fifteen staff members go after hiring 250 this year, according to unnamed sources speaking to Yahoo Finance. The crypto company confirmed the layoffs, noting that their hiring practices moving forward would only allow for employees to be hired into Coinbase offices. One source told Yahoo that “people here are pretty upset about it, and so far senior leadership is handling communications poorly.”

Hong Kong-Based Crypto Exchange OKEx Delists 50+ Trading Pairs

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx will delist over 50 trading pairs — not the coins themselves — that reportedly have weak performance. According to the exchange’s announcement, the exchange will halt the trading of more than 50 pairs at 6:00am on Oct. 31, 2018 CET, warning users that they should cancel their orders of the affected pairs from the platform. Andy Cheung, Head of Operations at OKEx, said that “as leaders, we are responsible for promoting a robust ecosystem […] We need to take action on those underperforming tokens now.”

Best Features

Iceland’s Farmers Have A Cunning Plan To Solve Crypto’s Energy Crisis

Wired speaks to math teacher Krista Hannesdóttir about her innovative crypto mining strategy in Iceland: she pays farmers for the use of their excess geothermal energy for running mining equipment. While the crypto mining scheme is relatively small — she makes around £7,876 (about $10,107) in Ethereum each month — they have to keep it on the down low in case the question of its legality could threaten the subsidies farmers receive for geothermal energy use.

Anybody Want Bitcoin Futures? Anybody?

Bloomberg Business looks at the role of Bitcoin futures in the market, from the initial hype in the fall and winter of last year, to current day realities of CBOE and CME trading around a combined 9,000 contracts a day. In comparison, CME traded over 18 million contracts daily in Q2 for oil, gold, and interest rates. However, even with the low daily trading rate, the BTC futures are “probably considered statistically one of the more successful products, both out of the gate and with the growth in the first six months.”

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Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

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Fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter.

The app based offering is aimed at facilitating personal and small merchant payments within countries and across Africa’s national borders. Existing Visa card holders can send and receive funds at home or internationally on GetBarter.

The product also lets non card-holders (those with accounts or mobile wallets on other platforms) create a virtual Visa card to link to the app.  A Visa spokesperson confirmed the product partnership.

GetBarter allows Flutterwave—which has scaled as a payment gateway for big companies through its Rave product—to pivot to African consumers and traders.

“Rave is B2B, this is more B2B2C since we’re reaching the consumers of our customers,” Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola—aka GB—told TechCrunch.

The app also creates a network for clients on multiple financial platforms, such as Kenyan mobile money service M-Pesa, to make transfers across payment products, national borders, and to shop online.

“The target market is pretty much everyone who has a payment need in Africa. That includes the entire customer base of M-Pesa, the entire bank customer base in Nigeria, mobile money and bank customers in Ghana—pretty much the entire continent,” Agboola said.

Flutterwave and Visa will focus on building a GetBarter user base across mobile money and bank clients in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa, with plans to grow across the continent and reach those off the financial grid.

“In phase one we’ll pursue those who are banked. In phase-two we’ll continue toward those who are unbanked who will be able to use agents to work with GetBarter,” Agboola said.

Flutterwave and Visa will generate revenue through fees from financial institutions on cards created and on fees per transaction. A GetBarter charge for a payment in Nigeria is roughly 40 Naira, or 11 cents, according to Agboola.

With this week’s launch users can download the app for Apple and Android devices and for use on WhatsApp and USSD.

Founded in 2016, Flutterwave has positioned itself as a global B2B payments solutions platform for companies in Africa to pay other companies on the continent and abroad. It allows clients to tap its APIs and work with Flutterwave developers to customize payments applications. Existing customers include Uber, Facebook, Booking.com, and African e-commerce unicorn Jumia.com.

Flutterwave has processed 100 million transactions worth $2.6 billion since inception, according to company data.

The company has raised $20 million from investors including Greycroft, Green Visor Capital, Mastercard, and Visa.

In 2018, Flutterwave was one of several African fintech companies to announce significant VC investment and cross-border expansion—see Paga, Yoco, Cellulant, Mines.ie, and  Jumo.

