Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East
Yahya Bouhlel started GOMYCODE coding in his early teens. Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. Most of his work revolved around building apps and…
CrossBoundary gets $25M for solar mini-grids in Africa
Kenya-based CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA), a mini-grid infrastructure investor, has raised $25 million from ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited, Bank of America and Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to back renewable…
Adobe will release a free version of Photoshop for browsers
Adobe plans to debut a pared down, web-only version of its popular photo-editing tool Photoshop, reported today. The company is currently testing this new freemium version with users in Canada,…
Facebook is planning a major redesign to help it compete with TikTok
The social network is working on a major redesign of Facebook’s main feed that would heavily emphasize recommended content from pages, creators and people you don’t already follow. Mark Zuckerberg…
PTA Issues First LDI License in 8 Years
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started issuing Long Distance International or LDI license after a gap of over eight years. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started issuing Long…
Pakistani Teams To Participate In Huawei ICT Global Competition
Pakistani teams have geared up to participate in the sixth iteration of the Huawei ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Middle East Global Competition. Pakistani teams have geared up to participate…
Seminar highlights impact of environmental pollution
To create awareness about the importance of the impact of environmental pollution, an awareness seminar was organised by the Tarbela Dam management as part of the Tarbela Dam’s Fifth Expansion…
Amazon is giving you over 30 free games this Prime Day
Prime Day is next month and members can look forward to a slew of games available to download for free during the event. The dates for Amazon Prime Day 2022…
PAC opposes 17% sales tax on electric vehicles
PAC also expressed their concerns regarding taxes on electric vehicles (EVs). “EVs should not be subject to 13.5% or 17% sales tax.” The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has expressed concerns…
Revamping education must to turnaround economy: Altaf
Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor has said that for a turnaround of Pakistani economy, rapid industrialization and complete self reliance in shape of import substitution, it needs to…
New agreement under C-TAP aims to improve global access to COVID-19 testing technologies
A new, open, transparent sublicence agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of C-TAP, and South African pharmaceutical company Biotech Africa will accelerate the manufacture and sale of…
Wheel Made of ‘Odd Matter’ Spontaneously Rolls Uphill
In a physics lab in Amsterdam, there’s a wheel that can spontaneously roll uphill by wiggling. This “odd wheel” looks simple: just six small motors linked together by plastic arms…