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African Digital Week 2022

Abidemi Ogunyemi-Aderibigbe
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African Digital Week 2022

African Digital Week is a virtual event devoted to the digital transformation of modern society. It entails about 15 forums, allowing viewers access to useful information about the essential trends related to digital technology. Experts and business leaders from Africa and across the globe will be present to share personal and professional ideas, knowledge, best-case practices, and showcase project experiences.

Goals of the African Digital Week

  • To speed up digital transformation for businesses.
  • Inspire young professionals in taking lead for the digital revolution 
  • To grow overall interest in digital technologies.
  • Create a platform for experts across the globe to share their knowledge and experience.
  • Build a community of professionals with a new mindset towards the digitalization of our world and economy.
  • Present breakthrough innovations in digital technologies.

Details of Event

Date: February  21- 25 2022

Venue: Virtual

The participation in African Digital Week 2022

You can choose to participate in the event as 

To Register for African Digital Week

Free: This ticket is valid for the Expo zone only

Early bird: $40 ($48 incl. VAT) From 01/05/2021 – To 31/10/2021

Regular: $80 ($96 incl. VAT) From 01/11/2021 – To 10/02/2022

Late fee: $160 ($192 incl. VAT) From 11/02/2022 – To 20/02/2022

Ovex Exchange, South Africa, Has Launched the First Rand Stablecoin, Zarp

Abdulquadri Ayilara
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Ovex Exchange, South Africa, Has Launched the First Rand Stablecoin, Zarp

The ZARP Stablecoin, which is tethered to the South African Rand, is now available on the OVEX Exchange, which is based in South Africa. The Kempen Group audits ZARP on a regular basis, attesting to the stable’s token supply and cash maintained in its treasury account.

Simon Dingle, one of ZARP’s founders has noted that the smart contract of ZARP has been audited by Solidity Finance, which has guaranteed the quality of the stable.

Aside from OVEX Exchange, ZARP is also listed on Curve, an Ethereum-based exchange liquidity pool designed for low-risk Stablecoin trading and supplemental fee income for liquidity providers with no opportunity cost. This indicates that yield incentives will be available in native ZAR value on Curve shortly.

Keep3r.network, an innovative decentralized platform meant to improve collaboration between projects that require outside development activities and those that can provide such services, has also been merged with ZARP, according to the company.

South Africans are believed to be able to use DeFi while avoiding RAND (ZAR) exposure thanks to ZARP. As a result, it attempts to deliver the benefits of stablecoins, which, according to Dingle, are critical in representing fiat currencies in the new DeFi environment.

OVEX is the first centralized exchange to list ZARP, demonstrating that the popular cryptocurrency platform is at the cutting edge of the South African business once again.

You may buy ZARP quickly and easily using OVEX’s Buy and Sell Service, which generates quotes for you to accept right away.

OVEX also has an Over-the-Counter desk that offers additional services to businesses and high-net-worth individuals, such as post-trade settlement, margin services, and a 24-hour phone line.

YoungEd Africa Job Opening: Software Developer

Hassan Barakat
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YoungEd Africa Job Opening: Software Developer

YoungEd Africa Initiative (RC150500) is a non-profit organization on a mission to prepare Africa for the future by empowering young Africans to build successful careers in education. Interested in joining the team? Explore the current opening below to apply and a member of the team will review your application and reach out to you if successful.

Software Developer Role

  • Requisition ID: YEDAFR1006
  • Location: Remote (WAT Timezone)
  • Job Type: Contract
  • Length of Contract: 6 Months (Renewable)

​About the Role

YoungEd Africa is looking for an experienced software developer who’ll be responsible for developing web and mobile products to support how we deliver on our mission of preparing Africa for the future by investing in Young African Educators.

​Our goal is to ensure educators enjoy excellent online experiences via YoungEd Africa’s online platforms and you will be working with internal and external stakeholders towards achieving this goal.

