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Sehinde Afolayan (left) with his co-founders Tobi Obasa (middle) and Akindele Phillips (right) Established in 2020, Haul247 is a Nigerian logistics startup which has introduced an Airbnb-like model to pair those requiring truck transport and warehouse storage facilities with available providers. The company’s revenue is derived from a commission on each transaction. Jeanette Clark speaks … Read More “The story behind Nigeria’s Airbnb for warehouses and trucks” »
Even since neuroscientists started imaging the brain, they’ve been turning up cases where people are missing brain parts we would expect them to need in order to do something — but they are doing that very thing anyway. One example, written up in LiveScience in 2019, concerns women who are missing their olfactory bulbs (illustrated) … Read More “How Can a Woman Missing Her Olfactory Bulbs Still Smell?” »
Eat more, heat less. The post-pandemic parallel stresses of a cost-of-living crisis compounded by soaring energy bills has been a positive boon for the air fryer industry. People have still got to eat, so the idea of being able to prepare hot meals in half the time has proved a deliciously attractive proposition. The Chefree … Read More “Hands-on review: Chefree AFW20 Air Fryer” »
Wells Fargo & Co. earned more net interest income than analysts expected in the second quarter and lifted its guidance for the full year as big U.S. banks continue to benefit from the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes. The San Francisco-based firm reported $13.2 billion in net interest income — revenue collected from loan payments minus … Read More “Wells Fargo shares jump after Q2 results exceed estimates” »
Global stocks headed for their best weekly gains since November on bets that the US monetary tightening cycle is nearing an end. The yen rallied for a seventh day. Most stock indexes advanced in Asia, while European and US equity futures were little changed. The gains in Asia helped extend the MSCI ACWI Index’s weekly … Read More “Stocks set for best week since November; yen gains: Markets wrap” »
Micro-needle patches can be mass produced, mailed to homes worldwide and self-administered by the recipients. Peel-and-stick patches can be adapted to any type of vaccine, including mRNA gene therapy technology. All of these affect and change body functions and especially the immune system. If creating Humanity 2.0 is the goal, then this delivery system is … Read More “Gates, WHO, CDC See Peel & Stick Vaccine Patches Mailed Directly To Peoples’ Homes” »
Safaricom Foundation Announces KES 170 Million Investment in Community Programs Countrywide Safaricom Foundation Announces KES 170 Million Investment in Community Programs Countrywide 1.6 million Kenyans expected to benefit from the Foundation’s sustainable philanthropy programs in health, education, and economic empowerment. Safaricom Foundation has set aside KES 170 million to fund community investment set to benefit … Read More “Safaricom Foundation Announces KES 170 Million Investment in Community Programs Countrywid” »
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Payday, the leading Pan-African neobank issuing global (USD, GBP & EUR) accounts to Africans, has announced its re-entry into Rwanda, following the official launch of SpaceX’s Starlink in the East African country. The re-entry into Rwanda marks a significant milestone in Payday’s Pan-African and global expansion plans, as well as its burgeoning working relationship as … Read More “Payday re-launches in Rwanda with SpaceX’s Starlink” »
