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OmniRetail Shakes up Africa’s B2B E-Commerce Market With $20 Million Series A
OmniRetail’s model digitizes order management for 145 manufacturers, more than 5,800 distributors, and services over 150,000 informal retailers across 12 cities in Nigeria, Ghana, and Ivory Coast.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: China Wants Tech Companies to Monetize Data, but Few Are Buying In
A first-of-its-kind policy allows Chinese firms to treat data as an asset, but compliance hurdles are keeping many companies on the sidelines.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- data, e-commerce, gig economy, regulations
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News: Mexico’s New Tariffs Hit Shein — And Millions of Local Resellers
The government hopes the 19% tax will push Asian e-commerce giants to grow their operations in Mexico, and make up for 79,000 textile jobs lost to fast fashion.
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- Uncategorized
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- Latin America
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Nigerians Are Building Affordable Alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud
Local cloud startups offer data sovereignty at a time when the debate about who has access to a country’s data is heating up.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Fashion Marketplace LAAM Gets $5.5 Million to Make South Asian Fashion Accessible to the World
LAAM has emerged as a leading platform for South Asian fashion, offering a curated catalog of over 100,000 items from more than 1,000 brands—the largest collection of its kind globally.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Chinese Retailer Temu Storms Nigeria
Temu has developed a reputation for being a retailer with cheap consumer wares that are quickly delivered, often drawing comparisons with Chinese fast fashion rival Shein.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, e-commerce
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Gobi Partners Announces Techxila Fund II and Signs MOU with Bank of Punjab to Drive Economic Cooperation in Pakistan
This strategic partnership aims to foster entrepreneurship and strengthen economic cooperation in Pakistan.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Gobi Partners Announces Techxila Fund II and Signs MOU with Bank of Punjab to Drive Economic Cooperation
The Techxila Fund II aims to empower startups in Pakistan, with a focus on high potential sectors.
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- Investing
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia