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Babajide is an experienced professional whose mission is to help founders build long-lasting technology-enabled companies in Africa. His experience spans tech, banking, and consulting. Babajide previously worked as a Community Manager with Andela, had stints in Access Bank and Phillips Consulting and is the ex-country manager of Safeboda. Currently, he is the GM (Nigeria) of M-kopa. M-Kopa is an African connected asset financing platform that provides underbanked customers in Africa with essential products, including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones & financial services. M-Kopa was launched commercially in 2012 and is headquartered in Nairobi. Watch the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3f3Cl7bS2c Video timestamps Introduction 0:00 Where did you grow up and what is your family and career background like? 1:25 When you started Angela, it was your first time at a Tech company, what was the culture shock you experienced? What was the early days like? 27:30 What was the shift you experienced and how did you manage it? 31:58 What are the mistakes or challenges that has rocked your career? 37:13 Babajide talks about moving around multiple companies and industries. 43:22 Babajide shares more about his M-KOPA experience 50:15 How did you find your Life Coach and what has been the value involved? 52:54 How has your upbringing affected you life patterns and decisions? 56:47 What is that one big lesson you’ve learned? 1:01:33 What is your leadership style? 1:04:45

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Let's learn about via these 55 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. Peace Itimi /Learn Repo 1. #FoundersConnect: Mariam Jimoh, CEO & Founder of Oja (Ethnic Grocery Delivery Startup) Peace speaks with Mariam about her grocery startup for afrocarribean people living in the diaspora. 2. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Hanu Agbodje, the Founder and the CEO of Patricia In this episode, Peace Itimi interviews Hanu Agbodje, CEO of Patricia, on his journey as a tech entrepreneur and 3. #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator 4. #FoundersConnect: Chimezie Emewulu, Co-Founder and MD of Seamfix Limited. Conversation with an OG Founder, Chimezie Emewulu, Co-founder and CEO of Seamfix. 5. The co-CEOs of Printivo, Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede on How to Run a Company Peace interviews co-CEOs of Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede or Printivo, a solution enabling small and medium enterprises to print items seamlessly. 6. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Chijioke Dozie, the CEO of Carbon Peace interviews Chijioke Dozie, CEO of $15.8 million VC-backed company, Carbon on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 7. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Nadayar Enegesi, CEO of Eden Life & Co-founder of Andela Peace interviews Nadayar Enegesi, the Co-founder and CEO of Eden Life a tech-enabled service that puts its users' home chores on autopilot. 8. #FoundersConnect (Music): Rebecca Inyang Junaid Founder of JustJoJo (Music Publishing) A conversation with Rebecca Inyang Junaid, Founder of JustJojo Entertainment, a music agency based in the UK on career, life and experiences. 9. #FoundersConnect: How Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami, Uses Tech to Improve the Lives of Families Peace speaks with Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami app. 10. #FoundersConnect: An Interview With Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob, a Bitcoin centred payment service shares his love for cryptocurrency and the plans for his growing Startup with me. 11. Ayo Akindele, Founder and CEO of Kyshi Interview with Ayo Akindele, of Kyshi, a payment startup for transnational money transactions. 12. #FoundersConnect - Bayo ‘Lion’ Adedeji: CEO, Wakanow & Founder, Dundu Nation & Wave Beach In this interview I have a conversation with Bayo Adedeji concerning how work at Wakanow and his extensive journey as an entrepreneur. 13. #FoundersConnect: Kay Akinwunmi, Co-Founder & CEO of Zazuu, A Transborder Payment Company Kay, Co-founder and CEO of Zazuu, speaks to me about his platform that allows money transfers across border with ease, his background and journey. 14. Adewale Yusuf, Co-founder TalentQL, on Helping Young Africans Launch Their Tech Careers Peace interviews Adewale Yusuf, serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history in EdTech,  with building Talent QL, Techpoint Africa and AltSchool. 15. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Musty Mustapha, Co-Founder & CTO of Kuda Peace Interviews Co-Founder of Kuda Bank, Musty Mustapha on his journey as a tech entrepreneur, experiences and lessons. 16. #FoundersConnect: Douglas Kendyson of Selar on Hitting Huge Revenue Milestones Peace sits with Douglas Kendyson, CEO and founder of Selar for a fun and elucidating interview on his journey and his company. 17. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yinka Adewale, the CEO of Kudi Peace interviews Yinka Adewale, CEO of Kudi, a Start-up that offers seamless banking services to communities in Africa. 18. #FoundersConnect: How Kemi Olawoye Is Building BabyMigo, Nigeria's Largest Parenting Community Kemi shares her journey building Babymigo, Nigeria's largest Parenting Community 19. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Michael 'Trojan' Okoh - Co-founder and CTO, ThePeer 22-year old Founder of ThePeer, Michael Trojan Okoh, shares his story with me. 20. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-Founder of Invest Bamboo Peace interviews Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-founder of Invest Bamboo, on her "accidental" journey into entrepreneurship, running Bamboo and biggest wins and lessons. 21. Interview with Ezra Olubi, CTO of Paystack, on Getting Acquired by Stripe Peace interviews Ezra Olubi, co-founder and CTO of Paystack as he shares the Paystack story. 22. #FoundersConnect: Njoku Emmanuel, the 19-year-old CEO & Co-founder of Lazerpay Interview with Lazerpay co-founder & CEO, Njoku Emmanuel. 23. #FoundersConnect: Duncan Muchangi, Principal @ Unicorn Growth, Former MD, Jumia Group & Antler E.A Interview with Kenyan VC, Duncan Muchangi and founder of Unicorn Growth Capital. 24. #FoundersConnect: How Preston Ideh is building Africa's Largest Intelligence Startup, Stears. Interview with Preston Ideh, CEO and Co-founder of Stears. 25. #FoundersConnect: Wale Adetula, Co-Founder of TNC Africa Interview with Wale Adetula, the Founder of one of Nigeria's pioneer Media companies, TNC Africa. 26. #FoundersConnect: Peter Bunor Jr., From Nollywood Child Actor, to Co-Founder of Field Intelligence Peace interviews Nollywood Child Actor turned Founder, Peter Bunor of Field Intelligence. 27. #FoundersConnect (Music): Interview with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music I sit with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music, a startup music company, on his journey, insights and plans for the future. 28. FoundersConnect: Interview with Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO and co-Founder of Bumpa Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO of Bumpa,  shares his journey into entrepreneurship and the role of community in effecting change. 29. Interview with the Founder of Money Africa: Financial Education, Investing, and More Peace interviews Oluwatosin Olaseinde, founder of Money Africa and Ladda on her journey as a startup founder, biggest life lessons and future plans. 30. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Onyeka Akumah, CEO Farmcrowdy & Co-founder CrowdyVest, PlentyWaka Peace interviews Onyeka Akumah, CEO of Farmcrowdy, and co-founder at Plentywaka, Crowdyvest and Rent Smallsmall on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 31. Yele Bademosi, Founder of Bundle Africa, Talks About Tech Entrepreneurship Peace speaks with Yele Bademosi, founder of Bundle Africa, Microtraction and co-Founder of Nestcoin, in a lengthy and elucidating interview. 32. Interview with Atsu Davoh, Founder of Bitsika, on Creating a Payment App in Africa Peace sits down with Atsu Davoh, Founder & CEO of Bitsika. Bitsika is a payments app for making transactions. 33. The Founder & CEO of Kudigo Talks About Tech Startups in Ghana Peace interviews Kingsley Abrokwah, serial entrepreneur and founder of Kudigo, a software solution for retail businesses in Africa. 34. #FoundersConnect: Odun Eweniyi, Co-Founder of Piggyvest, Africa's Top Savings App Odun Eweniyi, coFounder of Piggyvest, FirstCheck Africa and the Feminist Coalition shares her journey with me. 35. #FoundersConnect: Eyitayo Ogunmola, Founder of Utiva, an African Ed-tech Startup I speak with Eyitayo Ogunmola, the CEO of Utiva, an education service for Africans and people of colour entering the tech industry. 36. #FoundersConnect - Ized Uanikhehi, CEO of Loose Media, and Her Advice for Tech Marketers Peace interviews Ized Uanikhehi, Media professional and CEO of Loose Media on her journey, experiences and advice. 37. #FoundersConnect: Tosin Faniro-Dada, MD /CEO of Endeavor (Nigeria) Peace has a conversation with Tosin Faniro-Dada, the MD & CEO of Endeavor in Nigeria, about her career and her passion for helping entrepreneurs. 38. #FoundersConnect: Moe Odele - Tech Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate & Travel Enthusiast Peace speaks to Moe "Moechievous" Odele, about her life and career, growing up in a polygamous family, studying law and finding tech law. 39. #FoundersConnect: Babajide Duroshola, General Manager at M-KOPA & ex-Country Director, SafeBoda (NG) I speak with Babajide Duroshola, the General Manager at M-Kopa with years of experience managing startups about his journey and work. 40. #FoundersConnect: Ben Lyon, CEO and CoFounder of Stax, an Offline Payment App for Africans Conversation with Ben Lyon of Hover Developer Services, the parent company of Stax, a simple way to carry out payment services without internet or USSD codes. 41. #FoundersConnect: Bunmi Akinyemiju, Partner at GreenHouse Capital, Former CEO Venture Garden Group I speak with Bunmi Akinyemiju, one of the biggest investors in the African startup space, and Founding Partner at GreenHouse Capital. 42. #FoundersConnect: Ijeoma Akwiwu, Lawyer, Developer, and Co-founder of Pivo, a Digital Bank Peace speaks with Ijeoma Akwiwu, the Co-founder and COO of Pivo, a bank for trade. 43. #FoundersConnect: Tomiwa Aladekomo, The Man behind Big Cabal Media (Techcabal & Zikoko) Peace speaks with Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of BigCabal, the parent company of Zikoko, a media company that creates content for African youth, and TechCabal. 44. #FoundersConnect: Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria Peace speaks with Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria, on her life and journey. This interview is one you definitely should not miss! 45. #FoundersConnect: Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, CEO of Kippa, a Company Helping Small businesses Grow. I have a conversation with Kippa's CEO & Co-Founder, Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph. 46. #FoundersConnect: Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal Conversation with Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal on her interesting life experiences, thoughts of religion, work culture and more! 47. #FoundersConnect - Interview with Rodney Jackson-Cole, Cofounder and CTO at Prospa (YC W21) Rodney Jackson-Cole is the CTO of Prospa, a company set out to aid African entrepreneurs. Peace finds out more about his mission and journey in this episode. 48. #FoundersConnect: Ameyaw Debrah, the Founder of Ameyawdebrah.com | Ghanaian Celebrity Blogger Peace has a conversation with Ameyaw Debrah, Ghanaian celebrity blogger and founder of Ameyawdebrah.com, a lifestyle news blog about media, his life, and more. 49. #Founders Connect: Moses Enenwali, CEO & Co-founder of Topship (YC W 2022) Peace speaks with Moses Enenwali, the CEO and Co-founder of Topship, a fast-growing Logistics startup in Africa. 50. #FoundersConnect: Jude Dike, CoFounder and CEO of GetEquity Conversation with Jude Dike, co-Founder of GetEquity, a company democratizing access to startup investment in Africa. 51. #FoundersConnect: Marvin Coleby, Co-Founder and CEO of Raise Marvin Coleby is building Raise, an equity management platform with a vision for Panafrican unity. He shares his background, startup and experiences with me. 52. #FoundersConnect: Godwin Tom, Serial Entrepreneur, Music Business Mogul & CEO of iMANAGE AFRICA Conversation with Godwin Tom, an expert in music management and CEO of iMANAGE Africa on his journey, his work, and the future. 53. Interview with the Cofounder of Helicarrier (Formerly, Buycoins) on Crypto in Africa Peace interviews Tomiwa Lasebikan, co-founder and head of product at Helicarrier, a product dedicated to connecting Africans with financial solutions. 54. #FoundersConnect: Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager at YellowCard Conversation with Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager of Yellowcard. 55. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Lotanna Nwose, Co-founder of Investsika I sit with Investsika's Co-Founder, Lotanna Nwose and we discuss his passion for stock accessibility and entrepreneurship and desires to provide this in Ghana. 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Let's learn about via these 61 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. Founders Connect /Learn Repo 1. #FoundersConnect: Duncan Muchangi, Principal @ Unicorn Growth, Former MD, Jumia Group & Antler E.A Interview with Kenyan VC, Duncan Muchangi and founder of Unicorn Growth Capital. 2. Interview with Ezra Olubi, CTO of Paystack, on Getting Acquired by Stripe Peace interviews Ezra Olubi, co-founder and CTO of Paystack as he shares the Paystack story. 3. #FoundersConnect: Ijeoma Akwiwu, Lawyer, Developer, and Co-founder of Pivo, a Digital Bank Peace speaks with Ijeoma Akwiwu, the Co-founder and COO of Pivo, a bank for trade. 4. #FoundersConnect: Marvin Coleby, Co-Founder and CEO of Raise Marvin Coleby is building Raise, an equity management platform with a vision for Panafrican unity. He shares his background, startup and experiences with me. 5. Interview with the Cofounder of Helicarrier (Formerly, Buycoins) on Crypto in Africa Peace interviews Tomiwa Lasebikan, co-founder and head of product at Helicarrier, a product dedicated to connecting Africans with financial solutions. 6. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Chijioke Dozie, the CEO of Carbon Peace interviews Chijioke Dozie, CEO of $15.8 million VC-backed company, Carbon on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 7. #FoundersConnect: Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager at YellowCard Conversation with Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager of Yellowcard. 8. Ayo Akindele, Founder and CEO of Kyshi Interview with Ayo Akindele, of Kyshi, a payment startup for transnational money transactions. 9. #FoundersConnect: Jude Dike, CoFounder and CEO of GetEquity Conversation with Jude Dike, co-Founder of GetEquity, a company democratizing access to startup investment in Africa. 10. #FoundersConnect (Music): Interview with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music I sit with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music, a startup music company, on his journey, insights and plans for the future. 11. Adewale Yusuf, Co-founder TalentQL, on Helping Young Africans Launch Their Tech Careers Peace interviews Adewale Yusuf, serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history in EdTech,  with building Talent QL, Techpoint Africa and AltSchool. 12. #FoundersConnect: An Interview With Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob, a Bitcoin centred payment service shares his love for cryptocurrency and the plans for his growing Startup with me. 13. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Nadayar Enegesi, CEO of Eden Life & Co-founder of Andela Peace interviews Nadayar Enegesi, the Co-founder and CEO of Eden Life a tech-enabled service that puts its users' home chores on autopilot. 14. #FoundersConnect: Peter Bunor Jr., From Nollywood Child Actor, to Co-Founder of Field Intelligence Peace interviews Nollywood Child Actor turned Founder, Peter Bunor of Field Intelligence. 15. #FoundersConnect - Bayo ‘Lion’ Adedeji: CEO, Wakanow & Founder, Dundu Nation & Wave Beach In this interview I have a conversation with Bayo Adedeji concerning how work at Wakanow and his extensive journey as an entrepreneur. 16. Interview with Atsu Davoh, Founder of Bitsika, on Creating a Payment App in Africa Peace sits down with Atsu Davoh, Founder & CEO of Bitsika. Bitsika is a payments app for making transactions. 