Africa Climate Summit 2023 Drives Green Growth and Climate Finance Solutions
The Africa Climate Summit (ACS) and the annual Africa Climate Week 2023, landmark events co-hosted by the Republic of Kenya are scheduled to take place from 4 to 6 September in Kenya, Nairobi. The ACS will convene Heads of State and Government, policymakers, civil society organizations, the private sector, multilateral
Read MoreTikTok’s new program aims to identify rising artists in the music industry
TikTok is launching a new program that is designed to identify the next wave of rising artists in the music industry, the company announced on Tuesday. The new program, called Elevate, is meant to help musicians create a lifelong career in the music industry, beyond being a one-hit wonder. The
Read MoreDataStax brings vector search to its Astra DB database service
DataStax, the well-funded Apache Cassandra-centric database company, is placing a lot of its current bets on AI and its technology’s ability to provide highly scalable vector search capabilities to provide real-time context to generative AI models. Today, following a short public preview, the company is launching the vector search capabilities
Read MoreDeveloper-focused email platform Resend raises $3M
Sending transactional emails may seem like a solved problem. Sendgrid, Postmark, Mailgun and others offer dependable email APIs for developers, after all. However, many of those companies have also been acquired in the last few years and haven’t necessarily kept up with the latest development trends — or at least
Read MorePolar Analytics raises $9M to scale Shopify brands
It’s not enough to be just a Shopify brand anymore: you have to leverage all the data coming in from the dozens of apps that brands use to monitor advertising and marketing, inventory, customer communications and support and sales, so that your business can succeed. Enter Polar Analytics, which scoops
Read MoreHammerspace ingests $56M for a new approach to work with vast amounts of unstructured data
Data may be “the new oil,” but only when it can be extracted and put to use. Today, a five year-old startup called Hammerspace that is giving any kind of data that lease of life is announcing $56 million in funding — its first institutional investment — as it expands
Read MoreWhy Employee Mistakes are the Biggest Cybersecurity Threat and How to Train Them
With almost 88% of data breaches being caused by employee mistakes, a strong human risk management program with regular employee training and cybersecurity awareness is critical, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET Southern Africa. Ask any cybersecurity specialist about their biggest network safety concern, and it’s likely that they’ll
Read MoreEgyptian Fintech to Revolutionise Cashless Payments
Flash, Egypt’s new cashless payment app that provides cashless payment solutions for consumers and businesses through a scan and pay service. The application allows consumers to make a purchase with their phones by adding any existing bank card or digital wallet on the app once and scanning a QR code
Read MoreVanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands
Another grim stage for VanMoof, the e-bike startup backed by venture capitalists to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. After making a last-hour effort to stave off bankruptcy last week, the court of Amsterdam has taken the step of officially declaring bankruptcy for the company’s Dutch legal entities,
Read MoreUS government launches the Cyber Trust Mark, its long-awaited IoT security labeling program
The Biden administration has launched its long-awaited Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity labeling program that aims to protect Americans against the myriad of security risks associated with internet-connected devices. The program, officially named the “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark,” aims to help Americans ensure they are buying internet-connected devices that include
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