Author: Akin Naphtal

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII), a provider of critical national security technology solutions, has been named the 2022 North American Winner for Best Tech Work Culture in the eighth annual Timmy Awards presented by Tech in Motion, celebrating the best in tech workplaces across North America. RII has been named the 2022 North American Winner for Best Tech Work Culture in the eighth annual Timmy Awards presented by Tech in Motion. “RII’s founder and CTO, Rich Briggs, understood from day one that in order to be truly innovative, RII must have a workplace environment where employees feel included, recognized, and empowered…

JPMorgan, a global banking institution headquartered in New York City, has trademarked a cryptocurrency wallet. The banking giant is developing a global computer network to facilitate the electronic transfer of virtual currencies. Kondoudis, a patent and trademark lawyer, claims that during the week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) authorized JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) Co.’s trademark application. According to him, the trademark extends to the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies and the processing of payments made using cryptocurrencies. According to a tweet concerning the launch, Mike Kondoudis, Trademark and Patent attorney has said; The J.P. MORGAN WALLET is now a…

Entering the era of the Internet of Everything, it is expected that we will exchange digital data more frequently in the future online world. When the data form goes digital and is not the traditional black-and-white word format any longer, how to verify data’s credibility becomes a major challenge derived from the trend of digital transformation. At this time, blockchain technology with the characteristics of anti-tampering and decentralization has become one of the feasible solutions. In the past Web 2 era without blockchain, most databases were easily predominated by a single industry. Now, blockchain comes in to break this situation.…

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Kathryn D. Stevens joined the Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME) Farid Ahmed, and Director General of the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) Shah Rezwan Hayat to launch USAID’s new five-year $18 million Shobai Miley Shikhi (“Everyone learns together”) inclusive education project. With a goal of creating a more inclusive education system, the USAID Shobai Miley Shikhi project will train teachers to improve their skills in reaching students of all abilities in the classroom and provide specialized learning materials. The new project will engage parents, communities, and…

A Bournemouth-based telecoms equipment supplier has completed another acquisition within six months of its first ever buyout in its 23-year history.4Com, which supplies phone systems to more than 10,000 businesses, has followed up its purchase of West Bromwich outfit Midshire Telecom in May, by buying up Norwich-based Eastern Voice and Data for an undisclosed sum.Commenting on the acquisition, Chief executive Gary Scutt said: “We talk to a lot of companies as part of our acquisitions process, and from the outset we were impressed with how the team at Eastern have grown their business.READ ALSO: Egypt based Digital Pharmacy Startup Grinta…

Kenyan fintech startup Finplus Group has announced its software has now processed over US$1 billion in combined transaction value in five years of operations. Founded in 2017 by Kageni Wilson and Bernard Banta, Finplus provides fully-managed software to help financial services providers operate efficiently and scale cost-effectively in any market. Its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform enables the easy creation, rapid launch and efficient management of digital deposit, loan and insurance products, and contains modular solutions that entirely automate or dramatically accelerate things like onboarding, KYC validation, risk decisioning, bulk collections and disbursements, and SMS and email communications. Finplus hit the US$500…

A Bristol tech business, has raised £50,000 to deliver personalised mental health support in the workplace. Paranimo secured the cash from Capital Pilot, an early-stage growth investor, to grow its workplace wellbeing platform.Paranimo, which translates to ‘match mind’ in Latin, was founded in 2019 and its platform matches employees to the right counsellor, psychotherapist or hypnotherapist based on relevance, personality fit and availability.Matthew Vamplew co-founded the company with Dr Daniel Condliffe after the duo both experienced the challenges of balancing stressful careers with finding the right mental health support provider.Mr Vamplew said: “Research shows that the better the therapeutic match…

Vodafone field engineers reveal how they managed to cut vehicle carbon emissions by making some easy changes to the way they drive. A small team of Vodafone field engineers has managed to reduce its fuel consumption by 18% in a drive to help the UK company reach net zero carbon emissions for its own operations by 2027.The team, which dubbed itself Field Green, found that improving driver behaviour was the best way to reduce CO2 emissions and improve the fuel efficiency of their cars and vans.They originally set out to increase their miles per gallon (mpg) and reduce average CO2…

Accenture has appointed Ambe Tierro as country managing director for the Philippines, effective December 1. Lito Tayag, the current country managing director, will retire from Accenture at the end of December, after 20 years of service.Tayag has led Accenture’s business in the Philippines for the past 12 years. During his two decades at Accenture, he has played key roles in driving country strategy and initiatives, building and growing client accounts, developing industry and technology capabilities, and promoting global visibility for the Philippines Delivery Center. As an industry leader, has served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the…

Startups in Kenya and Tanzania have been offered the chance to scale their impact-driven companies and receive a grant investment of up to EUR100,000 (US$102,000) from develoPPP Ventures. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented by DEG Impulse, and supported by Seedstars, develoPPP Ventures aims to empower startups with entrepreneurial support and grants. READ ALSO: Egypt based Digital Pharmacy Startup Grinta Raises $8m to Accelerate Growth European Parliament Celebrates 70th Anniversary BT Group Wins State Funding for Drone Project Consortium The open call for the programme’s fourth cohort is open to startups in…