Kenya’s competition authority has fined Baltic lender Eleving‘s Kenyan subsidiary for misleading its customers, casting a spotlight on the continuing unethical operations of a section of digital lenders in the country despite a new law. The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) imposed a fine of $ 84,120 on Eleving subsidiary Mogo Kenya for violating competition […]
Local Government Removes Ad Featuring LGBTQ+ Couple From Gangnam Billboard
Recently, a giant-screen ad for a queer dating app was removed by the local government merely four days after being put up. The ad, which featured same-sex couples kissing and expressing affection, was set up along the streets of Nonhyeon-dong in Gangnam on August 26. According to reports, the advertisement contract called for it to […]
Openmart wants to make it easier for enterprises to sell to local businesses
In 2020, Kathryn Wu launched a side hustle while she was working as a product engineer at Pinterest. Wu started a milk tea company, Ohtea, with the hopes of connecting with local grocery stores and gift shops to get them to carry the tea. She quickly realized how difficult it was to not only be […]
GovWell is bringing automation and efficiency to local governments
Government websites aren’t known for cutting-edge tech. GovWell co-founder and CTO Ben Cohen discovered this while trying to help his dad, a contractor, apply for building permits. Cohen worked as a full stack engineer at Uber during the day and faxed documents for building permits at night. The difference in tech was stark. Years later, […]
Local experience discovery startup, Bigfoot, adds GenAI to fast-track weekend planning
Can generative AI substitute for having a social graph? California-based local experiences discovery startup Bigfoot is hoping the addition of a conversational interface to its weekend planner website — in the form of an AI chatbot it’s branding Littlefoot which launched last week — will give it a more personalized feel while making it easier […]