Flutterwave added operations in Uganda in June and raised a $10 million Series A round in October that saw former Visa CEO Joe Saunders join its board of directors.

The company also plugged into ledger activity in 2018, becoming a payment processing partner to the Ripple and Stellar blockchain networks.

Flutterwave hasn’t yet released revenue or profitability info, according to CEO Olugbenga Agboola.

Headquartered in San Francisco, with its largest operations center in Nigeria, the startup plans to add operations centers to South Africa and Cameroon, which will also become new markets for GetBarter.

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MallforAfrica goes global, Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC, France explains its $76M fund

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Harley-Davidson to expand EV lineup, may include scooters, bicycles Sokowatch closes $2 million seed round to modernize Africa’s B2B retail

B2B e-commerce company Sokowatch closed a $2 million seed investment led by 4DX Ventures. Others to join the round were Village Global, Lynett Capital, Golden Palm Investments, and Outlierz  Ventures.

The Kenya based company aims to shake up the supply chain market for Africa’s informal retailers.

Sokowatch’s platform connects Africa’s informal retail stores directly to local and multi-national suppliers—such as Unilever and Proctor and Gamble—by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of reducing costs and increasing profit margins.

“With both manufacturers and the small shops, we’re becoming the connective layer between them, where previously you had multiple layers of middle-men from distributors, sub-distributors, to wholesalers,” Sokowatch founder and CEO Daniel Yu told TechCrunch.

“The cost of sourcing goods right now…we estimate we’re cutting that cost by about 20 percent [for] these shopkeepers,” he said

“There are millions of informal stores across Africa’s cities selling hundreds of billions worth of consumer goods every year,” said Yu.

These stores can use Sokowatch’s app on mobile phones to buy wares directly from large suppliers, arrange for transport, and make payments online. “Ordering on SMS or Android gets you free delivery of products to your store, on average, in about two hours,” said Yu.

Sokowatch generates revenues by earning “a margin on the goods that we’re selling to shopkeepers,” said Yu. On the supplier side, they also benefit from “aggregating demand…and getting bulk deals on the products that we distribute.”

The company recently launched a line of credit product to extend working capital loans to platform clients. With the $2 million round, Sokowatch—which currently operates in Kenya and Tanzania—plans to “expand to new markets in East Africa, as well as pilot additional value add services to the shops,” said Yu.

MallforAfrica and DHL launched MarketPlaceAfrica.com: a global e-commerce site for select African artisans to sell wares to buyers in any of DHL’s 220 delivery countries.

The site will prioritize fashion items — clothing, bags, jewelry, footwear and personal care — and crafts, such as pictures and carvings. MallforAfrica is vetting sellers for MarketPlace Africa online and through the Africa Made Product Standards association (AMPS), to verify made-in-Africa status and merchandise quality.

“We’re starting off in Nigeria and then we’ll open in Kenya, Rwanda and the rest of Africa, utilizing DHL’s massive network,” MallforAfrica CEO Chris Folayan told TechCrunch about where the goods will be sourced. “People all around the world can buy from African artisans online, that’s the goal,” Folayan told TechCrunch.

Current listed designer products include handbags from Chinwe Ezenwa and Tash women’s outfits by Tasha Goodwin.

In addition to DHL for shipping, MarketPlace Africa will utilize MallforAfrica’s e-commerce infrastructure. The startup was founded in 2011 to solve challenges global consumer goods companies face when entering Africa.

French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a $76 million African startup fund at VivaTech 2018 and TechCrunch paid a visit to the French Development Agency (AFD) — who will administer the new fund — to get details on how it will work.

The $76 million (or €65 million) will divvy up into three parts, AFD Digital Task Team Leader Christine Ha told TechCrunch.

“There are €10 million [$11.7 million] for technical assistance to support the African ecosystem… €5 million will be available as interest-free loans to high-potential, pre-seed startups…and…€50 million [$58 million] will be for equity-based investments in series A to C startups,” explained Ha during a meeting in Paris.

