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Self-driving pods are the future. JéGO Technologies, Inc. will set a new standard for contactless delivery and travel services. Founder Frederick Akpoghene is the creative mind behind the autonomous vehicle service which proves to be more timely due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The health crisis has forced the population to depend more heavily on contactless delivery services, changing the landscape of e-commerce delivery for the better. Akpoghene could be behind the next wave of technologies set to improve the world as we know it once JéGO pods officially hit the market. As for right now, the founder has his eyes set on the healthcare industry first and the technology will deliver COVID testing, flu testing, and IV therapy from local businesses to the hands of their customers. Courtesy of JéGO The self-driving pods are currently being built and the pilot product is projected to make its debut in Miami, FL during the third or fourth quarter of 2022. “What we are building here...
Black graduates are still making history in the new year. This week, Tampa Bay native Dr. Shamaria Engram marked a historic milestone as the first Black woman to graduate from the University of South Florida’s Computer Science and Engineering doctoral program, WFLA reports. In the 40-plus years that USF’s Computer Science and Engineering doctoral program has been around, no Black woman has graduated with such a degree, but thanks to Dr. Engram that has since changed. Dr. Engram recalls growing up often times being the only Black person in the room having attended Strawberry Crest High School — which was known as a predominately white school. “You kind of have to put on this face because you don’t want someone to look at you differently,” she told WFLA . “You want them to consider you as smart as everyone else in the room.” After graduating high school, she went on to attend Bethune Cookman University, an HBCU located in Daytona Beach. Throughout her undergraduate career, she grew...
Many are looking for creative ways to help as COVID-19 has been devastating for certain businesses and people. Overflow, which began operations in late 2019 , has seized the opportunity to double-down on its mission, which is to “make generosity frictionless,” Head of Technology, Kyle Woumn said. If you attended AfroTech 2019, you might remember that Woumn was one of AfroTech’s speakers and a former Twilio software engineer. Like all great products, Overflow was born out of a deep necessity. Vance Roush, an executive pastor at Vive Church in The Bay Area, founded Overflow in November 2019 because he saw that many people wanted to donate stock to the church but either didn’t know how to or found the process difficult. He launched Overflow and used it to raise over $1.1 million in stock for Vive. Woumn, who also attends Vive Church, recalled his own unpleasant experiences when he tried to donate stock to other organizations, so he joined Overflow’s founding team to help them with...
When it comes to the gaming industry, Black people are severely underrepresented within companies. According to the 2017 International Game Developers Association Satisfaction Survey , only one percent of professionals within the industry identify as Black. This lack of representation often leaves some titles with frustrating content. From games that either replicate stereotypes or just pretend Black people don’t exist, it’s an understandably frustrating experience. However, there are developers outside of the major companies that everybody knows. Black developers have been around since video games’ beginnings, and they’re not going anywhere. To celebrate their work, we’ve compiled a list of ten gaming apps by Black developers that you should all check out. 1. Hair Nah After getting tired of people putting their hands in her hair, Momo Pixel decided to create Hair Nah . This video game has you play as a Black woman traveling between three destinations — Osaka, Havana, and Santa...