Contrary to the trend in the entire euro zone, inflation in Austria accelerated once more at the beginning of the year. At 11.2 percent in January, it reached its highest level since 1952. The price increase was driven by expensive household energy, where high grid costs caused costs to rise. “But there were also price increases for many other goods and services, such as food,” said Statistics Austria boss Tobias Thomas on Thursday and added. “The price pressure on fuel, which fell at the end of the year, did not ease any further in January.”
In Senegal, more and more taxi drivers are offering mobile payment, “mobile money”. A large-scale study by MIT in partnership with Wave looked at the effects of this financial revolution for taxi drivers and owners.
From our correspondent in Dakar,
It’s the new must-have accessory in the yellow taxis of Dakar: a QR code to scan, hanging from the rear view mirror of the car. Many of the city’s 20,000 taxis now offer mobile payment with the main apps, Wave and Orange Money. Mouhamadou Bamba Ndiaye has been a driver since 2007. For him, mobile payment facilitates transactions with his customers. ” You give him your phone, he scans and it’s over, he leaves. But if you don’t have change, you go downstairs and look for change, it takes a lot of time. To save time, we use Wave or Orange Money ».
For nine months, Deivy Houeix, an economics researcher at MIT, conducted an impact study on digital payments through the Wave Business application with more than 2,000 taxi drivers and owners. He first quantified the effects of currency problems. ” It has been estimated that drivers lose on average around 5% of their daily profits due to currency problems. So it may as well be having the cash stolen, but it’s also going to get small change, having to lower prices because of the change, losing customers because of the change ».
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Profitability
At the end of the nine-month experiment, taxi drivers in the capital increased their profit, especially the poorest. Another development in the sector is traceability. About two-thirds of taxi owners share or lend their vehicle to another driver for a fee. Using the app has allowed some to share their cash flow information with the owner.
« We see that some owners use this visibility as a way of monitoring, but perhaps positively, their drivers. That is to say that the driver can show that he is working. There were information problems in this sectorsays Deivy Houeix. Drivers sometimes had trouble proving to their owner that they were working. And so the fact that they were not collecting enough money was not due to their work, but due to the vagaries of the trade. »
Confidence improved in these small taxi companies and owners were more likely to pay their drivers. There are still a few blockages for membership to be total, firstly access to smartphones, but also the cost of mobile payments, 1% for drivers with “business” applications. Mouhamadou sometimes chooses cash payments to avoid fees. ” The main problem is the fees. Customers refuse to pay them themselves so it is up to us to deduct them from our shopping. Wave should revisit this. »
Mobile money is booming in sub-Saharan Africa. In Senegal, more than two thirds of the inhabitants now use this method of payment.
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Late last year, YouTube announced its “Go Live Together” feature that allows you to go live on YouTube with two people. Now the feature is getting a wide rollout, allowing all YouTube channels with at least 50 subscribers to go live with a friend and collaborate on the streaming platform.
Most of the time, the only requirement is that whoever is going to start the live stream needs to have at least 50 subscribers. That person can then invite whoever they want to their stream.
But following all, how to use this option? How to activate it? Below, we will show you all the details.
YouTube Live Together Feature
In the Together Live feature, every channel that has at least 50 subscribers can go live with another person. Together they can collaborate on the streaming platform, and live together simultaneously.
As stated above, the channel owner needs to have at least 50 subscribers, and that person can invite whoever they want to their broadcast.
In addition, there are other rules that need to be observed by the host of the live. Are they:
- Have your channel verified;
- Have enabled live streaming;
- Must not have received any live streaming restrictions in the last 90 days;
- Finally, in some situations, you need to wait 24 hours to start your first live stream. Therefore, organize yourself in advance, so as to avoid any kind of inconvenience.
Is the feature available for all devices?
Unfortunately not. For now, the feature can only be activated through the YouTube app, which means that if you have a fancy camera setup at home and want to run it through your computer, you won’t be able to.
While this may be disappointing for some, YouTube claims it is working to allow PC users access to the co-stream feature. However, it has not yet given a timeframe for this option to be available.
How to live on YouTube with two people?
If your channel fits the requirements described above, it’s time to learn how to use the option. See the step-by-step below:
- open the youtube app on your smartphone;
- Right away, access the account in which you want to perform the live;
- Once that’s done, tap the icon + no menu inferior;
- Afterwards, choose the option Together Live.
Once you’ve done that, you can add details to the stream, such as the title, thumbnails, visibility, and monetization settings. That done, just share the link with the user who will participate in the live with you, to finish.
Send the invitation to the guest, and once they click on the link, they will be directed to a waiting room. After going live, you will have the option to allow your guests to join the live.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that YouTube is not the first live streaming platform that offers a co-hosting feature. This is said, as Twitch already released a similar tool in June 2022.