17. #FoundersConnect: Wale Adetula, Co-Founder of TNC Africa Interview with Wale Adetula, the Founder of one of Nigeria's pioneer Media companies, TNC Africa. 18. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Onyeka Akumah, CEO Farmcrowdy & Co-founder CrowdyVest, PlentyWaka Peace interviews Onyeka Akumah, CEO of Farmcrowdy, and co-founder at Plentywaka, Crowdyvest and Rent Smallsmall on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 19. #FoundersConnect: Kay Akinwunmi, Co-Founder & CEO of Zazuu, A Transborder Payment Company Kay, Co-founder and CEO of Zazuu, speaks to me about his platform that allows money transfers across border with ease, his background and journey. 20. The co-CEOs of Printivo, Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede on How to Run a Company Peace interviews co-CEOs of Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede or Printivo, a solution enabling small and medium enterprises to print items seamlessly. 21. #FoundersConnect with Oluwatomi Solanke, Co-founder/CEO of Trove Finance Peace interviews Oluwatomi Solanke, co-founder and CEO of Trove Finance, a micro-investment platform that allows Nigerians to invest in foreign stock markets. 22. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Musty Mustapha, Co-Founder & CTO of Kuda Peace Interviews Co-Founder of Kuda Bank, Musty Mustapha on his journey as a tech entrepreneur, experiences and lessons. 23. #FoundersConnect with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela & Former MD of Flutterwave Peace interviews Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela on his career journey across various successful projects; mistakes, insights and much more. 24. #FoundersConnect: Douglas Kendyson of Selar on Hitting Huge Revenue Milestones Peace sits with Douglas Kendyson, CEO and founder of Selar for a fun and elucidating interview on his journey and his company. 25. #FoundersConnect: Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal Conversation with Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal on her interesting life experiences, thoughts of religion, work culture and more! 26. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yinka Adewale, the CEO of Kudi Peace interviews Yinka Adewale, CEO of Kudi, a Start-up that offers seamless banking services to communities in Africa. 27. #FoundersConnect: Njoku Emmanuel, the 19-year-old CEO & Co-founder of Lazerpay Interview with Lazerpay co-founder & CEO, Njoku Emmanuel. 28. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Hanu Agbodje, the Founder and the CEO of Patricia In this episode, Peace Itimi interviews Hanu Agbodje, CEO of Patricia, on his journey as a tech entrepreneur and 29. #Founders Connect: Moses Enenwali, CEO & Co-founder of Topship (YC W 2022) Peace speaks with Moses Enenwali, the CEO and Co-founder of Topship, a fast-growing Logistics startup in Africa. 30. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Lotanna Nwose, Co-founder of Investsika I sit with Investsika's Co-Founder, Lotanna Nwose and we discuss his passion for stock accessibility and entrepreneurship and desires to provide this in Ghana. 31. #FoundersConnect with Damilola Olokesusi, Co-founder & CEO of Shuttlers Peace interviews Damilola Olokesusi, Co-founder and CEO of Shuttlers, a platform that enables its users access efficient shared transportation in Lagos, Nigeria 32. #FoundersConnect: Eyitayo Ogunmola, Founder of Utiva, an African Ed-tech Startup I speak with Eyitayo Ogunmola, the CEO of Utiva, an education service for Africans and people of colour entering the tech industry. 33. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-Founder of Invest Bamboo Peace interviews Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-founder of Invest Bamboo, on her "accidental" journey into entrepreneurship, running Bamboo and biggest wins and lessons. 34. #FoundersConnect with Tito Ovia, Cofounder of Helium Health (#1 Health-Tech Provider in Africa) Peace speaks with Tito Ovia, co-founder of Helium Health, a health-tech provider in Nigeria set to digitize hospital processes within the continent. 35. #FoundersConnect: Odun Eweniyi, Co-Founder of Piggyvest, Africa's Top Savings App Odun Eweniyi, coFounder of Piggyvest, FirstCheck Africa and the Feminist Coalition shares her journey with me. 36. #FoundersConnect: How Preston Ideh is building Africa's Largest Intelligence Startup, Stears. Interview with Preston Ideh, CEO and Co-founder of Stears. 37. #FoundersConnect (Music): Rebecca Inyang Junaid Founder of JustJoJo (Music Publishing) A conversation with Rebecca Inyang Junaid, Founder of JustJojo Entertainment, a music agency based in the UK on career, life and experiences. 38. #FoundersConnect: Chimezie Emewulu, Co-Founder and MD of Seamfix Limited. Conversation with an OG Founder, Chimezie Emewulu, Co-founder and CEO of Seamfix. 39. FoundersConnect: Interview with Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO and co-Founder of Bumpa Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO of Bumpa,  shares his journey into entrepreneurship and the role of community in effecting change. 40. How Kuda Bank Grew From Zero to Millions of Users Peace interviews Bradley Want, the VP  of Growth at Kuda Bank. 41. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Michael 'Trojan' Okoh - Co-founder and CTO, ThePeer 22-year old Founder of ThePeer, Michael Trojan Okoh, shares his story with me. 42. #FoundersConnect: Mariam Jimoh, CEO & Founder of Oja (Ethnic Grocery Delivery Startup) Peace speaks with Mariam about her grocery startup for afrocarribean people living in the diaspora. 43. #FoundersConnect with Ben Eluan, Co-Founder/ CEO of Flux Peace interviews Ben Eluan, co-founder and CEO of Flux, a crypto remittance startup built to help individuals and merchants make transactions globally. 44. #FoundersConnect: How Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami, Uses Tech to Improve the Lives of Families Peace speaks with Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami app. 45. #FoundersConnect: Ameyaw Debrah, the Founder of Ameyawdebrah.com | Ghanaian Celebrity Blogger Peace has a conversation with Ameyaw Debrah, Ghanaian celebrity blogger and founder of Ameyawdebrah.com, a lifestyle news blog about media, his life, and more. 46. #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator 47. #FoundersConnect - Interview with Rodney Jackson-Cole, Cofounder and CTO at Prospa (YC W21) Rodney Jackson-Cole is the CTO of Prospa, a company set out to aid African entrepreneurs. Peace finds out more about his mission and journey in this episode. 48. #FoundersConnect: Tosin Faniro-Dada, MD /CEO of Endeavor (Nigeria) Peace has a conversation with Tosin Faniro-Dada, the MD & CEO of Endeavor in Nigeria, about her career and her passion for helping entrepreneurs. 49. #FoundersConnect: Moe Odele - Tech Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate & Travel Enthusiast Peace speaks to Moe "Moechievous" Odele, about her life and career, growing up in a polygamous family, studying law and finding tech law. 50. Yele Bademosi, Founder of Bundle Africa, Talks About Tech Entrepreneurship Peace speaks with Yele Bademosi, founder of Bundle Africa, Microtraction and co-Founder of Nestcoin, in a lengthy and elucidating interview. 51. #FoundersConnect: Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, CEO of Kippa, a Company Helping Small businesses Grow. I have a conversation with Kippa's CEO & Co-Founder, Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph. 52. #FoundersConnect: Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria Peace speaks with Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria, on her life and journey. This interview is one you definitely should not miss! 53. #FoundersConnect: Ben Lyon, CEO and CoFounder of Stax, an Offline Payment App for Africans Conversation with Ben Lyon of Hover Developer Services, the parent company of Stax, a simple way to carry out payment services without internet or USSD codes. 54. The Founder & CEO of Kudigo Talks About Tech Startups in Ghana Peace interviews Kingsley Abrokwah, serial entrepreneur and founder of Kudigo, a software solution for retail businesses in Africa. 55. #FoundersConnect: How Kemi Olawoye Is Building BabyMigo, Nigeria's Largest Parenting Community Kemi shares her journey building Babymigo, Nigeria's largest Parenting Community 56. #FoundersConnect: Babajide Duroshola, General Manager at M-KOPA & ex-Country Director, SafeBoda (NG) I speak with Babajide Duroshola, the General Manager at M-Kopa with years of experience managing startups about his journey and work. 57. #FoundersConnect: Tomiwa Aladekomo, The Man behind Big Cabal Media (Techcabal & Zikoko) Peace speaks with Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of BigCabal, the parent company of Zikoko, a media company that creates content for African youth, and TechCabal. 58. Interview with the Founder of Money Africa: Financial Education, Investing, and More Peace interviews Oluwatosin Olaseinde, founder of Money Africa and Ladda on her journey as a startup founder, biggest life lessons and future plans. 59. #FoundersConnect: Godwin Tom, Serial Entrepreneur, Music Business Mogul & CEO of iMANAGE AFRICA Conversation with Godwin Tom, an expert in music management and CEO of iMANAGE Africa on his journey, his work, and the future. 60. #FoundersConnect - Ized Uanikhehi, CEO of Loose Media, and Her Advice for Tech Marketers Peace interviews Ized Uanikhehi, Media professional and CEO of Loose Media on her journey, experiences and advice. 61. #FoundersConnect: Bunmi Akinyemiju, Partner at GreenHouse Capital, Former CEO Venture Garden Group I speak with Bunmi Akinyemiju, one of the biggest investors in the African startup space, and Founding Partner at GreenHouse Capital. 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Companies seeking growth often face several challenges. On the one hand, this is the absence of business plans and growth strategies, innovative approaches and processes, and digital projects to improve the company. On the other hand, the trivial incompetence of employees and managers can become a serious barrier to business growth. There are cases where the expertise and experience of the owner hinder development. This also includes the lack of corporate culture, transparent communications, and ordinary human laziness — this never gets old. In my opinion, the company's growth is mainly paralyzed by the fear of change. Growth means that you have to stop doing things the usual way because they do not bring a new effect and results that are different from the status quo. By and large, it is difficult to prepare for changes, there is never an ideal moment for them. You may not be ready, but you can make attempts. Courage and confidence usually follow. Digital Transformation And Its Barriers Today, the digital transformation concept, despite its spread, is pretty vague. This phrase can have many meanings — everything revolving around the transition from one state to another with the help of digital projects. The transformation began roughly fifty years ago with the introduction of digital workflow. Today, it is more about the organization's growth, optimization, and process automation. This is a qualitative leap forward, but at the same time, the entry threshold is almost zero. If a business owner has an idea to transform the company using the latest technologies, this is already a transformation, albeit a purely hypothetical one. Why is digital transformation an issue for many? Changes in this direction should be continuous, not one-time. Let it not be a constant speed, but a constant acceleration should be observed. Today we notice some stagnation in the implementation of innovations. Indeed, on the one hand, we have seen a technological boom for decades — at least the transition from a rotary phone to bending displays. It is noteworthy that the level of digitalization in Western economies — Europe, the States, and Canada — is estimated at around 20%. That is, even developed countries with advanced technologies hardly use their potential. One of the reasons why this happens is because lag behind in evolution as compared with innovations. Over the past thirty years, an average of four generations of people have lived among us, some were born a few years ago and already use devices, and some have never had a mobile phone. Thinking Innovatively: What It Means For me, innovations belong in the realm of perfectionism. This is a new approach to familiar things which was not there before. I see it not as a finished product or service but rather as a continuous process aimed at improvement. Thinking innovatively means being open to changes that can not even be implemented but at least trying to do something differently. Even if, at first, it does not yield the desired result. Innovations do not exist in a vacuum, they are tied to time and the human factor. I mean, in addition to the technologies themselves, their timeliness matters. There is a good example. Over ten years ago, the ICQ messenger was popular, perhaps the only communication application in which millions of users chatted. Few people know that the developers had already introduced the first chatbot into ICQ back then. Now chatbots are actively and widely used by businesses, they perform many functions, from customer service and sales to psychological assistance. If today it is in demand, at that time, no one used the bot and did not even understand its use, capabilities, and prospects. In other words, we cannot always accept innovation and immediately start gaining experience and assessing its potential impact on society. Therefore, thinking innovatively also means understanding today’s context and analyzing behavioral patterns and trends. How Entering New Markets Affects The Team Business growth, like other significant stages in the company, is stressful. The state is inevitable and completely normal. Everything changes within the organization: new processes are introduced, people come and go, and employees are trained. The same applies to cultural aspects. You can't copy-paste and scale. It is necessary to take into account the geography and the corresponding localization. Entering new markets is a desirable and, at the same time, painful process. To minimize stress, you need to keep the team motivated. For me, one of the most effective tools is delegation. Responsibility for processes, directions, and budgets helps a person to feel own importance and value for the company. The employee is endowed with a decision-making function, reflecting personal influence on the organization's success. In addition, transparent management always bears fruit at all times, especially in the growth process. A sincere, trusting relationship from person to person is a guarantee that the employee will not feel like a cog in a soulless system, but a respected human being that makes a difference. The team's professional and personal growth is closely related to the growth of the business as a whole. Based on this, the company must listen closely to its people, in particular, their ambitions. Here we are talking about clearly setting goals and objectives, their achievement and measurement. Of course, a transparent reward system is a very first and most self-evident thing that a team member counts on, but it is far from the major thing. Everyone needs to be offered several options for professional advancement, comfortable and flexible conditions both for work and leisure. Only happy employees push the companies forward. Cultivating An Innovative Mindset: Doing Things Right In my opinion, instilling any mindset does not make any sense. People are different by nature: someone is an excellent performer, and someone is replete with new ideas, always getting off the beaten track. I think a worldview can only be imposed, but the question is, is it worth it? It all starts with building a team — people who already have this innovative mentality from the beginning. These are, as a rule, people who try, make mistakes, but difficulties do not stop them but rather, on the contrary, inspire them. People who think innovatively have no fear of their own fail, and do not blame themselves for it. For them, a mistake is a sign on the road: upon seeing one, a person does not pull over to the side of the road and does not slow down. Instead, the adventurer behind the wheel gets informed of the further route, turns the music up, and hits the road. In this article, Vladyslav Kopanko, a VP Delivery Account Management at , shared his thoughts on business transformation and growth, how it affects teams, and why to think innovatively. Innovecs The lead image for this article was generated by HackerNoon's via the prompt "a kid's drawing of a car going up a mountain". AI Image Generator

