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After retired banker Susan Gichia and her husband bought land in Kiserian, about 25 kilometres from Nairobi, it lay idle for 10 years. “We bought the land in 2004. On our 10th anniversary, we felt challenged and decided to build, starting construction in 2014,” she says. She found the land by chance. “I love mountains and water bodies. I once came to Olepolos for nyama choma and I loved the view. I thought it would be nice to have a holiday home here. I asked around for a contact and one afternoon my friend and I got a local person…

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SMARTERPAY, the independent Hull-based payment solutions provider for businesses, has announced that it has joined forces with the Regular Payments Marketing Company to assist with SmarterPay’s ambitious growth plans. Already active in the charities sector, SmarterPay believes its suite of payment solutions could help boost income generation for the third sector.For example, approximately 85 per cent of regular giving payments in the charities sector are made by Direct Debit or standing order. The number of Direct Debit payments in the sector is growing and has done so since the start of the pandemic.The partnership between SmarterPay and the Regular Payments…

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Being a freelancer requires constantly drumming up work while hoping for prompt payment. Moreover, consumers who work freelance, contract or consulting rely on disbursement payments for part, if not all, of their income. Failure to receive timely payment can lead to financial strain. Instant payments can relieve this for freelancers. Freelancers are 17% more likely to select instant payments than the average consumer. Eighty-four percent report that they would choose instant payments if given the option. Because they often need access to their earnings, nearly half of freelancers are willing to pay a fee to receive their payments instantly. These…

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The Pound Sterling faces selling pressure near 1.2750 on weak UK preliminary PMI data for May. A slower-than-expected decline in the UK inflation weakens the BoE rate-cut case for June. The US Dollar stays firm as the Fed emphasize wait and watch approach on interest rates. The Pound Sterling (GBP) holds strength above 1.2700 in Thursday’s London session after the release of the weak preliminary United Kingdom (UK) PMI data for May. The S&P Global/CIPS PMI report shows that the Composite PMI dropped at a faster pace to a two-month low at 52.8 from the estimates of 54.0 and the prior…

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Artificial intelligence helped make turnout predictions in the Mississippi elections last year, when one group used the technology to transcribe, summarize and synthesize audio recordings of its door knockers’ interactions with voters into reports on what they were hearing in each county.Another group recently compared messages translated by humans and A.I. into six Asian languages and found them all to be similarly effective. A Democratic firm tested four versions of a voice-over ad — two spoken by humans, two by A.I. — and found that the male A.I. voice was as persuasive as its human equivalent (the female voice outperformed…

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For years, Krystin Johansen-Weishiemer has had a passion for raising dogs, which she inherited from her mother, but when raising as a pup Lord Queso Von Taco, one of the many Boston Terriers she trains and raises, there was something special about him.Fast forward a few years later, Lord Queso and his owner, Ashley Peterson, 39, of The Woodlands, are finishing as a finalist in the first two inaugural Dock Diving competitions at the Westminster Dog Show back-to-back years.Overall, Lord Queso has won 20 titles in the American Kennel Club and National Association of Dog Diving during his life, Johansen-Weishiemer,…

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Meta-owned platform Instagram has several features and options for digital content creators. If you recently came across unusually long photos and posts on your Instagram feed, you should know that it is not a new feature or an update. These unique posts with strange long pictures are a result of a technical glitch on the social media platform. Brands used Instagram’s glitch to create interesting posts. (Instagram) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Instagram users, including several brands such as Swiggy Instamart, Vadilal and Fevikwik India, turned the glitch into a new content marketing trend called the “The Giraffe Trend”, owing to…

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The speed camera which has caught the highest number of drivers over the past five years has been revealed.A total of £1,683,100 has been raised from the fines given to those breaking the limit near the Dartford Tunnel.Since 2019, a total of 64,214 motorists have been ticketed on this stretch of the M25.While the approach road was the top earner from 2019 to 2022, it was only the fourth in 2023.Last year, the camera which generated the most revenue across Kent was the M25 Clockwise Junction 5 to Clacket Lane Services, making £261,000 from 10,011 tickets.mpu1 The next three include…

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The world of SEO hiring is taking a major hit as recent reports proved that SEO job listings had witnessed a 37% decline during the first quarter of this year. The change is significant when you compare results during the same period last year. And experts claim the increased use of AI in search has resulted in this change to SEO hiring. The news comes to us thanks to a recently launched analysis carried out by SEOJobs who compiled the information from more than 80k job listings. These were published by 4700 workers in 2023 and the start of 2024.…

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