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Report: The Future Of Electric Vehicles In Nigeria
Nigeria recently announced the launch of its first-ever, locally assembled electric vehicle, the Hyundai Kona. This to many might seem like Nigeria’s way of expressing her readiness to pick up the pace towards addressing the problems of climate change like the rest of the world. However, the reality is that this seeming giant stride leaves the…
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Facial Recognition Technology Soon To Become The Future of Banking
A Nigeria-based Access Bank has announced it is set to unveil a new contactless payment technology that leverages facial recognition and AI. The face recognition payment system allows the platform to identify and verify the user without inputting passwords. The recognition system matches the unique facial dimensions of the customer against the BVN image to authenticate the…
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Nigeria Relaunches First Electric Car In Abuja
Stallions Motors has launched Nigeria’s first fully assembled local electric car at an elaborate ceremony at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. The Hyundai KONA has an exceptional electric driving range of up to 300 miles, a 64 kWh battery life and a touch screen entertainment system. In attendance at the unveiling were dignitaries like the Minister…
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Kenyan Boat Company Launches Electric Fishing Boat
A boat making company in Kenya is offering environmentally-friendly electric engines which come at a lesser cost. The company known as Asobo has the goal of massively reducing the negative impact of fuel emissions on Lake Victoria in East Africa, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake. Tens of thousands of fishing boats head out on Kenya’s…
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Cholera Epidemic Kills 55 People In Northern Mozambique
According to UNICEF, 55 people have died of Cholera in northern Mozambique since the beginning of the year. The country has recorded nearly 5,000 cases of the disease among hundreds of thousands of displaced persons forced to abandon their homes and seek refuge with relatives or in camps. Daniel Timme, a UNICEF spokesman in Mozambique…
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Clubhouse Reaches $1.2 Billion Valuation in 11 months
Some eleven months after its launch in March 2020, new reports have revealed that Clubhouse is now valued at $1.2 billion even though it has yet to post a revenue. Free to all IOS users and currently operating without ads, Clubhouse currently boasts an estimated 2 million weekly active users on the back of its voice-based chatrooms. With the…
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Ford Set To Build Electric Mustangs In China
The US carmaking company has announced that production of its iconic Mustang Mach-E will start later this year as it looks to tap into China’s electric vehicle (EV) market. Demand for Electric Vehicles in China In 2018, 1.255 million new energy vehicles (plug-in electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids) were sold in China – a 62%…
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A Look At 2021 Big Tech Innovations
If you’re looking for technological innovations that are a bit closer to home, 2021 might have the right technology and services to make homeworking easier and more secure. 2021 also promises tech trends in aerospace, retail and autonomous , read on. Working From Home Tech Innovations As the world battles with the coronavirus pandemic, working…
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A Look At Investment Growth In Renewable Energy
According to new data by Bloomberg, approximately $304 billion invested into renewable energy globally and $139 billion invested in electric transportation in 2020. Statista says that a growing number of experts and predictive models forecasts that the next decade would be dominated by renewable energy and electric vehicles. Due to the urgency to combat climate change,…
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Super Apps: New Generation Phone Apps That Can Do Everything
Imagine you can install just one app that can do everything – from ordering food, to ordering cabs, chatting with your friends and booking a spa date. It is not in the future, it is now. Two major tech companies have developed phone applications known as super apps that can do absolutely everything. Yes, everything!…