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Who doesn't know Bjorka? This unidentified hacker has received much attention from various political elites and the public. Bjorka claimed that he had pocketed population data of the Indonesian people and the personal data of the political elites in power. Currently, the government is still trying to find out who Bjorka is. However, hacking or breaking into data is a cyber crime that falls into the criminal realm. List of Bjorka's Actions That Shocked the Public Bjorka disseminated several data. Not only officials, but he also dismantled data from public and government institutions. The data is circulating in Telegram forums or groups. In addition to Telegram, Bjorka also mentioned several Twitter accounts of his target officials. But Twitter didn't take long to block the account after uploading several tweets related to state officials' data. @bjorkanism Then, who are the officials and institutions on Bjorka's radar? The following is a list of the names that Bjorka revealed and a list of institutions that Bjorka hacked: 1. Bjorka Reveals the Death of Brigadier J Bjorka uncovers the names behind the Ferdy Sambo Case. Bjorka, through his new Twitter account @bjorxanism, revealed who the person behind the Ferdy Sambo case could be the caretaker. In his latest upload, Bjorka mentioned the name of a police officer whom he said was closely related to Ferdy Sambo. Bjorka suddenly wrote on Twitter expressing curiosity about the response of Tito Karnavian, Ferdy Sambo's boss. He said Tito knew everything about the case of Brigadier J's death. Because of the upload spread, Tito Karnavian's identity includes telephone number, email address, home address, NIK, KK, and others. But on the other hand, Bjorka explained why he leaked the officials' data. He said his mission was to help those in need, including assisting Indonesian people who want to contact and ask their leaders. So at least they can get a feel for what it's like when they get spammed. 2. Bjorka Reveals the Death of Munir Said Thalib Bjorka named Muchdi Purwopranjono the person behind the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. During the 18 years since Munir's death on September 7, 2004, activists consider that disclosure is still limited to field actors. Bjorka's account also stated that Muchdi did not like Munir because Munir was very vocal in revealing that the perpetrators of the kidnapping of 13 activists from 1997-1998 were members of Kopassus, known as the Mawar Team. Muchdi also used a former Garuda Indonesia pilot, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, to kill Munir. This is because Munir is known to have flown to the Netherlands using Garuda Indonesia. 3. Bjorka Spreads Jokowi's Secret Letter Bjorka also leaked secret letters to Jokowi, including those from the State Intelligence Agency. The documents stolen in September 2022 comprised 679,180 data with a capacity of 40 MB (compressed) and 189 MB (uncompressed). Even so, Bjorka did not include details of the selling price. This possibility proved his previous statement on Telegram that he could break into the President's data. 4. Bjorka Leaks Indihome Customer Data Twenty-six million IndiHome customer data leaked and entered the dark site. Various data contains browsing history, including date, keywords, domain, platform, browser, URL, and location. Bjorka claimed to get the data from a hack in August 2022. 5. Bjorka Leaks 1.3 Billion Phone Sim Card Data Bjorka admitted that he got the sim card data from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology system. He uploaded two million sample data of Indonesian people's cell phone Sim Cards on the Breached website. The leaked data includes the Population Identification Number, telephone number, name of the service provider or provider, and registration date. The Ministry of Home Affairs and mobile operators are conducting further research to identify gaps in data leaks. 6. Bjorka Leaks General Election Commission Data Recently, Bjorka also leaked several data allegedly belonging to the General Elections Commission. An Indonesia Citizenship Database From KPU 105M upload appeared on the BreachForum website. Bjorka claims to have 105,003,428 million Indonesian population data, including NIK, Family Card, full name, place of birth date, gender, age, and others. 7. Bjorka Leaks Personal Data of Indonesian Political Elite Bjorka even published the personal data of Indonesian political elites such as Johnny G. Plate, Puan Maharani, Semuel Pangerapan, Erick Thohir, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, and Denny Siregar. These personal data are very detailed, from phone numbers to vaccine history. Bjorka was doxing to the Minister of Communications and Informatics Johnny G Platdi on his birthday. Besides saying Happy Birthday, Bjorka did dox by attaching several of Johnny's data. This hacker also alluded to social media activist Denny Siregar using money from Indonesian taxes. Meanwhile, Bjorka also uploaded the personal data of the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. The information was in the form of NIK, KK, place, date of birth, mother and father, wife, family status, and education history. Bjorka Sells Hacked Data Bjorka sold the hacked results on the breach.to website. The price of hacked documents is relatively low, with only eight coin credits. Users can buy 30 coin credits for 8 euros or around IDR 120 thousand on the website. Buyers can only buy via exchanging crypto. Bjorka also sells SIM card registration data. He sold it for USD 50,000 or around Rp. 740 million. He is only willing to accept payments with bitcoin and ethereum. Conclusion That list of Bjorka's actions continues to stir the public to this day. But, these actions reap many pros and cons, considering that the private matters of the community and the political elite continue to be in the spotlight.

