Alan Mclean, Digital Wellbeing Product Designer at Google talks about how you can productively use technology amidst all the distractions. “Fine-tuning” suggests you’ve already almost arrived at a healthy relationship with tech. Nice! You have a leg up on those of us who feel like we’re swimming in notifications or looking at a screen when we don’t really want to.…
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This question was answered by Hector Aguilar, President of Technology at Okta in one of the sessions at Quora, a place where you share, gain knowledge and learn from others. Every company, no matter the industry, is becoming a technology company. With this shift comes new responsibility for leaders to identify tools that give their teams an edge versus which ones distract…
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Wondering how to make your lock down productive and improve your skills? Talk about making lemonade when life throws lemons at you. You might as well come out with something positive out of the crisis. Here is a list of tech courses whose insane discounts you can take advantage of within a limited time of during the lock down. Step…
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Dr. Sreenivasa Raju Kalidindi, CEO and Medical Director, Apollo Radiology International, India and Group Lead for Radiology Innovation, Apollo Hospitals Group, India made the following statements about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to fight against the Coronavirus. “The current coronavirus epidemic is the first big global test of the power of AI and related technologies. Several countries and…
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MTN CEO, Wim Vanhelleputte held an online press conference and issued a statement about MTN’s support for the fight against Coronavirus. He started by applauding the government for the swift response towards the Coronavirus pandemic and assured that MTN is fully committed to supporting in the cause and that they had put some offers. For 30-days, customers can send up…
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In a statement by the Airtel Uganda Managing Director, VG Somasekhar the move is aimed at supporting efforts to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic by promoting conversion of physical cash to digital or electronic transactions. “As part of the support, effective March 20, 2020, all on-net person to person transactions will be free for 30 days for…
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In the wake of Coronavirus, we have seen the government and the MOH come out to give guidelines we should follow to protect ourselves and the people around us from the deadly infection. We have also learned from health professionals that the virus stays on hard surfaces for a long time (hours-days). Among the hard surfaces includes our mobile phones…
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NITA-U issued an advisory for all Ugandan companies that will be working from home. The advisory includes how the business can prepare for shifting into “Working from home Period” and the guidelines to follow to ensure safety and productivity while working from home. The Advisory is below. A new virus first identified in Wuhan, China in late 2019 has been…
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Ayoba is a communications app localised for African and Middle East consumer needs, under an independent Over the Top (OTT) brand with tailored features for MTN customers. The app has been integrated into 12 MTN markets including South Africa, and supports many local languages spoken across these markets including isiZulu, isiXhosa, Pidgin, Yoruba, Swahili, Hausa, French and English. Speaking at…
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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced a raft of measures to facilitate increased use of mobile money transactions instead of cash. This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s appeal to Kenyans on Sunday to use mobile money and card payments instead of hard currency to guard against the spread of coronavirus. To facilitate this, the apex bank announced the following measures: There will…
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