​Role Description

On this role you will be:

  • Responsible for building and maintaining modern web and mobile applications.
  • Writing and maintaining clean and reusable code.
  • Developing internal tools and dashboards to support program execution and decision-making.
  • Working with product managers/designers and providing recommendations to improve overall product design and user experience.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 years experience building modern web and mobile applications.
  • Fullstack development experience, with proficiency in frontend and backend technologies/languages – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React/React Native, MyQSL, PHP, Python NodeJs, etc
  • Experience using cross-platform development frameworks.
  • Experience with Rest API development and integration.
  • Proficient in developing and optimizing web scrapping and automation tools.
  • Knowledge of modern web development tools like WordPress, WiX, Webflow, etc
  • Strong technical and product documentation skills.
  • Experience in using code version tools like Git
  • Experience with AWS or other cloud services is a plus
  • Familiarity with collaboration and project management tools like Trello, Slack, Notion, etc.
  • Able to work effectively with remote teams in different time zones.
  • Able to deliver on tight project timelines with excellent and timely communications on progress and risks.

Additional Details and Benefits

  • Competitive Salary
  • Free internet per month
  • Flexible working hours

Click this link to apply for the YoungEd Africa software developer role.

Tunisian Fintech Startup Kaoun Adds New Features to Its Mobile Banking App

Sopuruchukwu Elizabeth Mba
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Tunisian Fintech Startup Kaoun Adds New Features to Its Mobile Banking App

Tunisian fintech startup Kaoun has added new features to its mobile baking app. This is following their participation in a regulatory Sandbox put together by the Central Bank of Tunisia.

The Tunisian fintech startup Kaoun was co-founded in January 2018 by Rostom Bouazizi, Nebras Jemel, and Aris Kallel after obtaining certificates from universities in the United States.

Having observed the digital baking system, the affordability, and the quality of services provided by this banking style, the team decided to pitch their financial inclusion plan in Tunisia by employing the same banking method.

The co-founders established Kaoun and launched the Flouci mobile banking app with the mission of banking the millions of unbanked adults in Tunisia, and to offer reliable alternative banking services to the already banked.

The Flouci mobile banking app brings financial solutions directly to customers by removing the stumbling blocks of cost and distance. The app offers peer-to-peer merchandizing, bill payments, and e-commerce.

The Sandbox is a new development by the central bank of Tunisia to work hand in hand with innovative startups while utilizing information on real data to transform the regulatory framework.

Kaoun is one of its first cohorts and has implemented the use of the electronic Know Your Customer process to open free banking accounts for the underbanked and unbanked.

This involves making use of a proprietary identification process that enables Strong Customer Authentication as opposed to the identification process of video interviews with banking agents. The goal is to cut down to minutes the time it takes to process and open accounts and wallets for customers.

“The national decashing strategy first starts with providing better payment tools, suited for the needs of the target populations currently excluded from these services and forced to work in the informal sector and to only use cash;”

“We realized that facilitating access to financial services with a 100 percent free banking offer opened remotely and in under an hour can help contribute to that, on top of the transfer and payment functionalities integrated with Flouci. We would like, through this collaboration with the Central Bank of Tunisia, to allow every financial institution to use this technology, and reduce the cost and time of access to essential financial services. The technology allows it, and the regulations will make it possible at scale,” Anis Kallel explained.

Bolt Launches Car Financing Aid for Drivers in Nigeria

Sopuruchukwu Elizabeth Mba
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Bolt Launches Car Financing Aid for Drivers in Nigeria

Bolt, one of Africa’s leading ride-hailing company has launched a car financing aid for Nigerian drivers.

The company announced a partnership with Metro Africa Express (MAX) – a platform holding one of the highest car subscriptions of low to zero-emission cars in Africa – to finance ride-hailing drivers.

The collaboration aims to increase the output of Nigerian drivers by providing access to valuable services such as low-to-zero emission cars, licenses and permits, affordable health coverage, insurance, and other value-added financial services.

The initiative by Bolt will support and increase earnings for ride-hailing drivers, who will be able to own cars with a low equity repayment offer. It will also give the drivers the freedom to maintain flexibility as car owners.

The Bolt partnership with MAX will model the hire-purchase or the rental process using leased cars. A lease-to-own structure will be available, allowing ride-hailing drivers to rent a car and pay for it in installments. When the payment is complete, the driver takes full ownership of the vehicle.

