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Google Grants Kenya 1.1 Billion For Post Covid-19 Recovery American technology giant Google has announced a 10 million US dollar package to support Kenya’s post-Covid-19 recovery efforts. The announcement was made Wednesday evening by Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai during a virtual meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta on the sidelines of a public discussion on digital transformation in Africa organised by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA). CCA is a Washington DC-based trade association focusing on strengthening trade and commercial ties between the United States of Am...

The economy has been battered by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Shares Tech giant, Google, has pledged a Ksh.1.1 billion (USD 10 million) package to support Kenya’s post Covid-19 recovery efforts. The announcement was made Wednesday evening by Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai during a virtual meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta, on the sidelines of a public discussion on digital transformation in Africa organized by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA). CCA is a trade association based in Washington DC, focusing on strengthening trade and commercial ties between the United States of America and African economies. In addition to the mu...

WhatsApp status reminder Bitcoin has been on the rise since December 2020. This has made it something everyone wants - a shiny thing. But the issue with this particular shiny thing is that it’s slowly becoming something hackers can bait users with. From December 2020 up until this moment, bitcoin has continued to meet new all-time high. Making the investment spicy and shiny. Hackers love to use what is trendy to bait users. The chart above shows the progress of bitcoin from November 2020 till a few days ago. Recently the coin started to fall from an all-time high of ~ $41,000 and this fal...

Seven Prairie startups to watch in 2021 Over the past couple of years, Sean O’Connor from Conexus Venture Capital has been putting together a list of Prairie tech companies to keep an eye on. We connected with Sean recently and he asked if the two of us could carry the torch going forward. We are thrilled to take over this project to spotlight some of the top Prairie founders that continue to show how to create globally successful tech companies. As two founders running Saskatoon-based tech companies, we’ve seen firsthand how quickly the Prairie ecosystem has grown and are...