The technical assistance will distribute in the form of grants to accelerators, hubs, incubators and coding programs. The pre-seed startup loans will issue in amounts up to $100,000 “as early, early funding to allow entrepreneurs to prototype, launch and experiment,” said Ha.

The $58 million in VC startup funding will be administered through Proparco, a development finance institution — or DFI — partially owned by the AFD. “Proparco will take equity stakes, and will be a limited partner when investing in VC funds,” said Ha.

Startups from all African countries can apply for a piece of the $58 million by contacting any of Proparco’s Africa offices.

The $11.7 million technical assistance and $5.8 million loan portions of France’s new fund will be available starting in 2019. On implementation, AFD is still “reviewing several options…such as relying on local actors through [France’s] Digital Africa platform,” said Ha. President Macron followed up the Africa fund announcement with a trip to Nigeria last month.

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 was accepted into Y Combinator’s 2018 class and gained some working capital in the form of $1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Western Technology Investment.

The startup — with an Uber like app that connects Nigerian truckers to companies with freight needs — will use the funds to pay drivers online immediately after successful hauls.

Kobo360 is also launching the Kobo Wealth Investment Network, or KoboWIN — a crowd-invest, vehicle financing program. Through it, Kobo drivers can finance new trucks through citizen investors and pay them back directly (with interest) over a 60-month period.

On Kobo360’s utility, “We give drivers the demand and technology to power their businesses,” CEO Obi Ozor told TechCrunch. “An average trucker will make $3,500 a month with our app. That’s middle class territory in Nigeria.”

Kobo360 has served 324 businesses, aggregated a fleet of 5480 drivers and moved 37.6 million kilograms of cargo since 2017, per company stats. Top clients include Honeywell, Olam, Unilever, and DHL.

Ozor thinks the startup’s asset-free, digital platform and business model can outpace traditional long-haul 3PL providers in Nigeria by handling more volume at cheaper prices.

“Logistics in Nigeria have been priced based on the assumption drivers are going to run empty on the way back…When we now match freight with return trips, prices crash.”

Kobo360 will expand in Togo, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and Senegal.

[PHOTO: BFX.LAGOS] And finally, applications are open for TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Africa, to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, December 11. Early-stage African startups have until September 3 to apply here.

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African Tech Around the Net

·         More Than Half of Sub-Saharan Africa to Be Connected to Mobile by 2025, Finds New GSMA Study ·         Ethiopia’s Gebeya acquires Coders4Africa to accelerate its growth ·         Rwanda, Andela partner to launch pan-African tech hub in Kigali ·         Google’s free public Wi-Fi initiative expanded to Africa ·         Accounteer wins 2018 MEST Entrepreneur challenge ·         SafeBoda completes expansion to Kenya, now live in Nairobi ·         Uganda government sued over social media tax

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B2B e-commerce company Sokowatch closed a $2 million seed investment led by 4DX Ventures. Others to join the round were Village Global, Lynett Capital, Golden Palm Investments, and Outlierz  Ventures.

The Kenya based company aims to shake up the supply chain market for Africa’s informal retailers.

Sokowatch’s platform connects Africa’s informal retail stores directly to local and multi-national suppliers—such as Unilever and Proctor and Gamble—by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of reducing costs and increasing profit margins.

“With both manufacturers and the small shops, we’re becoming the connective layer between them, where previously you had multiple layers of middle-men from distributors, sub-distributors, to wholesalers,” Sokowatch founder and CEO Daniel Yu told TechCrunch.

“The cost of sourcing goods right now…we estimate we’re cutting that cost by about 20 percent [for] these shopkeepers,” he said

“There are millions of informal stores across Africa’s cities selling hundreds of billions worth of consumer goods every year,” said Yu.

These stores can use Sokowatch’s app on mobile phones to buy wares directly from large suppliers, arrange for transport, and make payments online. “Ordering on SMS or Android gets you free delivery of products to your store, on average, in about two hours,” said Yu.

Sokowatch generates revenues by earning “a margin on the goods that we’re selling to shopkeepers,” said Yu. On the supplier side, they also benefit from “aggregating demand…and getting bulk deals on the products that we distribute.”