“We launched our vehicle financing scheme early this year to enable drivers to own a car or motorbike with low equity repayment and have decided to expand the scheme to create opportunities for more prospective drivers. In partnership with Max, we are looking to expand our commitment to helping drivers on the Bolt platform to earn more and at their own pace, either driving full-time or part-time. Drivers are fundamental to our business operations, and it is important to provide solutions that ensure that driving on Bolt is flexible and profitable because improving partner earnings is fundamental to sustaining the trust and loyalty that we have earned over time,” explained Femi Akin-Laguda, the Country Manager at the event of the collaboration.

“Our vision for African mobility is for shared modes of transportation to become the norm. We strive for a world where people and goods can move in a predictable, safe, and efficient way with zero impact on our climate. Our partnership with Bolt is perfectly aligned with this goal. We are enthusiastic about transforming the transport sector together, enabled by our innovative and industry-leading mobility and financial services infrastructure,” said Adetayo Bamiduro CEO and co-founder of MAX.

“At MAX, we are constantly developing solutions to make travel easier, safer, and more pleasing. This is what powers our focus on innovation and strategic partnerships. We are excited about this opportunity to extend these solutions with Bolt further,” commented Chinedu Azodoh, co-founder of MAX.

After successfully incorporating the first batch of drivers into the program, Bolt in collaboration with MAX is committed to empowering drivers by offering inexpensive, and reliable transportation options.

E-Health Africa Appoints Juliet Odogwu as New Executive Director

Boluwatife Aponmade
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E-Health Africa Appoints Juliet Odogwu as New Executive Director

E-Health Africa has announced Juliet Odogwu as the incumbent Executive Director of the organization. The organization is a non-profit organization that envisions building stronger healthcare systems through the implementation and design of data-driven ideas and solutions.

Juliet Odogwu’s position as Executive Director of eHealth Africa will begin on the 1st of January, 2022. She is the current Director of Program and Impact and will carry on in this current position.

Juliet has more than 13 years of experience in Project and programs implementation and many years of experience in strategic planning and development of new programs, and very recently, Director of Programs at Impact at eHealth Africa.

She has held several positions at eHA, including Senior Program Manager and Director at Program and Impact before being appointed as Executive Director, where she has been since 2018. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Information Systems and Analysis from Howard University, Washington DC.

Juliet has also served as Portfolio Manager in the DFID-funded Growth and Employment in States (GEMS3) Program, where she provided oversight on several projects that were targeted at improving the legal and regulatory environment for small and medium scales enterprises in Nigeria. She was the New Technology Lead and Senior Analyst on HIV Laboratory Access at the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Nigeria.

Co-founders and co-Executive Directors, Adam Thompson and Evelyn Castle, led the organization by working closely together with a strong network of organizations, foundations, and institutions across both public and private sectors in erecting new standards of health delivery and emergency response by way of integrating information, technology, and resources.

Africa Blockchain University and YIELD App Collaborate on NFT Education Program

Abdulquadri Ayilara
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Africa Blockchain University and YIELD App Collaborate on NFT Education Program

Africa Blockchain University and YIELD App, a digital wealth management platform, have entered into a partnership to teach and enable African artists to realize their value on the open market through Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), while also securing their intellectual property and improving their financial future through blockchain technology.

Sebastian Savolainen, YIELD App’s regional director for Africa, said in a statement that “bridging the gap through education and providing access to digital assets is at the heart of everything we do at YIELD App and inspired us to help with this initiative… we hope to teach these inspiring and talented artists how to earn and invest their earnings from NFTs safely and profitably.”

Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) offer a global opportunity for artists to promote their careers and protect their intellectual property. He added that while many people see NFTs as a passing trend, they have enormous potential to help people in poor nations get access to the global economy.

Africa Blockchain University is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting blockchain technology across Africa through project incubation, education, research, and policy advocacy.

Meanwhile, according to Collins Dictionary, the term NFT has been making headlines and gaining popularity this year. Collins experts claim that they chose NFT as the word of the year because of its “meteoric rise in usage” in 2021, which increased by 11,273 percent.

NFTs are blockchain-based digital assets whose worth is tied to their uniqueness due to the fact that they are non-divisible and must be purchased in their entirety. As a result of their scarcity, these characteristics provide NFTs with inherent worth.