The Infamous Hacker Bjorka's Top 7 Leaks that Shocked the Public

Las 7 filtraciones principales de la infame hacker Bjorka que conmocionaron al público

Les 7 principales fuites du tristement célèbre hacker Bjorka qui ont choqué le public

कुख्यात हैकर ब्योर्का के शीर्ष 7 लीक जिसने जनता को चौंका दिया

世間に衝撃を与えた悪名高いハッカー Bjorka のトップ 7 リーク

Os 7 principais vazamentos do infame hacker Bjorka que chocaram o público

7 vụ rò rỉ hàng đầu của hacker khét tiếng Bjorka gây chấn động dư luận

臭名昭著的黑客 Bjorka 的 7 大泄密事件震惊了公众

Millions of people order food online today due to two major reasons: convenience and variety. What started as an by Pizza Hut in 1994 has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry today. This has also given rise to a number of food ordering platforms that have taken the internet by storm. experiment Whether it is a full lunch meal, a quick small evening snack, or a huge get-together, food ordering platforms have made a significant impact on our lives today. Revenues in the food delivery sector are slated to reach a staggering which makes it a potential opportunity to invest in. $223.7 billion by 2027 Top Online Food Ordering & Delivery Software To meet the ever-growing customer demands, entrepreneurs are planning to launch online food ordering and delivery platforms. As a result, many software have surfaced in the market with a core emphasis on establishing feature-rich platforms in minimum time. Here are the best online food ordering and delivery software to help budding entrepreneurs make informed decisions. Yo!Yumm Yo!Yumm is a market-ready and fully customizable software that can be used to build an online food ordering and delivery platforms. This is off-the-shelf software that is ready to meet the diverse requirements of online food delivery businesses and provide top-class service to users by managing the cumbersome administrative processes. The software is 100% white label and can be customized as per the specific requirements of the business. Yo!Yumm is built with the latest technology and integrated with a suite of powerful APIs making it a unified platform to launch and run a successful multi-vendor food ordering and delivery business like Uber Eats. Noshway Noshway is a turnkey restaurant delivery software that can be used to build a full-fledged end-to-end food delivery platform. The software also has android and iOS apps for restaurants, customers, and delivery agents. Customers are able to place orders, check order status, and track delivery via the mobile app making it a smooth experience for them. The restaurant app allows staff to manage orders with more accuracy and increase their productivity. The software can also be customized on the parameters of language, location, and currency to have a global reach. Marketing features like loyalty and referral programs help restaurant owners in the marketing of the business. Kopatech Kopatech’s multi-restaurant online ordering system is feature-rich software that can make the operations of a restaurant simple and easy. The software comes with multiple offerings like website ordering, branded mobile apps, customer insights, management tools, dedicated customer support, and much more. From accepting orders to delivering and generating custom reports, the software streamlines the cumbersome process for owners. The software’s order management module includes updated order status, delivery completion, and reject/accept orders making it smooth for the restaurant owner to manage the platform. The software is built using complex coding systems making it easiest and safest for all users. The compatibility of the software to be integrated with multiple payment gateways makes it an unbeatable software in the market. Foodesoft Foodesoft is great for making food delivery apps similar to Justeats, Glovo, or UberEats. The software has apps for Android and iOS users from where they can order food and track their orders. Business owners can build websites with the latest technologies to manage their menus and orders. The restaurant and delivery apps built using Foodesoft improve the user experience of restaurant owners and customers. Multiple payment options like cash, wallet, PayPal, debit cards, and credit cards make it easy for the customers to pay for their orders. Foodesoft supports multiple currencies and languages including RTL on both mobile and web platforms. SpotnEats SpotnEats is an UberEats clone software that allows business owners to start a mobile app-based food delivery system without having to invest in expensive and bug-ridden software. The software is completely brandable and customizable which can also be scaled as per the business requirements. The software is available for both Android and iOS users. SpotnEats claims to be tested on multiple businesses and is capable of handling massive activity simultaneously and performing flawlessly. The software also comes with full customization, deployment, and maintenance support. Business owners do not require any technical knowledge for using the software. Delivety Delivety is an all-in-one food order management system best suitable for food delivery startups, catering companies, virtual restaurants, restaurant chains, online food deliveries, dark/ghost/cloud kitchens, and standalone restaurants. From order taking and food preparation to dish assembly and order delivery, Delivety enables to deliver faster than the competitors. The system comes pre-integrated with powerful analytics and reporting to eliminate the bottlenecks and streamline the processes in food delivery operations. The operator dashboard of Delivety manages operations in real-time to provide a better customer experience. It can also be used remotely allowing operators to work from any location. The kitchen and assembly dashboard reduces human errors to zero and helps in getting the orders ready faster. Parting Thoughts If you are a budding entrepreneur and yet to join the bandwagon of the online food ordering industry, you are missing out on some great opportunities for your business. By adopting one of these softwares to build your online food ordering and delivery platform, you don’t just simplify the lives of your customers, but also ensure that your business is able to stand tall in the competitor market. Disclosure: This story was submitted to HackerNoon by an independent contributor. Hence the information contained therein has also been researched and compiled independently.

