This Series A funding round was led by Owl Ventures, a venture capital company with a focus on education as an investment category. uLesson’s boss, Sim, says the funding aligns well with the startup’s mission. This deal saw Tory Patterson of Owl join the company board. Other investors in this round include LocalGlobe—also an ed-tech-focused investor—Founder Collective, and TLcom Capital , who are already existing investors in the company and participated in the previous seed round....

JUMP the unique online content platform was launched on 10th Feb 2017; with categories in Education, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, and Lifestyle. As part of the education category the JUMP Academy provides students with free and unlimited access to a wide range of educational materials, tailored to the Uganda University curriculum. The JUMP Academy comprises a series of recorded lecture videos that cut across various subjects based on the Uganda university curriculum....

Data science is an increasing area of interest for many businesses. This is especially true for those businesses that recognize the importance of maximizing insights from available data. A common feature of businesses —both big and small— is the relative amount of customer data they possess. Sometimes, these data as they are, might not make any sense to the business owners unless there’s a tool to help dig into it and bring out the gems....

What is RAID? RAID is an acronym that stands for “Redundant Array of Independent Disks“. Formerly as “Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks”, RAID is a technology that brings improved performance and fault tole to your personal or business storage system. When the term RAID is mentioned, it means the storage uses multiple disks to store the same data to protect them in the case of a disk/drive failure. Compared to single disk drives, RAID increases storage capacity in a system but most importantly, improves performance, data security and reliability by utilizing multiple disks....

Due to this, Telemedicine is being adopted. In fact, it’s popularity has been steadily increasing for some time now, but not too many people paid attention to it. However, as more people are forced to stay at home while seeking medical consultation, patients and health care professionals are now relying on the resource. In this article, we will talk about Telemedicine, its enormous benefits (for patients and physicians), and why it might soon be the new way we receive health care from practitioners....

“Force Dark” no longer Darkens all Google Apps The previous builds of Android Q included a dark mode that forced the entire UI to go dark, including some apps. Obviously, this broke some apps that weren’t built with a dark mode. That has been fixed in this Beta. It is still unclear what criteria the system uses to implement the dark mode but still, it is one less bug to deal with....

There are a couple of fascinating features equipped on this Bluetooth version ranging from faster & smoother connections, more reliability and the top gun – direction-finding. From this point onward, we’ll be discussing its new features under the headers below. Direction-finding & Location Tracking Coming in as an improvement to Bluetooth’s indoor navigations & proximity solutions, this standard will read not only the distance between devices but also the precise location....

The push for a decoder-less subscription model similar to what Netflix offers comes after DStv realised a 48% year-over-year increase in the number of monthly active users on its Showmax and DStv Now platforms across Africa. The idea of a standalone video streaming service isn’t a new one. MultiChoice has been mulling over it since 2017 or even earlier, in the face of stiff competition from Netflix. Quotable: Decoder-less DStv Now will cost less A standalone DStv Now streaming service offers cost-cutting opportunities for MultiChoice....

WhatsApp Communities has started rolling on to users with iOS and Android devices, and it should be available to everyone in the coming weeks. Here’s all you need to know about the new Communities feature. Including how it is different from the Groups feature we have come to love on WhatsApp How is it Different From WhatsApp Groups? WhatsApp’s new Communities feature comes with a number of new features – new features that will not be available for Groups....

Read More: WhatsApp support for Android Gingerbread and iOS 7 ends 2020 This is not the first time Whatsapp is adopting a feature from Instagram. In 2017, WhatsApp started a ‘Status’ feature which is virtually the same as ‘Instagram Stories’ that was introduced six months earlier. Let’s talk about the Boomerang feature for a second, this feature takes after a traditional boomerang. It takes a short video that is then played forward and backward in a loop....