Given that these tokens differ from coins like Bitcoin (BTC) due to fungibility, the NFT sector has seen an increase in its activities. For example, secondary sales of NFTs recently surpassed $10 billion, with ETH accounting for more than $6 billion of that total.

Analog TV Switch-Off Completed in South Africa First Province

Boluwatife Aponmade
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Analog TV Switch-Off Completed in South Africa First Province

Khumbudzo Ntshaveni, Communications minister has said the Free State has become the first South African province to completely switch off its analog television transmitters. The residents of the province now require a digital set-top box (digital decoder) or a TV with a Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) tuner before getting free-to-air broadcasting.

“We have managed to conclude analog switch-off in the Free State province at the end of October, following the plan.”, the Communication minister said. Ntshaveni added that no viewer has complained that they do not have access to TV broadcasts after the analog TV switch-off, meaning that everybody in that province could access digital broadcasts.

“I am very happy there are no blackouts of any household”, Khumbudzo stated. “We are also on track to conclude the North West switch-off in line with the program that we shared with you”. Ntshaveni said the present plan was to switch off all SABC transmitter sites by the 31st of January, 2022.

Minister of Communications, Khumbudzo Ntshaveni said a total analog switch-off dates would be given at a later stage, but the department still targets 31st March 2022 as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa at his SONA speech in February 2021. Khumbudzo also added that the government has ramped up DTT installer capacity in the past months.

“Sentech’s installer capacity for the remaining provinces has been created, and this will intensify installations in the coming months”, she said. “In Limpopo and Mpumalanga, we are fully ramped up, and we are on track with the plan as well”.

“We are commencing with Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape in terms of the installations”, the Communications minister added.

Khumbudzo has also addressed concerns that some viewers without digital decoders of televisions without digital tuners would be left without access to free-to-air broadcasts, due to the slow uptake in sign-ups for minimized set-top boxes (STB). By the end of October, the government has registered 1,228,879 indigent households qualified for the set-top boxes. Of over one million households that had registered, 572,255 of them have been migrated.

Ntshaveni said the reason the numbers were not going up as expected is that 11 million South Africans are already watching TV through satellite while others watch through DTT-compliant TV sets. The minister also said the department found out that most indigent households who qualified for STBs already have DTT-compliant TVs, this would only require an aerial to access digital television.

Khumbudzo further emphasized that the government has received assurances from set-top boxes manufacturers that they have sufficient capacity to satisfy the digital decoder in South Africa.

The minister emphasized the call to non-indigent households that do not qualify for a free STB to buy a television with a digital tuner or an STB that can receive digital or satellite signals. An Openview or DStv decoder is another alternative.

LongBridge Technologies Limited Job Opening: Product Research Manager

Hassan Barakat
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LongBridge Technologies Limited Job Opening: Product Research Manager

LongBridge Technologies Limited, an IT organization in Lagos has a job opening for a Product Research Manager.

LongBridge Technologies Limited is driven by a core objective that is focused on creating and sustaining growth for individuals and enterprises through innovation.

Product Research Manager Role

  • Location: Lagos (Remote)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Job Title: Product Research & Development
  • Experience Level: Senior
  • Hours: FullTime
  • Salary: Competitive

Job Description

We are looking for a product research manager who will ensure R&D activities to achieve strategic objectives, improve market position, and optimize profitability. Through close partnership with the marketing, sales, product development, and engineering teams, he/she will lead the development of new core products, optimization of current offerings, and identification and execution of cost savings initiatives.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Product Managers, and Engineering to develop innovation plans

• Leverage consumer insights to guide product innovation and renovation plans

• Leverage internal and external resources to identify emerging problems (people, process, and culture) and translate these into new product ideas that are aligned with the business strategy

• Lead product development, process development, and ingredient technology efforts to develop and test new and improved products, cost optimization, and quality improvement

• Manage a complex and dynamic project portfolio to ensure the attainment of business goals, including prioritization and execution strategy

• Ensure robust experimentation/design principles and processes to achieve project objectives and commercial requirements (development efficiency, stability, shelf life)

• Manage R&D personnel, including priority setting, coaching, and skill development

• Develop and lead annual cost optimization plans

• Develop and manage R&D Department budget, ensuring efficient utilization of resources and achievement of the annual business plan

• Collaborate with key customers as required to drive customer-specific innovation

• Ensure ongoing evaluation of the competitive landscape and competitive innovation

• Meeting with business management, product managers, marketing, and the R&D team to discuss product ideas

• Conducting market research and evaluating similar products and their functions

• Collaborating with the engineering and marketing department on product feasibility

• Redesigning existing products to enhance functionality or reduce costs

• Creating design projects and specification sheets

• Presenting product designs to management and stakeholders

• Overseeing the engineering of product prototypes

• Testing prototype products for functionality, ease of use, longevity, and users’ acceptance

• Overseeing the production process

• Handover designed products to Product Managers for commercialization and business management.

