Kenyan startup, Phindor has launched a next generation shop assistant system that employs artificial intelligence (AI) to help local businesses digitize record management, data collection and storage.
The company’s goal is to connect the world’s balances through the web using shared, connected ledgers. The project in Colombia has proven this is possible and has become one of the fastest-growing real-time payments networks in the region, enabling previously slow money to move instantly and with minimal cost. The Bogotá-based company announced the closing of a Series A for US$24 million.
Cape Town-based ed-tech startup Mindjoy aims to make coding skills accessible for kids – and grownups – on any internet-enabled device. Making use of Replit, a browser-based development environment that doesn’t require specific hardware or software, Mindjoy provides live, small-group, virtual coding classes to kids aged eight or above.
I promise we won’t write about every new AI-based content creation tool, Dear Reader. But, hey, when Microsoft announces it is adding one to its Dynamics 365 application suite, that’s worth noting. The new tool, now in preview within Viva Sales, will use Azure OpenAI Service and GPT to help salespeople write emails.