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Hello Reader! I hope you all are safe and sound and at home. Do not step out of your house unless it’s absolutely necessary with proper precautions. are increasing day by day. The second wave has hit very badly in many areas. It’s very important to get . But, getting a slot seems next to impossible. Even I am not able to get my hands on one. So I was trying to think of a better idea possible and I tried to the availability of the slot. Coronavirus cases vaccinated automate So in this blog post, I am going to tell you . We will see the implementation in . how you can create a notifier to tell you when a slot is available python For your ease, you can use the repository.  Spread this article as much as possible so that everyone can get notified about the availability of slots and we all can get vaccinated. code available at my GitHub . Check out the Repository for Ultimate Resource in python You can refer to my to see a working tutorial for better understanding and a step-by-step guide of the same. YouTube video Tutorial What will be covered in this Blog? What is Web Scraping? The Web-Scaping Process and its Uses. What is Coronavirus and CoWin? How to Automate vaccine slots availability Let's get started! What is Web Scrapping? If you’ve ever copy and pasted information from a website, you’ve performed the same function as any web scraper, only on a microscopic, manual scale. to be taken into consideration here: Two important points Always be respectful and try to get permission to scrape, do not bombard a website with scraping requests, otherwise, your IP address may get blocked! Be aware that websites change often, meaning your code could go from working to totally broken from one day to the next. The process: The process can be broken down into three simple steps: Request for a response from the webpage. Parse and extract with the help of Beautiful soup and lxml. Download and export the data with pandas into excel : Uses It can serve several purposes, the most popular ones are Investment Decision Making, Competitor Monitoring, News Monitoring, Market Trend Analysis, Appraising Property Value, Estimating Rental Yields, Politics and Campaigns, and many more. If you wish to know about it further. I am attaching the link here. You can have a look. Wikipedia What is Coronavirus? I do not think needs an introduction, but just in case if someone does not know, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes If you wish to know about it further. I am attaching the link here. You can have a look. Coronavirus Wikipedia What is CoWin? Under the universal immunization program, for several years, India has been using a vaccine intelligence system called eVIN (electronic vaccine intelligence network), CoWIN is an extension of eVIN. CoWIN stands for Covid Vaccine Intelligence Work. it is the gateway to vaccination and the backbone of the vaccination drive. The data source We will make use of the Cowin official website. Module Used: Use the requests library to grab the page. This may fail if you have a firewall blocking Python. Sometimes you need to run this twice if it fails the first time. requests Module: Now that you are familiar with and and have acquired basic knowledge of the , we can move forward to the . Coronavirus CoWin Web Scrapping and requests module coding section Time to Code! You can find all the code in my . if you find it useful. GitHub Repository Drop a star Let's understand this! In order to access the Python library, you need to install it into your Python environment. pip install requests Now, we need to import the package into our python script. Use the following command to do so. requests datetime datetime, timedelta time json import from import import import Now that we have imported the libraries, let's proceed. Let's display a welcome message. we will make use of method for the same. `print` print( ) "Starting search for Covid vaccine slots!" Now, let's set some basic parameters, age = pinCodes = [ ]
print_flag = num_days = 52 "462003" 'Y' 2 The Slots are available in two categories, and . Let's proceed with Age 45+ for now, you can set it according to your need. Age 45+ Age 18+ You can perform the search based on or . Since we are looking for the slots available nearby, I am making use of Pin-code. You can also pass multiple pin-codes, separated by in the list. Pincode District commas We only want to check for slots availability for the next two days for let's give as here. num_days 2 Lastly, set the flag value to . y Now let's make use of method to calculate today's date. datetime actual = datetime.today() : : #output: 2021 -05 -13 13 35 24.396612 Now, run a loop to convert it into list format. We will make use of method to convert it into list format timedelta list_format = [actual + timedelta(days=i) i range(num_days)] [datetime.datetime( , , , , , , ), datetime.datetime( , , , , , , )] for in #Output: 2021 5 13 13 39 18 496330 2021 5 14 13 39 18 496330 we will again run a loop to fetch the dates from the list and we will make use of method to do so. Note that we are storing date in format. strftime date-month-year actual_dates = [i.strftime( ) i list_format] [ , ] "%d-%m-%Y" for in #Output: '13-05-2021' '14-05-2021' Next, we will run a while loop to fetch the details of the slots. Initially let's set the counter to zero. Let's introduce two more loops here: one in order to fetch details for each pin-code. second in order to fetch details for each date in the given pin-code. Now in order to get requests, let's define the URL. URL = .format(pinCode, given_date) "https://cdn-api.co-vin.in/api/v2/appointment/sessions/public/calendarByPin?pincode={}&date={}" If you observe, I have added parameters in the URL itself using string formatting. We are passing in two parameters here, and . Every time the inner loop runs, this URL will be called and the respective date and pin-code will be passed as arguments for each case. pincode date Now, in order to get the request, let's define the header. header = { : } 'User-Agent' 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/56.0.2924.76 Safari/537.36' Once done, let's call and we will make use of method. requests get result = requests.get( URL, headers=header) Now, our response is stored in the result. Let's try printing it out. We will make use of method for the same. text print(result.text) { :[{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]},{ : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , :[{ : , : , : , : , : , :[ , , , ]}]}]} #OUTPUT: "centers" "center_id" 691508 "name" "Navin Girls HSS Tulsi Nagar 18" "address" "1250 Tulsi Nagar HOSPITAL" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "b63ce111-23dd-4d4e-9f1c-c97073c57a52" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 18 "vaccine" "COVAXIN" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 570554 "name" "SAHTI Vaishali Kotra 
KNK" "address" "Govt. Higher Sec. Kamla Nehru Girls School Teenshed TT Nagar" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "93144388-6dca-4f7c-9aba-ecd5b120fa94" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 215 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVISHIELD" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 592476 "name" "25 Battalion Campus BhadBhada" "address" "25th Battalion Bhadbhada Bhopal" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "b857cd10-b46f-404f-a5de-81032b667e46" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVAXIN" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 570591 "name" "GHMC- Ward 29 Office 18" "address" "Pandit Khushilal Sharma Parisar" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "5bcd92b4-a476-4c47-a203-3e96179e5beb" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 18 "vaccine" "COVISHIELD" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 609392 "name" "Govt School Nayabasera 18" "address" "NAYABASERA SANJEEVANI" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "60306cc5-15a4-4195-876a-2889676631c0" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 18 "vaccine" "COVISHIELD" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 561924 "name" "Saraswati Shisu Mandir Sch Cov" "address" "Saraswati Shishu Mandir School Shivaji Nagar Bhopal Madhya Pradesh India" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "e1f4f7a1-42d5-4f58-934b-ed031fc3e7c0" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 137 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVISHIELD" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 591027 "name" "CD RAJ BHAVAN CVX" "address" "RAJ BHAVAN BHOPAL" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "52de668d-5526-4e09-8c41-f34c1912302d" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVAXIN" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 667429 "name" "CD Vallabh Bhawan CVX" "address" "Vallabh Bhawan Bhopal" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "e8202c2d-b545-401c-b266-8bf9102687e2" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVAXIN" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 561310 "name" "Govt Kanya School Nehru Nagar" "address" "Govt Kanya School Nehru Nagar" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "85a85c27-cabd-4058-b902-7b0bf457cb44" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 114 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVISHIELD" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 636442 "name" "CD VIDHAN SABHA COVISHIELD" "address" "VIDHAN SABHA" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "6010b80f-a818-4cf5-ad67-90a0cb49f1d6" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVISHIELD" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 611640 "name" "Kopal HSS Nehru Nagar18" "address" "Kopal HSS Nehru Nagar Bhopal" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "b4a74e1f-cc5b-498a-b92d-25bf5c3bc072" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 18 "vaccine" "COVAXIN" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 639426 "name" "BANGANG WARD 25 CVX" "address" "SANJEEVNI BANGANGA" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "17:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "def621bf-2e3e-4514-a605-9debd696d8ef" "date" "13-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVAXIN" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-05:00PM" "center_id" 636455 "name" "JAHANGIRABAD SANJEEVANI" "address" "JAHANGIRABAD" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "18:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "a58f02b7-a252-4daf-a541-b7ddf9bae21c" "date" "19-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVISHIELD" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-06:00PM" "center_id" 627202 "name" "CD Sewaniya Gaud" "address" "CD Sewaniya Gaud" "state_name" "Madhya Pradesh" "district_name" "Bhopal" "block_name" "PHANDA" "pincode" 462003 "lat" 23 "long" 77 "from" "09:00:00" "to" "18:00:00" "fee_type" "Free" "sessions" "session_id" "80130fd2-483a-4bb7-876a-9f2130484994" "date" "19-05-2021" "available_capacity" 0 "min_age_limit" 45 "vaccine" "COVISHIELD" "slots" "09:00AM-11:00AM" "11:00AM-01:00PM" "01:00PM-03:00PM" "03:00PM-06:00PM" This data is not structured. So, we will make use of here. Let's cast the data into file. json json result.ok:
    response_json = result.json() if Now, In order to retrieve the information for each center, we will run a loop for the same. Initially, let's set the as . flag false flag = response_json[ ]: (print_flag.lower() == ): center response_json[ ]: False if "centers" if 'y' for in "centers" Now, let's display and verify our data for each center print(center) { : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : [{ : , : , : , : , : , : [ , , , ]}]} #OUTPUT: 'center_id' 691508 'name' 'Navin Girls HSS Tulsi Nagar 18' 'address' '1250 Tulsi Nagar HOSPITAL' 'state_name' 'Madhya Pradesh' 'district_name' 'Bhopal' 'block_name' 'PHANDA' 'pincode' 462003 'lat' 23 'long' 77 'from' '09:00:00' 'to' '17:00:00' 'fee_type' 'Free' 'sessions' 'session_id' 'b63ce111-23dd-4d4e-9f1c-c97073c57a52' 'date' '13-05-2021' 'available_capacity' 0 'min_age_limit' 18 'vaccine' 'COVAXIN' 'slots' '09:00AM-11:00AM' '11:00AM-01:00PM' '01:00PM-03:00PM' '03:00PM-05:00PM' And now finally we can retrieve the information for each session. We will apply the check parameters as the arguments we saved earlier. session center[ ]: (session[ ] <= age session[ ] > ): for in "sessions" if "min_age_limit" and "available_capacity" 0 If it satisfies our conditions, let's display the result. print( + pinCode)
print( .format(given_date))
print( , center[ ])
print( , center[ ])
print( , center[ ])
print( , session[ ]) (session[ ] != ):
    print( , session[ ])
    print( ) 'Pincode: ' "Available on: {}" "\t" "name" "\t" "block_name" "\t Price: " "fee_type" "\t Availablity : " "available_capacity" if "vaccine" '' "\t Vaccine type: " "vaccine" "\n" At the end, let's increase the counter by one. counter += 1 Let's cover the edge case: (counter == ):
    print( ) :
    print( ) if 0 "No Vaccination slot avaliable!" else "Search Completed!" Lastly, let's sync the data in real-time. dt = datetime.now() + timedelta(minutes= ) datetime.now() < dt:
    time.sleep( ) 3 while 1 Let's have a look at the output and let's compare it with the actual website. And with that, it's a wrap! You can host the script at the server to get notified every time a slot is available near you. I have updated the script and added notification sound. You can find all the code in my . if you find it useful. GitHub Repository Drop a star Simple, isn't it? Hope this tutorial has helped. I would strongly recommend you to Check out the of the same and . YouTube video don't forget to subscribe to my Channel I write about career, Blogging, programming, and productivity, If this is something that interests you, please share the article with your friends and connections. Thank you for reading, If you have reached so far, please like the article, It will encourage me to write more such articles. Do share your valuable suggestions, I appreciate your honest feedback! I would love to connect with you at | . Twitter LinkedIn You should definitely check out my other Blogs: Python 3.9: All You need to know The Ultimate Python Resource hub Resources: https://apisetu.gov.in/public/marketplace/api/cowin#/Appointment%20Availability%20APIs/calendarByPin cowin.gov.in/hom e pypi.org/project/requests See you in my next Blog article, Take care!