Requirements

Skills/Proficiency:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong customer focus

• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills with strong attention to detail

• Ability to adapt to a changing environment

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Highly motivated with the ability to work independently

• Strong business acumen and ability to translate technology to potential business impacts

• Exhibits a curious mind

• Demonstrated ability to get to the essence of a new concept quickly

• Knowledge of front end of innovation tools and processes

• Demonstrates success with creating a technology platform or new business development

• Demonstrated success in more than one industry

• Coaching and developing others

• Ability to meet time-sensitive deadlines

• Strong innovation and/or networking skills

• Demonstrated success in more than one industry

• Negotiation and persuasion skills

• Demonstrated success with creating a technology platform or new business development

• Knowledge of front end of innovation tools and processes

• Strong business and technical acumen

• Would prefer the candidate to be multilingual—not a must

• Demonstrated ability to make things happen—this is an important characteristic.

  • Has a passion and interest in information technology.

Education/Experience:

  •  10+ years in technology and business experience
  •  BSc in business or science and engineering. Advanced business degree or PhD
  • Excellent understanding of the product development process and innovation stage gate principle
  • Demonstrates ability to develop and execute technology strategy that delivers on business need
  • Strong project management skills and excellent communication, both oral and written
  • People leadership skills and the ability to manage, mentor, and develop others.

Apply for this job HERE

 

Concept Group Job Opening: Chief Technology Officer

Hassan Barakat
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Concept Group Job Opening: Chief Technology Officer

The Concept Group was initially borne from a functional and structural approach, simply delivering better effectiveness through shared services of back-office functions for its more market-facing organizations. As the organization grew, the Group along with its member subsidiaries have evolved to embody much more.

As a tested guiding light, our core values which we passionately uphold give us a sense of purpose and direction not only in our professional but in our private lives also. These values summarized are based on three pillars; (Great) People, (Continuous) Innovation, and the (Ideal) Culture.

Chief Technology Officer Role

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
  • Experience: 10 years
  • Location: Lagos
  • Job Field: ICT/Computer 

Responsibilities

Overall Strategic Leadership:

• Set the firm’s technical vision, develop and implement strategies to achieve business objectives
• Ensure that the firm’s technology and systems evolve at a pace that continues to exceed client and business expectations
• Lead the strategy for application delivery, technology platforms, partnerships, and external relationships
• Foster an agile and continuous improvement culture within the firm
• Demonstrate fidelity to the organization’s culture in words and deeds.

Strategic Management:

• Develop technical policies, processes, and procedures to achieve operational needs, and ensure adherence
• Oversee and scale the firm’s technology in terms of people, systems, and processes
• Make decisions that impact the current and future operations of the company.

People and Operations Management:

• Manage, mentor, and provide sound technical leadership to a high-performing, world-class and collaborative engineering team
• Lead the engineering team in the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of high-quality products/features and business tools.
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand and translate the business needs to sought after products by our clients
• Define the product road map in collaboration with the product management team
• Create and maintain excellent documentation of all specifications, systems, and procedures Automate operational delivery and management processes from build/test/deploy to monitoring, alerting, and capacity management
• Ensure all technological practices comply with regulatory standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related fields
• At least 10 years working in a technological role
• At least 4 years of managerial experience leading diverse teams of engineers
• Experience building financial products is a plus
• Strong working knowledge of PHP, Python, Nodejs, React, JavaScript
• Demonstrated experience in using SQL, MySQL,
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD deployment process
• Experience in server management, vulnerability assessment, security, etc

Application Deadline

December 24, 2021

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to;

careers@conceptgroup-ng.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

or simply apply HERE

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