The company recently launched a line of credit product to extend working capital loans to platform clients. With the $2 million round, Sokowatch—which currently operates in Kenya and Tanzania—plans to “expand to new markets in East Africa, as well as pilot additional value add services to the shops,” said Yu.

MallforAfrica and DHL launched MarketPlaceAfrica.com: a global e-commerce site for select African artisans to sell wares to buyers in any of DHL’s 220 delivery countries.

The site will prioritize fashion items — clothing, bags, jewelry, footwear and personal care — and crafts, such as pictures and carvings. MallforAfrica is vetting sellers for MarketPlace Africa online and through the Africa Made Product Standards association (AMPS), to verify made-in-Africa status and merchandise quality.

“We’re starting off in Nigeria and then we’ll open in Kenya, Rwanda and the rest of Africa, utilizing DHL’s massive network,” MallforAfrica CEO Chris Folayan told TechCrunch about where the goods will be sourced. “People all around the world can buy from African artisans online, that’s the goal,” Folayan told TechCrunch.

Current listed designer products include handbags from Chinwe Ezenwa and Tash women’s outfits by Tasha Goodwin.

In addition to DHL for shipping, MarketPlace Africa will utilize MallforAfrica’s e-commerce infrastructure. The startup was founded in 2011 to solve challenges global consumer goods companies face when entering Africa.

French President Emmanuel Macron  href="https://pctechmag.com/2018/05/french-president-emmanuel-macron-launches-a-usd76m-africa-startup-fund/">unveiled a $76 million African startup fund at VivaTech 2018 and TechCrunch paid a visit to the French Development Agency (AFD) — who will administer the new fund — to get details on how it will work.

The $76 million (or €65 million) will divvy up into three parts, AFD Digital Task Team Leader Christine Ha told TechCrunch.

“There are €10 million [$11.7 million] for technical assistance to support the African ecosystem… €5 million will be available as interest-free loans to high-potential, pre-seed startups…and…€50 million [$58 million] will be for equity-based investments in series A to C startups,” explained Ha during a meeting in Paris.

The technical assistance will distribute in the form of grants to accelerators, hubs, incubators and coding programs. The pre-seed startup loans will issue in amounts up to $100,000 “as early, early funding to allow entrepreneurs to prototype, launch and experiment,” said Ha.

The $58 million in VC startup funding will be administered through Proparco, a development finance institution — or DFI — partially owned by the AFD. “Proparco will take equity stakes, and will be a limited partner when investing in VC funds,” said Ha.

Startups from all African countries can apply for a piece of the $58 million by contacting any of Proparco’s Africa offices.

The $11.7 million technical assistance and $5.8 million loan portions of France’s new fund will be available starting in 2019. On implementation, AFD is still “reviewing several options…such as relying on local actors through [France’s] Digital Africa platform,” said Ha. President Macron followed up the Africa fund announcement with a trip to Nigeria last month.

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 was accepted into Y Combinator’s 2018 class and gained some working capital in the form of $1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Western Technology Investment.

The startup — with an Uber like app that connects Nigerian truckers to companies with freight needs — will use the funds to pay drivers online immediately after successful hauls.

Kobo360 is also launching the Kobo Wealth Investment Network, or KoboWIN — a crowd-invest, vehicle financing program. Through it, Kobo drivers can finance new trucks through citizen investors and pay them back directly (with interest) over a 60-month period.

On Kobo360’s utility, “We give drivers the demand and technology to power their businesses,” CEO Obi Ozor told TechCrunch. “An average trucker will make $3,500 a month with our app. That’s middle class territory in Nigeria.”

Kobo360 has served 324 businesses, aggregated a fleet of 5480 drivers and moved 37.6 million kilograms of cargo since 2017, per company stats. Top clients include Honeywell, Olam, Unilever, and DHL.

Ozor thinks the startup’s asset-free, digital platform and business model can outpace traditional long-haul 3PL providers in Nigeria by handling more volume at cheaper prices.

