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CC - Managing Diabetes with Tech

We are discussing diabetes, its type , the causes, ways to prevent and manage them and how tech is helping in the prevention and management.

CC - Navigating dating in the digital age

Has social media made relationships easier? Let's discuss the pros and cons of dating in those social media age

Tek Talk - Top Tech News Of the Week Ep 2

As FactCheck Africa developes an AI-powered tool, a notorious fake TikTok doctor gets apprehended and NRC is set to launch an e-ticketing system, we bring you the Top Tech News of the week On Tek Talk.

TTS - Will Kenya still adopt Iris in its New Biometric ID Move?

Commodity exchange, AFEX gets funding to build more smart warehouses but will moves like this truly transform the lives of smallholder farmers and solve food insecurity in Africa?

Tech Word: Social Engineering
Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information.

Example: An employee might get an email from a social engineer purporting to be from the IT department in order to deceive him into disclosing private information rather than trying to uncover a software weakness in a company system.

- Kenya’s CA, searching for new DG
- Kenya launches assembling plants and smartphones
- Kenya’s Maisha Namba may go live in December 2023
- TikTok Fraud Doctor, Lani, arrested in South Africa.

Catch up on the latest Tech News on #TonysTechSide.

TTT - Navigating the Global Job Market: Pros and Cons of Working Overseas

Ogenna Onuoha Onwumere, working in Germany, takes us through the Pros and Cons of Working Overseas.

TTT - Common Reasons for Visa Rejections

A lot countries have seen a surge in VISA applications and have seen a lot of rejections. What are the Common Reasons for Visa Rejections? Phydelis, the MD of Phyl Travels, discusses it on Africa Tech Radio with Lilian.

TTS - Cybersecurity as a catalyst for SME growth

SMEs account for 95% of all registered businesses and contribute about 50% to the total GDP of sub-Saharan countries - World Economic Forum.

 

Security Consultant at Ethnos, Miracle Chukwudebe and the Assistant Director of Small Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Kole Dawodu-Olubunmi discuss cybersecurity as a catalyst for SME growth.

TTS - The Pope wants your Child to Learn Coding

Pope Francis is supporting the "Code with Pope" initiative which is expected to bridge "the glaring disparities in education" across the globe.

Tech Word: Data Breach: Describes when confidential, sensitive, or protected information is exposed to an unauthorized person. The files in a data breach are viewed and/or shared without permission. Anyone can be at risk of a data breach — from individuals to high-level enterprises and governments.

A data breach can come from malware, losing a laptop/smartphone, emailing a spreadsheet or document to the wrong person, and so on.
 
Airbnb announces $500,000 fund to support tourism non-profits in Africa
Ethiopian born cientit Gebia bags US highest state honour
Mauritius begin SIM Registration on October 31, 2023

Catch up on the latest Tech News on #TonysTechSide.

CC - No One Should Face Breast Cancer Alone

We are in the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this is a time for people to come together to increase awareness of breast cancer, support those affected.

CC - Users to Pay $1 Annual Fee on X

Tech Gist:

- LinkedIn will now enable its premium subscribers mark three roles per month as a Top Choice, which then alerts recruiters to their extra interest in the role

- TikTok is experimenting with a new 15-minute upload option, extending on the current 10-minute video limit

- Instagram’s adding another engagement option, that will enable users to add interactive polls within the comment streams on both feed posts and Reels.

- Meta’s moving to the next stage of its paid verification testing, with a new experiment that will allow some Instagram users filter their feed to access content from Meta Verified users only, 

- X announced that it’s launching a trial where new users required to pay a $1 annual fee to post, or engage with posts, in the app. .

 

Catchup on the Latest Tech Stories on #CruiseCtrl with Mide.