Microsoft and UAE-based G42 plan to build a $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya, opening in about two years, to boost computing capacity in East Africa
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Sama CEO Wendy Gonzalez says the company will no longer take on harmful content moderation work from Meta and she regrets the work, after staff sue the company
A firm which was contracted to moderate Facebook posts in East Africa has said with hindsight it should not have taken on the job.
A look at eLocust3m, an app that uses AI and GPS to combat locust swarms in East Africa, replacing an antiquated tablet-based program
Rachel Nuwer / New York Times : Tweets: @richardattiasas , @pocketnow , and @technology Tweets: @richardattiasas : This technology-driven approach in Kenya, Ethiopia & Somalia has proved so effective...
London-based Wefarm, which offers a social network for farmers that is popular in East Africa, extends its Series A by $11M to $24M and says it has 2.5M users
London-based Wefarm, which offers a social network for farmers that is popular in East Africa, extends its Series A by $11M to $24M and says it has 2.5M users
The vast majority of startups remain focused on consumers, knowledge workers and the opportunities to provide services …
Visa and Safaricom partner to open up Visa's global network to Safaricom-run M-Pesa's extensive financial services network in East Africa
Visa just connected to Africa's most powerful mobile payments network. The global financial services company and Kenyan telecom Safaricom …
Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, an SF-based machine learning training data company with a large workforce in East Africa, dies at 37
The startup community has lost another moral leader today. — Leila Janah, a serial entrepreneur who was the CEO and founder …
Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, an SF-based machine learning training data company with a large workforce in East Africa, dies at 37
The startup community has lost another moral leader today. — Leila Janah, a serial entrepreneur who was the CEO and founder …
A look at a group of Somali immigrant warehouse workers in Minnesota who stood up to Amazon over labor and civil rights without the clout of a traditional union
How a group of Somalis became leaders in the fight to change a tech behemoth. — It was 11 days before Christmas in 2018 … Tweets: @wired , @adancabdulle , and @overdramatique Tweets: @wired : Fed up...