Facebook is set to launch “Sabee”, an educational mobile App for Nigerians. The internal Research and Development (R&D) team at Facebook has been working on the app and even conducted a test among Nigerians.
Ghana has now become the first West African country to conduct a census digitally, using tablets and satellite images to improve the reach of field agents and ensuring the whole population in Ghana is counted on a census night.
Splitit, the company empowering consumers to use their existing credit to spread payments over time, announced a partnership with tabby, the leading Middle East Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) provider. tabby is the leading BNPL provider serving the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, supporting more than 2,000 merchants, including Ikea, SHEIN, Marks and Spencer, adidas, and Toys R Us. tabby will integrate Splitit’s installment payment platform through a white-label solution to allow tabby’s merchants to offer installments on credit cards.
CX management platform Sprinklr is introducing “digital twins.” Not your average chatbot, a Sprinklr digital twin is more like an AI-powered employee, able to plan actions, create workflows and make decisions, but at speed and at scale. They are said to be more easily trained than chatbots and can operate within brand policies and guardrails.