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With seemingly one new project unveiling multi-million-dollar funding every other week, no one will blame you for questioning there being too many stablecoins out there. Much have already been about the various approaches which projects use to maintain stability — in this regard we would like to give a special shout-out to the for their piece titled , as well as to the many stablecoin aficionados out there curating their research into single convenient . written research team at blockchain.com tour de force The State of Stablecoins destinations The purpose of this post however, isn’t to compare between the various stability mechanisms and champion a particular argument (it also assumes some level of understanding around the concept and features of stablecoins. A stablecoin is loosely defined to be a medium of exchange possessing the technological benefits of cryptocurrency_, minus the price volatility —_ click on the research links in the paragraph above to find out more). More so, this article is meant to explore the direction where the stablecoin sector as a whole is heading, including the likely motives which this latest wave of big well-funded players — notably , , and — could have. Circle Gemini Paxos Stablecoins are already killing it There already exists several killer applications for stablecoins. Firstly, stablecoins are actively used for trading and hedging purposes on cryptocurrency exchanges, allowing traders a more frictionless mode to temporarily alter their trading exposure positions between cryptocurrency and fiat. Secondly, stablecoins help to facilitate an alternative “fiat-to-crypto” gateway for large over-the-counter (OTC) trades. Such act as on and off-ramps for institutional investors, providing them with widely-accepted stablecoins in exchange for fiat currency. The trader will then use the stablecoins to invest in other cryptocurrencies, as there is a far larger spectrum of exchanges accepting stablecoins compared to those accepting fiat currency directly. OTC trades are typically done by big players who do not wish for their large buy or sell orders to influence the prices on smaller, regular exchanges. gateways Lastly, there are companies focused on crypto-related services, such as content localization or community management services, accepting payments today in stablecoins, due to it being a 24/7-settled, international, instantaneous medium of exchange. The first two applications hint at what large institutions like Circle, Gemini and Paxos could use their respective stablecoins for. Circle — which has been steadily since 2015 — offers institutional OTC fiat-crypto trading, in addition to its recently acquired cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex. Winklevoss-owned Gemini Exchange has been running successful fiat-crypto trading exchange services for both retail and institutional OTC clients since 2014. Paxos utilizes blockchain technology to provide settlements services to institutions, and also runs an OTC trading and custody services subsidiary called itBit. backed by Goldman Sachs A stablecoin would serve as an enabler and catalyst driving more revenues in existing core businesses for all three companies. By being programmable in nature, stablecoins enable those large OTC trades to occur — which is just a fancy scientific way for saying that “either the trade happens completely, with both sides of the trade going through, or it does not occur at all”. This thus completely removes the risk of someone handing over a large sum of USD over wire transfer, but failing to receive their BTC in return — also known as settlement risk. Naturally such atomic transactions also benefit settlements solutions tremendously in a similar way. atomically In addition, the statuses of both Gemini and Paxos as that offer crypto-asset custody services could also point to their potential forays into the . For example, they could offer platforms for investors to compliantly trade security tokens, and embed their stablecoins into automated dividend and interest payout use cases. NYDFS-licensed trust companies security token space Finally, the for these players would be having their own USD stablecoin attain de facto status among retail users and businesses sending payments to each other — in essence replacing the USD Tether (which deserves a story on its own) as the dominant stablecoin for crypto-payments today. “cherry-on-top” the controversial For something serving such a strategic overall purpose it is no wonder that each of them would choose to go their own ways. We have so far discussed 3 existing stablecoin projects; according to the research done by blockchain.com there are more than 50 (and counting) live and in-progress stablecoin projects globally. One highly doubts that they’re all going to prosper peacefully side-by-side. Rewinding the clock Much like how many have drawn parallels between the formation of the Internet and that of blockchain, analyzing the of could too prove insightful in understanding the direction of where we’re headed with stablecoins as well. Today, we are hard-wired to expect just one form of national currency circulating within each country — it is extremely hard to imagine there being multiple versions of your national currency in your wallet, with each being issued (and honoured) by a different bank! But that was how things were at some point in the past for most nations. history national money exactly Massachusetts Bay Colony and Pennsylvania Colony promissory notes. Same country, different money The current US system of paper money as we know it only came after the a series of reiterations to the National Bank Act in the 1860’s. Before that, many different commercial banks were all issuing their own banknote, promising redeemability for gold or silver. People only dealt with banks which they trusted, depositing their gold or silver in exchange for interest. Subsequently they were only comfortable with being paid in banknotes which they knew would be accepted by others. A lack of trust What forced the hand of the government to enact this top-down approach and achieve standardization? Wars mostly — with the ruling elites printing more money by the day to fund spiraling expenditures. As soon as redeemability became an issue for holders, confidence quickly dissipated making apparent that the circulating amount of money in issue exceeded the value of the gold and silver holdings collateralizing it. Bank runs were also commonplace; it could get so bad that such contagion quickly spread to even the healthy banks too. As such, redeemability became an imperative and the best means to ensure this was to consolidate under the watchful eye of an agreed-upon trusted central authority, to standardize and regulate the industry. With this trust in place national money blossomed. National paper money — as opposed to issuer banknotes or gold and silver — was now a medium of exchange which everyone could confidently agree upon to conduct transactions easily with, over time cementing its network effects across all areas of the economy. The Qin Dynasty in China already had a unified system of money in place around 200 BC Such a fate is likely to befall the stablecoin sector as well, with there ultimately being less than a handful of stablecoins per national currency. Even absent regulatory intervention, it will be inevitable for the majority of stablecoin startup projects to fail. Most non-collateralized, algorithmic-based stablecoins have yet to be sufficiently battle-tested over a long enough period of time. Collateralized projects face their own challenges as well. A large black swan event ( ?) could strenuously put the underwriting models of most crypto-collateralized projects to the test. Mt Gox 2.0 perhaps Fiat-collateralized stablecoin projects suffer from evolving regulatory uncertainty. Their centralized nature also theoretically allows for them to pull a disappearing act with their fiat collateral too. Finally, any given project under any one of these three models may simply fail to gain enough popularity and drift into the sunset. But you’ve got to be in it to win it Going back to the US banking system as an example again, the foundings of JP Morgan (1799), State Street (1792) and Bank of New York Mellon (1784) all significantly predated the National Banking Act. All have gone on to fortify their hugely influential roles in the American financial system of today. As the old saying goes — you’ve got to be in it to win it. Money has a long history of being revolutionized fundamentally by private sector innovations. The first ATM machine was opened by Barclays in 1967. The first wire transfer was initiated by Western Union in 1872. — the backbone of the correspondent banking system we know today — found its roots in the 15th century as a product of the Medici family, who were required to open banks at foreign locations in order to exchange currencies to act on behalf of textile merchants. Money changers have been known to be in operation since Biblical times 4,000 years ago, while interest payments were commonplace in Middle Eastern civilizations as early as 5000 BC. None of these hallmark innovations in money were implemented in a top-down manner by a central government — they all sprang about in a distributed, organic fashion before gaining popularity. The innovations in the money of tomorrow are due to be led by the private sector once again. Nostro accounts What will the use cases be? On an immediate, near-term basis, and , two categories of payments plagued by high fees today, stand to benefit immensely from the speed and low cost of transferring stablecoins. Imagine a use case of paying an international news agency on a basis rather than a subscription model. Or Netflix being able to offer billing on a basis to cater to casual users worldwide. Such payment models aren’t readily viable with today’s payments infrastructure. cross-border payments micropayments per-story-read micropayment per-hour-watched Cryptocurrency-savvy disruptors such as Abra have already begun here in the form of . The idea is essentially a new model of consumer asset financing, whereby after paying a small deposit for a SIM-connected product (e.g. fridge), the consumer will then need to continue making recurring daily micropayments, failing which the product will not carry on functioning. Abra CEO Bill Barhydt credited solar energy product startup M-Kopa Solar for providing the inspiration. making early strides on-lease micropayments Globally, the total addressable market for payments stands upwards of of dollars today. Think about the amount of future potential that could be unlocked through the efficiencies of cheap, fast, 24/7-settled payments across varying payment use cases. hundreds of billions Another obvious avenue for early adoption would likely be the crypto-sector itself, through payments made within ( — think decentralized versions of Uber, Fiverr or Airbnb_)._ Some have already coined this as , similar to how the term emerged during the “mobile revolution”. DApps Decentralized Apps in-DApp payments in-app payments Event-driven payment models are where things begin to get interesting. An event-driven payment is akin to someone receiving payment on condition of something else happening. For example, Alibaba operates an escrow service that only wire transfers out payment made to a seller on its marketplace after the buyer acknowledges that the goods ordered have been well-received, or if a stipulated amount of time had passed. An application using stablecoins to handle such a transaction could be to have the above logic built-in and conducted automatically, bypassing the need for an intermediary to monitor events and initiate bank wire transfers manually. programmed There is a whole host of use cases which would benefit from event-driven payments, including stock dividend payouts, flight insurance disbursements, invoice discount refunds, e-commerce taxation, government tax revenue allocation and crowdfunding — to name a few. Just like how one was unlikely to foresee the emergence of Netflix and Uber during the ADSL dial-up modem days, the best use cases for stablecoins have probably yet to even be conceptualized till date, with programmable money enabling a whole new design space for products to innovate around ( anyone?). autonomous IoT machine-to-machine micropayments Everyone loves guinea pigs While there are ongoing explorations at differing stages by multiple governments — including those of , , and , into central bank digital currencies (CBDC’s), these are some years away from being implemented into their respective financial systems due to many difficult problems. Canada Singapore China Russia What impact would the full-collateralization of the billions of dollars involved in trade financing, for instance, have on an economy’s fractional banking system and money supply? Exhibit A: Meet Startup #13153 Upon the conclusion of its Phase 1 exploration into CBDCs by Singapore in March 2017, the team noted that they have which eloquently understates the sheer ramifications any miscalculations with their strategy could have on the country’s monetary system. “plans to validate policy questions around the vision of SGD as a CBDC and its impact on monetary policy,” This is where startups in the private sector can step in with their mantras. The observable real-world lessons garnered from their ventures into this new frontier will prove invaluable to the dozens of backroom policy analysts, alleviating them of the need to hack together policy recommendations for this new paradigm from old frameworks. “move fast, break things (on a small scale), reiterate and try again” Make American stablecoins great again Stablecoins are already out there in the wild. They are led by those denominated in the United States dollar, with those of other national currencies significantly lagging behind. It places the U.S. in a position of leadership in being a breeding ground for the next wave of innovations leveraging programmable money. As history has shown, it is only natural to expect a wave of consolidation to follow this early sprint, with determinant factors including ecosystem trust and network effects deciding who gets to stay. Just like the early U.S. financial juggernauts of yesteryear, the pioneering protocols and technologies powering the successful stablecoin projects of tomorrow will likely also play an instrumental role in the financial system long into the horizon. They will do so well past the introduction of a government-backed stablecoin, offering other value-added services as demanded by the smart economies of the future. Now back to the question — are there too many stablecoins out there? With the potential of the sector now being framed in this light, we would like to make the case of there being too few, especially with regards to the non-USD variants.

