Day: October 23, 2024

Safaricom’s Deal with SaaS Company tappi Highlights Importance of Startups in Africa’s Tech Ecosystem

by Ismail Patel, posted in Cloud Enable, Mobilize
I. Patel

Summary Bullets:

  • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startup tappi teamed up with Safaricom’s mobile platform M-PESA to improve the digital presence of M-PESA’s small and medium business (SMB) users.
  • The partnership provides SMBs with tools that scale their operations, enhance their customer engagement, and boost their online visibility in the digital space.

tappi, a Kenyan e-commerce SaaS startup, teamed up with Kenya incumbent and African operator group Safaricom to support its mobile payments platform M-PESA’s network of 650,000 Kenyan SMBs to improve their digital presence. The partnership provides SMBs with tools that scale their operations, enhance their customer engagement, and boost their online visibility to capitalize on the opportunity in the digital space.

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Google Cloud Summit UK: Integrating AI Across Silicon, Platform, Cloud, and Applications

by Beatriz Valle, posted in Big Data, IT Leader
B. Valle

Summary Bullets:

• Google Cloud held its first annual summit at the Tobacco Docks in East London (England) in October 2024.

• Announcements included Google’s expanded data residency to help customers undertake Gemini 1.5 Flash ML processing and data storage entirely in the UK, if they handle sensitive data that cannot leave the country.

Google Cloud held its first annual summit at the Tobacco Docks in East London (England) in October 2024. The event included keynotes, workshops, demos, and the prominent presence of an exciting ecosystem of startups, driven by the launch of the Google Cloud Startup Hub, a new community space for developers and entrepreneurs.

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