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Startup uLesson Lands $3.1M To Improve Education In Africa

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Nigerian startup uLesson has raised a $3.1 It is currently in the development phase and plans to launch in February 2020 in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia. It is currently in the development phase and plans to launch in February 2020 in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia. million seed round led by TLcom Capital.

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SmartTag Startup Jiobit Sees $3M Seed Round

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Jiobit, a technology startup based out of Chicago, makes something that seems like every parent, from those expecting to empty nesters, will want or wish they’d had. The startup has developed a location-tracking smart tag and accompanying mobile app that sends alerts to parents when their child has gone outside a preset range.

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A point to ponder in paying employees at early stage of your start-up

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By Umesha Lakshani, Client Group Controller at CFO Plans Inc. A startup is a chaotic place. Recently, I had the pleasure of cleaning up a newly signed start-up at CFO Plans. Well, a little bit of 5th grade math. It has to be! The team is learning, trying, sweating, pushing, wearing multiple hats and trying to stay afloat.

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Is Advisor Technology Making Planning Faster… Or Better?

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As financial planning has evolved over the years, better tools have become available to help advisors maximize their impact with more clients by increasing their efficiency. robo-advisors) might someday replace human advisors, there are still many elements of financial planning that benefit from engagement with a human advisor.

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Weird Commerce: Ozobot Brings Coding To Life For Kids

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While the fundamentals of math, science, English and social studies are still at the core of learning, the various technologies surrounding nearly every aspect of everyone’s lives is unavoidable. One company helping to lead the charge is coding startup Ozobot. Hamda said: “Ozobots have always been used outside of coding.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Bitcoin Black Friday

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In this week’s Bitcoin Tracker, bitcoin soars, then settles down and plans for its yearly sale abound. Switzerland gives bitcoin a hand by way of rail ticket machine sales, an Australian startup banks on the aptly named Dash and Zcash fervor fades. The election came and went and, with it, brought some stock market shock.

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Artificial Intelligence Seeks Real Shoppers

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Apple kicked things off this year, announcing back in January that it had purchased Emotient, an AI tech startup in the facial recognition business. What were (are) Amazon’s plans for the AI image recognition software? So, what’s Sony’s plan? “We Let’s check in with who’s on the AI (artificial intelligence) train.

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