EGYPT
CÔTE D ’ IVOIRE
The race to build facial recognition tech for Africa is being led by an award-winning engineer . One of the key shortcomings of facial recognition has been its failings with diverse population analysis . However , Ivorian engineer Charlette N ’ Guessan is about to change that and is building a more diverse dataset with a sizable representation of Black African faces to develop a better version of the technology .
One of the largest fertilizer and chemical production and trading groups in Egypt and the Middle East , Polyserve Fertilizer and Chemicals , recently announced a Digital Transformation partnership with global technology company SAP . Polyserve is adopting the S / 4HANA Cloud real-time business suite , Ariba Sourcing platform and the SuccessFactors human experience management suite for its four subsidiaries ( Abo Zaabel Fertilizers and Chemicals , Aswan Fertilizers and Chemicals , Ferchem Egypt and Polyserve Trading ) in the first phase of its Digital Transformation journey .
KENYA
Solarise Africa , a Kenya-based clean and renewable energy company , has raised US $ 10 million in Series B funding . Investors that participated in the latest round include French development finance institution , Proparco as well as existing investors , EAV and ElectriFI . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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