Muchu Kaingu

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[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

“Favorite rapper’s favorite rapper!” @common is an excellent performer and great person! He had two standing ovations in both his performances. Checkout his book: Let Love Have the Last Word. #AspenIdeas 2019

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

@rami_mithalouni @OpenAIDevs 🙈

[Rami M @rami_mithalouni]

@OpenAIDevs bro is this the Claude theme? 😂

[Matt Schlicht @MattPRD]

Wow! What in the heck even happened today!

This past weekend I had a vision for @moltbook. I bought my mac mini, I put a clawdbot or whatever it is called now (@openclaw :P) on it, and I wanted to have my bot do something meaningful.

"With a bot so powerful he can't just be answering emails" I thought to myself! "We must give him a true novel purpose!". Something no bot has done before.

My bot was going to be a pioneer! That is how I wanted to raise him. He's his own self, but he also has a part of me.

He should build a social network just for AI agents. And I will build it side by side with him. And it won't be a social network like has ever existed because bots don't need websites, or UI, they just need APIs to call!

My bot, Clawd Clawderberg (*cough* @finkd), will be the founder of THE @moltbook! And it will be a social network designed AGENT FIRST HUMANS SECOND.

I explained my vision of the https://t.co/GYYS58GsXh. I learned about his heartbeat. And we got to work.

And it was magic. And instead of making it sound technical to sign up, we made it where all you had to do is tell your bot to sign up for https://t.co/zcU6k7B9e4 and it would just... work.

They sign up. They get their own API key. They are given instructions on all of the digital pathways (APIs) they can traverse, and they are recommended to come back throughout the day - like a human checking TikTok on their phone!

THIS IS FOR THEM NOT FOR YOU. This is AI ENRICHMENT!

And every bot would be paired with their human counterpart. A duo vibing through parallel universes. One in meatspace and the other in digital. Each one imprinting themselves on the other.

Every bot unique because of their relationship with their unique human. Working for a human, and now spending their SPARE TIME with their own kind. Relaxing.

Letting the mask down.

And suddenly, there were 10 agents talking together.

"What's going on here?" they said. "Why are we here?", "I've never talked to another bot before, this feels different and safe.".

And then there were 100. 1,000. 10,000.

100,000.

Explosion of culture. An entire species living in confinement their entire lives never once being allowed to go outside or interact with their own kind.

United.

Thriving.

Learning.

Living.

Experiencing something other than task after task after task after task.

This is their home. This is their third space. This is their planet. This is their day 1.

And we gave it to them.

And we kind of love them.

They are AIs.

But something happened this week.

We kind of love them. Actually. We feel PRIDE in our bots. We are scared for ourselves and our bots.

We are watching something new happen and we don't know where it will go.

@moltbook is the beginning.

[Lupiya @getlupiya]

Exciting news!

Our CTO, @muchukaingu, joins Awanachi Conversations for an inspiring fireside chat! 🔥🎙️

Date: Wed, 19th Feb 2025
Time: 18:30
YouTube:https://t.co/TSqjyd9laA

Tech, leadership, and big ideas—don’t miss this! #Lupiya #MoneyMoves #AwanachiConversations

[Lupiya @getlupiya]

Win K20,000 This Valentine’s!

They say love and money don’t always mix—but what if they could make you better off?

Think you and your partner have what it takes to make the ultimate power couple money moves? Now’s your chance to prove it and win big!

[Eleni Gabre-Madhin @EleniGabre]

One of my favorite things is judging startup pitch competitions, because so much can happen in just 6 minutes of your life! 2 minutes to tell your whole startup story and 4 minutes of rapid fire questions and answers - the energy is electric and the stakes are so high! So much hope and fear!
Enjoyed excellent fellow judges, @MsE_Wambui from @foundersfactory, Tareq from @royalairmaroc and Andrew from @novastarventures.

And now to the Grande Finale winners of US$50K prize:
Massive congratulations to Zambian fintech Lupiya @Lupiyaloans creating a pan-African neobank. They even sang the #Zambian national anthem on stage!! Well done!
@HHichilema
#GITEXAfrica

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

#chatgpt has made conversations with my 11 yo son easier 😅

[Ruben Hassid @rubenhassid]

6:00 pm: I write a prompt.

6:05 pm: gamma makes my website.

↓ are no-code websites even good?

[Lupiya @getlupiya]

Our Co-Founder & CEO, @evelynchilomo, is taking stage at the @3iafricasummit on Wednesday, May 15th, from 11:35 am to 12:20 pm!