“Logistics in Nigeria have been priced based on the assumption drivers are going to run empty on the way back…When we now match freight with return trips, prices crash.”

Kobo360 will expand in Togo, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and Senegal.

[PHOTO: BFX.LAGOS] And finally, applications are open for TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Africa, to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, December 11. Early-stage African startups have until September 3 to apply here.

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African Tech Around the Net

·         More Than Half of Sub-Saharan Africa to Be Connected to Mobile by 2025, Finds New GSMA Study ·         Ethiopia’s Gebeya acquires Coders4Africa to accelerate its growth ·         Rwanda, Andela partner to launch pan-African tech hub in Kigali ·         Google’s free public Wi-Fi initiative expanded to Africa ·         Accounteer wins 2018 MEST Entrepreneur challenge ·         SafeBoda completes expansion to Kenya, now live in Nairobi ·         Uganda government sued over social media tax

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Black Children And Technology In The 21st Century

Black Children And Technology In The 21st Century Black Children And Technology Part 2 Recently a friend and I had a discussion regarding what initially appeared to be a very straightforward subject which led to something that has not been explored enough recently, Black children and technology in the 21st century. Smart Phones and Social Media And How They Impact Black Children And Technology In The 21st Century The background story. A friend of mine recently witnessed a fight between two elderly men. While he and another tried to stop the fight, others just watched, made jokes, encouraged the two men to continue fighting and some stood by and filmed the fight with their smartphones with the intention to later post the top-selling, blockbuster movie of the year (joke) onto social media. My friend commented that filming a fight in the street and posting it onto social media could not have happened 10 years ago. I thought and said "YES IT COULD". He disagreed and said "Maybe, you could have, but everyday people could not have". The implication there was that because I've been into technology and communications for a long time, only people that were into that 10 years ago were the only people who could have done that. The discussion went on for some time and I decided to find some evidence and proof that supported my views that everyday people had the ability and equipment and the global infrastructure was in place for a video to be filmed from a smartphone and be posted onto social media back in 2008. If you would like more information on technology courses for your children or yourself THAT CAN TURN INTO A HIGHLY PAID CAREER have a look at: Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking And Penetration Testing Computer Programming For Children Robotics For Children This article was born from that discussion as I thought of how many people simply abuse or waste the technology that is already in our hands and I also realised that we as a race are still overlooking the potentially highly successful future that stands ahead of us if we choose to nurture our children towards building, creating with and overstanding, the new technologies that are available today. I've added some interesting facts that show why it's parent article Black Children And Technology and this update "Black Children and Technology In The 21st Century" are subjects that we have to look at VERY SERIOUSLY......... By the year 2000 AD smartphones were already available and Social Media in it's modern guise had been around since the early 1990's. Not everyone realises that the modern meaning of "Social Media" actually includes any form of digitally based communication that is easily accessible and can be interacted with, by a large number of people, who can share various forms of media including text, pictures, video and voice. Today this includes email, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Telegram, WhatsApp, etc. Older popular platforms included MySpace, MSN / Windows Messenger, ICQ, AOL Messenger, etc. Because of the cost of smartphones in the early part of the 2000's, not many people could afford them. So most of the users were business executives or other people within organisations who generally were in need of such advanced technology so the devices were often paid for by their companies. But by the mid 2000's they had become affordable to a large number of people around the world. Some of the manufacturers included HTC, Palm, HP, RIM / Blackberry, Dell, Nokia and Ericsson. This picture is of the 2008 - “G1 with Google”, which featured many Google applications, including Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube and GTal