Facebook launched “Shops” in 2020 as a feature to help people easily find and buy products on Facebook and Instagram. At the moment, Facebook says shops has grown to over 300 million monthly Shops visitors and over 1.2 million monthly active Shops, hence the decision to expand it to users on WhatsApp. According to Facebook, it’ll soon be giving businesses in select countries the option to showcase their Shops in WhatsApp....

Despite the huge amount of people that use the service, however, not everyone actually pays for it. With a single account, users can watch movies on up to four (4) different devices simultaneously. Sharing of login credentials is also a common practice among Netflix users…and Netflix (as a company) doesn’t care that multiple people share one account/password. If you own a Netflix account with multiple people sharing the account with you, it is important that you monitor people that use the account....

cost reasons, the inability to be sure about the caller’s location, and regulatory issues that relate to cost impositions by governments and regulatory authorities. These are all valid reasons in their own way, but the most prominent one is location. Telco’s use your location to call the closest emergency line, Skype wouldn’t have any way of determining that. Let’s take a look at, and focus on this LOCATION issue. Location Location is important because in the case of an emergency, callers may not be able to accurately describe their location to the police, fire or ambulance....

The announcement was followed by the recruitment of top talents and appointment of several high-profile individuals to join its team in the country. Everything happened so fast that it seemed like the Uganda-birthed start-up was coming to oust existing players in Nigeria’s motorbike-hailing ecosystem. It’s been almost four months since the Nigeria expansion announcement was made by SafeBoda but not a single SafeBoda branded motorbike has been spotted on the streets of Lagos or anywhere else in Nigeria....

In the Box Wyze Scale1.5V AAA batteries (x4)Quick Start Guide Wyze Scale Specifications Model: WHSCL1Measurement Range: 10 – 400lb/5 – 180kgDisplay Units: lb/kgProduct Size: 306x306x26.6mmProduct Weight: 4.07lb/1.85kgPower: 4×1.5 AAA batteriesCompatibility: Android 5.0+/iOS 9.0+Operating Temperature: 41 to 104 degrees F (5 to 40 degrees C) Quick Setup The Wyze Scale is battery powered and ships with four AAA batteries in the box. Top open the back cover and insert them, minding the terminals....

With Xente, you can pay for bills even when you are cash-strapped. They give out small loans to help you pay for bills and buy for online products and services at small interest. But there’s a catch; you have to qualify for the loan through a special algorithm by Xente determines. So how does it work? Xente app has this BuyNow-Paylater feature that lets you buy for services such as data, airtime, water, electricity and even movie, bus and event tickets via a loan....

Read More: Xiaomi partners with Jumia to launch into the African market Nonetheless, Xiaomi is a befitting addition to the market that favors well priced affordable smartphones, which is everything Xiaomi stands for already. The success of the established players in the Nigerian smartphone industry has always relied on affordability and value for money, something Xiaomi is not a stranger to. Unlike Tecno, Infinix, and Itel that only have low-budget to bottom shelf mid-range smartphones, Xiaomi’s smartphones range from low budget all the way up to high-end flagships, that way, it provides more variety within the brand....

In other words, there are a few things you need to get done before you can make WhatsApp calls from your PC. Firstly, you should download the app on your Windows (32-bit or 64-bit) and Mac. Then install, scan the QR code with your mobile phone, and grant necessary permissions like access to audio and webcam. The interface is similar to that of the WhatsApp Web platform and it has more features of the mobile version....

However, funding these fuel cards has been a problem. I have one from Total and another from Shell. With Total Fuel card, you walk into a Total petrol station with cash, then top up your card with the cash and then pay for fuel using the card! This doesn’t make sense at all. Why wouldn’t you just checkout with cash? This is why I stopped using my card weeks ago....

This initiative is a part of Jumia’s strategy to reach more customers outside Kampala, where the demand for product variety and affordable product pricing is high. When shopping on Jumia, customers upcountry will have an option to pick their orders from the nearest Bata store during the checkout process, and the products will be dispatched to the selected office for collection. This will be the same for customers in Kampala who will have an option to pick their orders from the closest Total service station....