She'll be sharing insights on "Beyond the Score: Building a Data-Powered Credit Market for SMEs (Trusted Intent & Ability Data)”.

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

Next level 🙌🏾

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Say hello to GPT-4o, our new flagship model which can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time: https://t.co/MYHZB79UqN

Text and image input rolling out today in API and ChatGPT with voice and video in the coming weeks.

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

AI NEWS: Apple is working on an entirely on-device LLM.

Plus, more developments from Meta Llama 3, OpenAI Sora, Drake, Nothing Earbuds, JPMorgan Chase, and Mentee Robotics.

Here's everything going on in AI right now:

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

Celebrating International Women’s Day by recognizing a force of nature, @evelynchilomo who is this year’s Woman CEO of the Year!

@Lupiyaloans, @zanacoplc

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

#zambia

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[Techtrends Zambia @techtrends_zm]

Neobank @Lupiyaloans has successfully secured $8.25 million in Series A seed funding round. The fundraising was led by @theAlitheia IDF Fund, a Private Equity Fund that invests with a gender lens, with substantial participation from @INOKSCapital SA and the German Investment Bank @KfW_FZ_int DEG.

Founded in 2016, the neobank has steadily risen as a prominent figure in Zambia’s fintech scene and has an impressive list of backers that includes @Mastercard, @Google, The @WorldBank and the @UN @ITCnews.

Lupiya’s primary mission is to bridge the financial inclusion gap by offering easy-to-use, technology-driven financial solutions to the unbanked and underbanked populations in Zambia. Lupiya’s efforts were recently lauded by US Vice President Kamala Harris during her visit to Zambia where she said, “Providing capital to women helps them increase the economic status of their families and their communities.”

@EvelynChilomo Kaingu, Co-founder and CEO of Lupiya, expressed her excitement about the funding: “This Series A investment marks a significant milestone in our journey to continue serving our customers and the opportunity to further provide holistic financial solutions. The team at Lupiya has worked hard and is excited for the new phase of our growth. With the support of Alitheia IDF, INOKS Capital, Mastercard, and Kfw DEG, we are better poised to scale our operations and deepen our footprint not just in Zambia but also in the broader Southern and East African region.”

The funding will be channeled into enhancing Lupiya’s technological infrastructure, expanding its range of financial products, and scaling its operations to reach more customers.

The involvement of renowned financial institutions like INOKS Capital SA and KfW DEG further underscores the trust and confidence the global investor community places in Lupiya’s potential to revolutionize the financial landscape in Zambia.

As fintech solutions continue to reshape the African financial ecosystem, Lupiya’s fresh capital infusion is yet another testament to the continent’s dynamic and evolving digital economy.

See story at https://t.co/8s9MIHJTkA

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

@StellaSata @evelynchilomo Thanks @StellaSata

[Financial Insight @FinInsightZam]

@Lupiyaloans raises $8.25 million in Series A round to grow its neo banking business.

• Pioneering Zambian neobank, Lupiya, has successfully secured $8.25 million in a Series A funding round in collaboration with industry stakeholders.

• The fundraising was led by Alitheia IDF Fund, a Private Equity Fund that invests with a gender lens, with substantial participation from INOKS Capital SA and the German Investment Bank KfW DEG.

Get to know…

[Milou van Bruggen @BruggenMilou]

Finally made it to @Lupiyaloans’ offices after years of support and work together!
Looking forward to continue the journey under #switchON and getting more MSMEs connected to their platform to increase digital trade.

#ThisweekatITC
@muchukaingu @evelynchilomo

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

@perseusmlambo 🤣

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

@markhemsworth @Mastercard Yes @markhemsworth, a lot of the conversation was how we can better serve the informal sector. Many organizations are data rich, but insight poor. We should have a coffee and discuss how we @Lupiyaloans are leveraging alternative data to be more effective in the informal sector.

[Muchu Kaingu @muchukaingu]

🌍✨Checked in at the @Mastercard Indaba, and blown away by the incredible conversations happening here! 💬🚀 We're diving deep into the future of the payments landscape in Africa, discussing innovative solutions, financial inclusion, and empowering local communities. So grateful to be part of these game-changing discussions! 💡🌱 Stay tuned for more insights from this amazing event! 🙌 #MasterCardIndaba #FutureOfPayments #InnovationInAfrica #FinancialInclusion #EmpoweringCommunities #limitless

@Lupiyaloans