Honeywell unveils Anthem, the aviation industry’s First Cloud-connected cockpit system

Honeywell has unveiled an all-new aircraft cockpit system, the first in the industry built with an always-on, cloud-connected experience that improves flight efficiency, operations, safety and comfort. The Honeywell Anthem flight deck offers unprecedented levels of connectivity, an exciting and intuitive interface modeled after everyday smart devices, and a highly scalable and customizable design. Honeywell Anthem is powered…

LG sets goal to utilize more than half million tonnes of recycled plastic

LG Electronics (LG) will use almost 600,000 tonnes of recycled plastic by 2030 in a concerted effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the value chain. The goal is a part of LG’s larger initiative to create a take-back ecosystem for electronic waste and increase the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials in its consumer…

Liquid Intelligent Technologies joins hands with Africa Legal in an ed-tech partnership to drive professional growth in Africa through Liquid Labs

Leading pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies, through its innovation and partnerships arm Liquid Labs, is launching three online courses on legal technology, targeted at supporting career development amongst students, budding entrepreneurs, and lawyers. This has been possible through a partnership with Africa Legal, an organisation that connects legal professionals across the African continent. Liquid…

120 young people get Plan International, Hyundai’s 3-year automotive engineering sponsorship

Plan International, Hyundai Motor – Korea and Salvador Caetano-Kenya  have partnered to sponsor 120 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue a three-year advanced automotive engineering course at Hyundai Dream Centre situated in the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), Athi River. The automotive training and educational facility seeks to encourage more women and girls to…

LG gram now shipping with Windows 11

Starting this month, all LG gram laptops will ship with Windows 11, Microsoft’s newest operating system and most significant upgrade in six years. Earlier compatible LG gram models can be upgraded by visiting Microsoft’s website. With a new visual language, Windows 11 offers new features such as improved virtual desktop support, the ability to access widgets…

OPPO unveils next-generation under-screen camera technology

Leading global smart device brand OPPO, today unveiled its next-generation under-screen camera (USC) technology for smartphones. By combining the best in hardware innovation and OPPO’s proprietary AI algorithms, the new under-screen camera solution discreetly places the front-facing camera under the smartphone display in a way that maintains the integrity and consistency of the entire screen, both during…

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa and Genpact partner to transform operations to drive competitive growth

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), the eighth largest Coca-Cola bottling partner worldwide by revenue and the biggest on the African continent, and Genpact (NYSE: G), a global professional services firm focused on delivering digital transformation, today announced they are partnering to accelerate CCBA’s competitive growth. The partnership is aimed at streamlining CCBA’s operations, leveraging Genpact’s deep process expertise, combined…

Safaricom launches M-PESA super App

Safaricom has launched “its M-PESA Super App for customers and its M-PESA for Business App with an “Offline Mode” and “Mini Apps”. The Offline mode” will enable customers to use the M-PESA Super App and complete transactions even without data bundles or when totally offline. With the offline mode, customers can send and receive money…

iColo starts construction of third data center in Kenya

iColo, a market leader in carrier-neutral data center infrastructure in Kenya has today announced the construction of its third data center in Nyali, Mombasa called MBA2. Mombasa is the entry point for new subsea cable systems landing in East  and Central Africa. The new data center is expected to be completed in Q1 of 2022…