k. It was also integrated with the Amazon MP3 store, allowing users to easily buy digital music, and featured the Android store where users can browse and buy new applications. Source: Macworld.com Now if we consider the fact that when these phones were being released some of the youngsters today were babies or not even born. However they are the ones who have mastered the technology and many of us, whether we are new to technology or are veterans, are being taught by them. Here at EbonyDirectory.com we often ask the youths in our communities how they use technology and what they would like to see technology be able to do in the future. Their answers are often very educational. Social Media has been a vital tool to many of us, as have our smartphones. The young people of today have not been immune from this, in fact they are the ones who have embraced these technologies more than adults and the young spend ALOT of time using their smartphones. Many people think this is to the detriment of their health and education among other things. However, we cannot ignore the fact that they are MASTERS of this new technology and their mastery has come about through hours, days, weeks, months, years of hands-on, often self-taught, practice and study. We really ought to give them much credit for what they have learned and are continuing to learn. As we are fully aware, the combination of smart phones and social media can create a dangerous environment, so we must protect our youth at all times. But are we also putting that same amount of energy into encouraging them to hone their skills with their iPhones and Androids as much as we encourage them to do maths, languages, geography, history and the sciences?

Source: Statista We ought to be. These devices will be a HUGE part of their future. Have a look at the graph to see how mobile devices are overtaking desktops and laptops for Internet usage. If you would like more information on technology related courses for your children or even yourself THAT CAN TURN INTO A HIGHLY PAID CAREER have a look at: Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking And Penetration Testing Computer Programming For Children Robotics For Children Black Children and Information Technology News Articles In our previous article on Black Children and technology we provided several stories that had appeared in some past information technology news articles. Black children featuring in information technology news articles is becoming more and more commonplace everyday. Now that there is even more information available on the internet on how well black children are advancing with the new technology in the computer world, this proves that we must support them and encourage them at every opportunity. Have a look at these examples: Karabo Matlali has been learning how to code since she was six years old.

The Grade 5 pupil at Maria Montessori House in Four-ways, northern Johannesburg is now 10, and her love for coding has not only enhanced her skills in mathematics but has also helped her to build and develop a moving robot. Source: https://face2faceafrica.com There is also 15-year-old Amadou Diallo who immigrated from Guinea in West Africa two years ago and won a scholarship to attend New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering because he created a video game and excelled in his computing classes.

Source: https://www.bxtimes.com Although not a child, this young man, Brian Gitta from Uganda has invented a non-invasive malaria testing device named Matibabu. Source: http://matibabu.thinkitlimited.com If our children and young people are our future and if the future is undoubtedly digital, who best to forward our race than those who were born into this technologically advanced world and have gotten to grips with it as if they were born with the computer languages already pre-programmed into them? As Whitney Houston sang 'Don't you know the children are the future, teach them right and let them lead the way......' Please watch this short video from BlackGirlsCode.com with Kimberly Bryant who was invited by Oprah Winfrey to receive a standing ovation for her commitment, hard work and outstanding efforts to assist young black girls and boys to learn to master technology. She is a great example to us all as she shows us what TRUE encouragement is. Could The Fictional Country Of Wakanda In The Movie "Black Panther" Be A Representation Of What We Can Expect As A Result Of Nurturing Black Children And Technology In The 21st Century? Many people have seen this movie and have passed their own judgements on it, good or bad. Without getting into the politics of the film, one thing that cannot be denied is that at least one person, somewhere on this planet can see a glimpse of how the black race could be living in harmony with our environment and with technology if we collectively and responsibly, harness the power and opportunities that technology has made available. If you haven't seen the movie and if you are interested in black children and technology in the 21st century, the movie Black Panther is a must. Regardless of anyone's opinion of the movie the fact remains that as a race we can, with the help of the children, become world leaders in this rapidly evolving world that has many of it's advancements rooted in technology. Think of what Steve Jobs achieved as 1 man with a vision. I've used him as an example as he is someone whom most of us are familiar with. And if we are not, then we almost certainly all are familiar with his iProducts. He was able to have a vision of how technology could be used and how it could be advanced without the worlds permission. We need to adopt that same mentality and give our children a chance to realise their hopes, dreams, aspirations and goals WITH our support and guidance. Imagine how different this world could be if we owned and led companies like Apple. Imagine what an impact we could have on this world and planet if collectively we could build companies that impact peoples lives and thinking the way Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google do. If you would like more information on courses for your children or even yourself THAT CAN TURN INTO A HIGHLY PAID CAREER have a look at: Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking And Penetration Testing Computer Programming For Children Robotics For Children Read the full article