Stablecoins are now officially in vogue again

Around 90% of globally traded goods are handled by the sea shipping industry each year, making it one of the world’s biggest industries. The cornerstone document facilitating this industry is the Bill of Lading (B/L), which confers proof of ownership of the goods in question as they pass along the chain from exporter to shipper to importer. The document is issued by the shipper as they take possession of their cargo, and sent by express courier service to the exporter. When the importer makes payment the exporter will courier the document to the importer, who can then use it to claim ownership of the cargo once it reaches it’s intended port. Being a paper-based system it suffers from several disadvantages: Cost — With seaborne trade volumes surpassing 10 billion tons the costs associated with this system add up. Printing costs alone are estimated to be around USD 2 billion, with another USD 5 billion going to couriers of the documents. Lost contracts — As paper contracts are lost or stolen, the process for issuing new ones is both cumbersome and time consuming. It can also lead to increased costs for demurrage or late arrival of shipments. Time consuming — The average B/L document gets sent by express courier 3 times. This means that the total time taken for a B/L to travel from issuer to final recipient is 5–10 days. CargoX are developing the platform and protocols to manage bills of lading electronically, by tethering them to the Ethereum blockchain. Using their smart contracts, shipping logistics will be done instantaneously and without using paper. The potential savings for the industry, both in deferred costs and time saved, are significant. CargoX are also releasing a crypto-currency, the CXO, to grant access to the system and to be used as payment within the CargoX framework. The CXO tokens are fully ERC-20 compliant. Valuable Information CargoX (CXO) Coin Name : — 1 CXO = 0.0001 ETH Pre Ico Price : — 1 CXO = 0.0001 ETH Ico Price : — US$ 7,000,000 Tokens/Money Raised Through ICO : The infrastructure CargoX have developed the CargoX B/L eXchange protocol (B/L X) to handle the transfer of ownership of bills of lading generated within the network. They have also developed a decentralized application (B/L dApp) that allows licensed users to issue the CargoX B/L smart contracts. The full contracts will be stored using encrypted decentralized storage, and referenced in additions to the Ethereum blockchain. The issuing and transferring ownership of CargoX smart contracts will be paid for using CXO, which acts as the gas powering the CargoX ecosystem. The CXO tokens are required to gain access to the system, and can be used for payments within the framework. Both issuing and archiving smart B/L contracts will require CXO tokens, and as the network grows it can be used for additional services. CargoX will act as the service provider for the ecosystem. They will approve carriers as issuers of smart B/L contracts, and define the protocol rules governing the contracts. They will also act as dispute intermediary. For it’s services, CargoX will be paid in CXO which they can transact on the open market. Other applications As the network of shippers using CargoX B/L contracts grows, other services needed for the industry can be developed, most notably for handling Letters of Credit (L/C). CargoX are developing a smart L/C dApp that will allow for the money transfers involved in shipping to be handled by the same infrastructure as the smart L/B contracts. The need for electronic Bill of Lading contracts grew out of the developers experience with 45HC.com, an aggregator of shipping rates from several providers. Linking the CargoX ecosystem to industry platforms like 45HC will allow for buying and selling of free shipping space using CXO. CargoX will also prepare standardized APIs and SDKs for seamless integration with the B/L X protocol. This will incentivize industry participants such as banks, insurance companies and shippers to form smart contracts for their own products that are compatible with the CargoX infrastructure and can interact with the CargoX B/L eXchange protocol. Social Media Links Facebook URL : https://www.facebook.com/cargox.io Likes : 571 Likes Twitter URL : https://twitter.com/cargoxio Followers : 5522 Followers Telegram URL : https://t.me/joinchat/GAKhBQ48675fRRMEd-kLcw Users : 7 737 Members Discussion Reddit URL : https://www.reddit.com/r/CargoXio/ Readers : 154 Readers Medium URL : https://medium.com/cargoxio LinkedIn URL : - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargox-io/ Followers : -48 followers GitHub URL : - https://github.com/CargoXio/cargox-ico Discord URL : https://discordapp.com/invite/4weM5hr Staff/team info Name : Stefan Kukman Title : Founder & CEO LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-kukman-50294a22 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004827106188 Name : Primoz Kopac Title : COO LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/primož-kopač-1057941a Extra Links : https://www.facebook.com/primus.kopas Name : Gasper Setinc Title : Product Manager LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaspersetinc https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1322193006 Name : Janez Kranjc, Ph.D. Title : Blockchain Developer LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/janez-kranjc-a2313199 https://www.facebook.com/janezkranjc Name : Primoz Mavsar Title : Designer LinkedIn : https://www.facebook.com/janezkranjc https://www.facebook.com/primoz.mavsar Name : Jure Tomc, MBA Title : Business Developer LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/juretomc https://www.facebook.com/jure.tomc.5 Name : Karmen Trajber Title : Community Manager LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/karmen-trajber-60b11291 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karmen.tzitzis Name : Peter Merc, Ph.D. Title : Legal (Lemur Legal) LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-merc-ph-d-550b212 Extra Links : legal@cargox.io -Slovenia Company Address :

