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In 2022, only 20% of funded African tech startups had a female founder.

The gender imbalance in African tech is only growing worse in 2022, just 20.2% of 633 sponsored initiatives had a female founder, which is a decrease

The gender imbalance in African tech is only growing worse in 2022, just 20.2% of 633 sponsored initiatives had a female founder, which is a decrease from 2021s 21.5%. With at least one female cofounder in 26.4% of firms, Kenya was the best performer in terms of gender representation. The report describes a remarkable 2022 in which, despite a global decline in investments, more companies raised more capital than ever before. With 600 of the 633 funded businesses having at least one local in the founding team, up from 500 in 2021, the difficulty of nonAfrican founders obtaining investment in Africa is decreasing. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 7 months ago      

testing out the sleep and fitness tracking Ring from Ultrahuman.

Last summer, a teaser of additional hardware was released A selfdesigned smart ring to supplement the existing CGM continuous glucose monitoring senso

Last summer, a teaser of additional hardware was released A selfdesigned smart ring to supplement the existing CGM continuous glucose monitoring sensor programme, but also as a standalone healthtracking wearable to compete with Ouras smart ring. TechCrunch tested a beta version of Ultrahumans Ring or R1, as its simply known, for a month in conjunction with its CGMbased metabolic tracking programme M1 and for several weeks on its own when it didnt have access to realtime glucose data. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 7 months ago      

Why ASML became the most valuable tech company in Europe.

In fact, the technology has advanced to the point where ASML has become Europes most valuable technology firm. ASML machines produce the most advanced

In fact, the technology has advanced to the point where ASML has become Europes most valuable technology firm. ASML machines produce the most advanced computer chips, and the company is the only one in the world with this technology. Last year, the company delivered only 50 of their highestspecified models, totaling 400 machines. Last year, the company made 21.2 billion euros $22.7 billion £18.9 billion in sales, plus income from management and upgrading existing machines. The orders they have in the works are worth twice as much. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 7 months ago      

TPG Telecom wants to stop yearly increases in NBN prices.

TPG Telecom wants NBN Co to be barred from raising its prices every year until at least 2032, with only threetofiveyear price increases permitted. The

TPG Telecom wants NBN Co to be barred from raising its prices every year until at least 2032, with only threetofiveyear price increases permitted. The telco also claimed that the current special access undertaking SAU draught gives NBN Co far too much leeway in terms of pricing changes. TPG Telecom contends that prices should only be discounted or reduced during a regulatory cycle. Meanwhile, TPG Telecom stated that promised cost reductions could be rolled back within twotothree years under a complicated price cap mechanism proposed by NBN Co. TPG Telecom claims that the cap is one of several measures in the SAU that add unnecessary complexity. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 7 months ago      

Crisis of credibility in South Africa.

But, Mavuso says that as long as the governments credibility crisis exists, South Africans shouldnt anticipate many reforms or promises to be made. Ma

But, Mavuso says that as long as the governments credibility crisis exists, South Africans shouldnt anticipate many reforms or promises to be made. Markets and businesses will be hoping for the government to assume a sizeable chunk of the R400 billion debt owed by Eskom, one of the announcements anticipated this week. According to her, transparency can be a potent deterrent to corruption and will support the auditorcrucial generals job. Global rating agencies also questioned the South African governments obvious credibility challenges last week. Fitch and Moodys both cited the governments poor track record with reform implementation and its hasty and impulsive responses to the nations most pressing problems. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 7 months ago      

Y Combinator supports Strive in its mission to teach young people the fun of coding.

Strive was created using an active learning strategy that allows students to take the lead in lessons in order to foster in them a love of STEM fields

Strive was created using an active learning strategy that allows students to take the lead in lessons in order to foster in them a love of STEM fields that will last a lifetime. Strive, which offers private lessons for children between the ages of 8 and 16, intends to grow throughout Asia, focusing on the 3.7 million pupils enrolled in international schools. Even though more parents and educational systems are beginning to embrace coding, according to Agarwal, their teaching strategies frequently cause youngsters to feel disinterested and dissatisfied. In an active learning environment, teachers guide students through coding exercises by asking them questions and letting them take the initiative rather than lecturing the entire class. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 7 months ago      

The top digital ad automation platform in Japan, Shirofune, enters the North American market using a human intelligence strategy.

An automated omnichannel ad management platform that includes autobudgeting, clever keyword optimization, automatically generated analytics, and other

An automated omnichannel ad management platform that includes autobudgeting, clever keyword optimization, automatically generated analytics, and other features reduces workload by 50%. Today, Shirofune revealed that agencies and marketing experts in North America can now access its automated advertising platform. Leading companies like Dentsu and Rakuten use the major advertising management platform in Japan, Shirofune. With the help of the same multichannel advertising optimization tools, businesses in the US and Canada can now handle online ad campaigns in half the time and with a quarter of the staff. Campaign optimization is also done by the system using information from external analytics programmes like Google Analytics. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 7 months ago      

The French government has identified these as the largest French startups for 2023.

The 120 topperforming startups in France right now were ranked by the French government and the governmentbacked La French Tech project after they col

The 120 topperforming startups in France right now were ranked by the French government and the governmentbacked La French Tech project after they collected applications, analysed data, and created a unique category for the top 40 startups. The government chose the 40 businesses with the largest fundraising rounds for the next category, the French Tech 120. Finally, the government examined revenue for the final 40 firms that were chosen. If these French startups run into problems with the government, they can get in touch with La French Tech. These startups bring in $13 billion $11.3 billion in sales. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 7 months ago