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Rethinking Payroll Security Through Better Data Management

Worried about payroll security? Creating a single data source is your answer Cloud-native platforms make it easier to manage payroll data, stop fraud, and deter cybercrime

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Will Kenya Finally Deliver Equality for Women?

Kenya’s record on women’s rights is currently under scrutiny as the CEDAW Committee reviews the country’s implementation of the Convention during the Committee’s 93rd session at the United Nations in Geneva

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Kholo Capital Provides R275 Million (US$17 Million) Mezzanine Debt Funding to DCC Holdings

Kholo Capital Mezzanine Debt Fund I (“Kholo Capital”) today announced the provision of R275 million (US$17 million) in mezzanine debt funding to DCC Holdings Proprietary Limited (“DCC”), a leading South African information and communications technology (“ICT”) distributor

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Black Friday Ebike Savings & Shopping Strategies: How to Get the Best Deal in 2026

Black Friday is one of the best times of the year to buy an electric bike. With manufacturers offering seasonal discounts, free accessories, and special bundles, shoppers can potentially save hundreds of dollars on high-quality ebikes.

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Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund (VCHF) Publishes Inaugural Annual Impact Report

The findings provide an important baseline for tracking impact over time, combining investee-level data with insights from end customers on how access to finance is influencing their businesses and households

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Nigeria's Fastdrive NG Launches Low-Commission Ride-Hailing Marketplace for Drivers and Riders

Drivers complain about high commissions. Riders complain about expensive fares. Okechukwu Mathew and his team created a solution: Fastdrive NG!

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Cloudflare Acquires Deno to Improve Workers Platform and Self-Hosting Model

Cloudflare announced Friday that it’s acquiring Deno, the startup behind the programming runtime of the same name. According to Cloudflare’s Kenton Varda, Cloudflare will use this acquisition to improve its Workers programming model and platform

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Apple to Bring on Team Members and Technology from Huxe

Apple revealed in a regulatory filing that it has reached an agreement to bring on team members and technology from personalized audio startup Huxe, in what’s commonly known as a reverse acqui-hire deal.

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Abdoul Kader Hassane Hamadou: A Career Connecting Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing and International Entrepreneurship

Abdoul Kader Hassane Hamadou is a Nigerien entrepreneur whose work connects music, digital marketing and services for creators. As the founder of Kasuwa Distro, his activities focus on music distribution, online visibility, monetisation and content protection

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Breitling Avenger B01 Chronograph 45 Review

Breitling Avenger B01 Chronograph 45 Review: The Tool Watch That does not Apologize Breitling's catalog has three distinct personalities. The Navitimer is the historian. The Premier is the diplomat. The Avenger is the one that shows up towards the meeting with grease under the fingernails.

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Replica Patek Philippe Watches

Revealed at the Grand Exhibition within Milan, the new Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 7007G-010-one associated with seven limited-edition models available to the Italian market-represents that all white stripe.

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The Golden Age of American Innovation Summit

On Thursday, at the Golden Age of American Innovation Summit, President Trump awarded Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and AMD’s Lisa Su the National Medal of Science, the nation’s top science prize.

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