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Africa’s Electric Motorbike Pioneer Seizes Silicon Valley Funds Apr 08 2021, 7:14 PM April 08 2021, 5:30 PM April 08 2021, 7:14 PM (Bloomberg) -- (Bloomberg) -- East Africa’s motorbike taxis are $3.5 million closer to mass electrification following an investment from Silicon Valley. Ampersand, a Rwandan startup that claims to be the continent’s first electric motorbike company, secured the funding from Ecosystem Integrity Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital fund. Ampersand will use the money to expand its bike and battery-swap station network in its home country and s...

As rain moves out of East Tennessee, flooding is still a risk in some areas, though rainfall totals didn't hit the worrisome levels that were predicted.   Blount County deputies warned residents Monday morning that some local roads were closed for flooding, but standing water wasn't widespread across the region. In the past two years, flooding has caused major damage. On Friday, the Tennessee Valley Authority began spilling water from its nine dams along the Tennessee River to maximize flood storage space ahead of the weekend rain.  Knoxville and most of the surrounding area received abo...

Into the Dead 2 is a sequel to Into the Dead, one of the most popular games produced by Wellington-based game developer, PikPok. The company has had more than 350 million downloads of its games. Karah Sutton​ is on the move and a touch out of breath. Much like the industry she represents. She’s been pursued by zombies, raced around the world as an agent of espionage and managed a stable of the world’s finest thoroughbreds. Now she faces a new challenge. Her company, PikPok, has created games downloaded more than 350 million times around the globe, and it is soon to release its lates...

By Staff | January 1, 2021 | Filed under: News TENNESSEE VALLEY-2020 is now officially the wettest year ever recorded in the Tennessee Valley. As of midnight, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, TVA recorded 68.27 inches on average across the Valley, surpassing the old record of 67.01 inches set in 2018.  With 2019 now the third wettest year on record at 66.47 inches of rainfall, TVA has now managed three straight years of record rainfall. “The last three years have been a remarkable stretch of above average rainfall,” said James Everett, senior manager of TVA’s River Forecast Center. “Before...