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Communication, in its essence, is the art of conveying information from point A to point B or to a specific audience. However, the true measure of communication lies in its effectiveness. In today's world, we are witnessing an exponential surge in communication channels. The options seem endless. Concurrently, there's a growing tendency to filter out information — a sort of selective attention. The question arises: can we deem meticulously crafted , complete with correctness, brevity, adequate detail, and vivid illustrations, as effective if it goes unread? The answer seems clear; regardless of how professional and well-crafted the information is, its impact dissipates if it fails to capture the addressee's attention. Whether it's a client, an employee, or a group of stakeholders, efficiency becomes a moot point if the message remains unnoticed. communication Yet another scenario unfolds when the information is delivered but fails to be comprehended or is misunderstood. In this context, effective communication entails ensuring that both parties share an identical perception — confirming that the addressee interprets everything exactly as intended. The essence of effective communication is never a subjective, one-sided evaluation. As we reflect on this landscape, we notice that information is increasingly adopting novel, simplified delivery methods. As connections form between various parties, formalities and conventional patterns often fall by the wayside. In our fast-paced, bustling lives, new approaches demand adaptability. Within the corporate realm, the tempo continues to accelerate: information is swiftly assimilated, decisions are made promptly, and all reporting methods ultimately gravitate towards enhancing productivity. Tailoring Communication for Impact When a company acquires a new client, it often means that the foundation of a relationship has yet to be laid. Consequently, trust and reputation are not initially woven into these connections. It's a given that trust must be earned, and a reputation takes time to solidify. These components are crucial aspects of and should be the primary goals to strive for. As a leader, I understand that even when a client lacks complete information or doesn't fully grasp it, it's the foundation of trust that plays a pivotal role. Essentially, the client should have confidence in our commitment, knowing that, ultimately, the results will be positive. effective communication In my view, it all begins with brevity. Information must be conveyed in a clear and concise manner. When someone talks excessively, it often feels like being held hostage, and you sense that the same information could have been delivered in a much shorter time. Brevity goes hand in hand with simplicity, and as Albert Einstein wisely put it, "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." During the initial stages of a client relationship, I prioritize active listening. When forging new connections, it's crucial to discover their goals, priorities, and the context in which we'll be collaborating in the future. Initial meetings with clients often revolve less around the product or project and more about their values. In essence, at this early stage, we're aligning our vocabularies – gaining insights into each other's worldviews and concepts, which lays the foundation for mutual understanding. The process of "getting on the same page" significantly hinges on factors like culture, geography, and the psychotype of clients. In the context of global businesses, it's essential to be well-versed in these dynamics. People across the planet perceive information differently, and their . Occasional project-related issues are par for the course in any workflow. Regardless of the client's background, it's essential to address problems directly – discussing and resolving them. By ensuring that both parties understand each other clearly, you gradually develop a mental model of your counterpart's communication style, distinguishing what's vital from what's less significant or has lost relevance. Regular meetings may not be everyone's preference, but this doesn't mean they don't happen – they just take on their unique character. communication styles vary widely Handling Complex Conversations Subtitle: Challenges and Delicate Situations I'm firmly convinced that approximately 99.9% of critical problems stem from poor communication. In these situations, the outcome typically hinges on the subjective interpretation of information by one of the involved parties. Ineffectual communication results in a squandering of time and emotional energy, misunderstandings, and barriers, among other issues. Frequently, as a reaction to a critical situation, individuals make a common mistake – they accumulate internal negativity. Consequently, the tone of communication tends to grow colder, more formal, and contractual. Firstly, clients are quick to sense these shifts. Secondly, this path often leads to the deterioration of relationships. There's just one solution: instead of harboring resentment and frustration, it's essential to initiate a conversation, discuss the situation, and ask questions. Through , it might become apparent that certain circumstances were caused by perfectly understandable yet previously undiscovered factors. By actively listening to the client, you establish a two-way flow of information and dialogue. When disruptions occur in this flow, problems inevitably arise. Hence, it's crucial to maintain this communication at a consistent frequency. open and transparent communication Strategies for Building Lasting Client Relationships In my work and in life in general, I often find myself pondering a simple question: do I want to be right or happy? I use this internal dialogue as a tool to assess various situations. We all have a fundamental need to be heard. When you convey to a client that "yes, I hear you, I'm clarifying the information, and I'm aligned with your thinking or heading in the same direction," it nurtures trust on different levels. Empathy is undoubtedly a valuable attribute, but it's important to differentiate it from emotional intelligence. In my view, empathy is akin to an inherent setting within a person – you either have it or you don't; it's not something you can suddenly switch on to appear more vulnerable. Attempting to do so often comes off as insincere. On the other hand, emotional intelligence can be considered a hard skill within your portfolio of soft skills that you can cultivate. It involves showing your conversational partner or audience that "Yes, I hear you, I understand your concerns, and I comprehend why this matters (whether it's related to time-to-market, financial losses, or something else)." Moreover, it's about not just hearing and forgetting but actively making decisions and implementing changes to address the issue. As you age and gain more experience, your focus naturally shifts. For instance, I used to pay great attention to the context. Now, I place more emphasis on how precisely the information is conveyed and the subsequent response it elicits. I've begun to analyze the and anticipate how it will evolve. Valuable lessons can even be derived from interactions with my teenage daughter. It becomes evident that over time, the old methods and communication styles cease to be effective, and new approaches must be embraced. Understanding what has changed and why allows me to build entirely new and improved connections. This flexibility not only breaks free from established behavior patterns but also fosters continuous personal growth and improvement. landscape of communication

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KODA's Milestone in Digital Asset Custody By handling over 8 trillion won, or over $6 billion USD in assets under management, Korea Digital Asset Custodian (KODA) has accomplished a noteworthy milestone and demonstrated its leadership in digital asset custody in APAC region. This accomplishment showcases the worldwide influence and robust presence of KODA in the digital financial industry in South Korea. With the help of Hashed, Haechi Labs, and KB Kookmin Bank, this financial giant has made KODA a reliable and secure partner for over 50 corporate clients that manage over 200 wallets. There is more development to be made by the country. With the scheduled enactment in June 2024, the Digital Asset Basic Act (DABA) will usher South Korea into a future where blockchain technology is not merely an experimental element but an essential part of the financial sector. It will do this by creating regulations for exchanges and creating new markets for digital securities. The Korea Digital Asset Custodian (KODA) catapulted to the forefront an 80% command of the nation's market share by June 2023. signifying Furthermore, the established financial institutions are actively embracing the shift rather than merely observing it. By acquiring shares in KDAC, Shinhan Bank is demonstrating how traditional banking and cutting-edge blockchain technology can coexist. With these organizations realizing how important custodians like KODA are to the management and protection of assets in this emerging industry, South Korea is establishing itself as a global leader in digital finance. Alongside the acceleration, cultural innovation is also being witnessed, as businesses like as Cube Entertainment are entering the metaverse, creating a "K-culture complex" in The Sandbox, and fusing entertainment and digital assets together. It's evident how South Korea is leading the way in the digital asset revolution rather than merely taking part in it. Growth and Leadership KODA was formed in November 2020 by Hashed, KB Kookmin Bank, and Haechi Labs. The corporation went from having 2.3 trillion won in assets under control to 8 trillion won in just six months. KODA now holds an 80% market share in South Korea's digital asset custody industry, with more than 200 wallets and 50 corporate clients. Strategic Leadership Combining his knowledge of technology and banking, CEO Jo Jin-seok guides KODA through the challenging world of digital finance. With a foundation of strict security and compliance to rules, his leadership cultivates innovation and gets KODA ready for impending changes in the business. Maintaining the company's development and innovation depends on such forward-thinking governance. Adjusting to Regulatory Shifts In light of the impending elections in South Korea, which may signal policy shifts, KODA is actively working to create a regulatory environment that is favorable to digital finance while promoting investor safety. Political parties' corporate digital investments and the launch of Bitcoin spot ETFs signal a potential revolution in the market. Participating in these talks and being adaptable to changing legislation demonstrate KODA's dedication to institutionalizing digital assets, which benefits the firm as well as fostering a more safe and lively market. Global Influence and Vision The global trend towards the institutionalization of digital assets emphasizes the necessity of custodians such as KODA. CEO Jin-seok Cho hopes that KODA would improve the environment for digital assets, particularly if Korea authorizes a Bitcoin spot ETF. Driving Innovation The significance of addressing investor protection and asset value at an early stage is highlighted by Simon Kim of Hashed. In addition to its technological expertise and compliance, KODA's involvement in South Korea's Web3.0 environment positions it to play a major role in the advancement of digital asset exchange-traded funds. Closing Thoughts In my opinion, KODA's accomplishment of overseeing more than 8 trillion won in assets under management demonstrates not just its leadership in digital asset custody but also the quick development and widespread acceptance of digital banking in South Korea and throughout the world. This milestone—which translates into an 80% market share—shows how much KODA is trusted and relied upon by top financial institutions and business clients. KODA has become a leader in the digital custody space thanks to the partnership of cutting-edge companies like Hashed and Haechi Labs with established financial institutions like KB Kookmin Bank. Through this collaboration, KODA's reputation as a reliable custodian is reinforced, and it also heralds the further use and incorporation of blockchain technology into traditional financial services. With the passage of the Digital Asset Basic Act, South Korea's proactive legislative strategy has established a precedent for the institutionalization of blockchain technology and ensured that digital assets are acknowledged and subject to regulation in the financial sector. This progressive approach guarantees that the country stays at the forefront of digital banking, opening the door for further advancements and market expansions. Don’t forget to like and share the story! This author is an independent contributor publishing via our brand-as-author program. Be it through direct compensation, media partnerships, or networking, the author has a vested interest in the company/ies mentioned in this story. HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR Vested Interest Disclosure:

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