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CHINA SMARTPHONE HUAWEI

Huawei unveils its latest smartphone series The move came as Huawei is working to maintain the growth momentum of its smartphone business, despite the US government's restrictions and the COVID-19 outbreak.

by ChinaDaily

2020-03-27

EGYPT FINTECH Fawry

Mohamed Okasha steps down as Fawry’s managing director to launch $25 million fintech fund The fund will invest in Egyptian fintech startups across different stages.

by MENAbytes

2020-03-27

KENYA TRANSPORTATION Matatus

Matatus take up mobile payments in bid to limit the spread of COVID-19 Matatus, Kenya’s public service vehicles have been urged to take up mobile payments starting from Nairobi, in a bid to limit the spread of the Coronavirus from cash payments.

by kenyandigest

2020-03-26

INDIA DRONES FlytBase

FlytBase Offers Free Drone Services To Health Initiatives Fighting Pandemic FlytBase believes that this will minimise contact and limited the opportunities of exposure to the virus.

by Inc42

2020-03-26

INDIA Healthcare Invest India

Invest India Launches Platform To Meet Medical Supplies Demand For Covid-19 The Business Immunity Platform was launched on March 21, 2020.

by Inc42

2020-03-25

SINGAPORE CUSTOMER SERVICE Grab

Grab launches grocery service GrabMart in Vietnam GrabMart allows users in the southern city to order fresh and processed food and drinks from its merchant partners, including supermarkets, convenience stores and food retailers.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-24

CHINA AI ALIBABA CLOUD

Alibaba offers AI diagnostic tool of COVID-19 to more countries The technology has been used in over 260,000 clinical cases in 160 Chinese hospitals

by Xinhuanet

2020-03-23

SOUTH AFRICA PE Design Innovation Seed Fund

Design Innovation Seed Fund open for applications from Western Cape innovators The Design Innovation Seed Fund will provide Western Cape innovators with grants of up to R800k.

by ventureburn

2020-03-23

Tunisia CUSTOMER SERVICE IntiGo

Tunisian bike taxi startup IntiGo temporarily pivots to delivery services because of Coronavirus Tunisian bike-taxi startup IntiGo has temporarily pivoted to offer different types of delivery services to consumers and businesses because of Coronavirus.

by MENAbytes

2020-03-23

UAE EDTECH Aldar Education

Aldar Education rolls out new distance learning programme The e-learning platform contains a variety of learning resources — as well as assigned tasks that need to be completed online.

by magnitt

2020-03-20

INDIA DRONES Dunzo

Dunzo Drone Deliveries May Become A Reality By April-End DGCA has allowed Dunzo and Throttle to test their long-range drone delivery solutions

by Inc42

2020-03-20

RWANDA New Energy Vehicle Ampersand

There Are More Motorcycles In Kigali Than Cabs In New York & A Rwandan Startup Is Making The Whole Fleet Go Electric One Bike At A Time E-moto company, Ampersand, is about helping the country’s motorcycle fleet go electric one bike at a time, and the startup is doing this with a business model that is quite unique.

by WeeTracker

2020-03-18

CHINA ENTERTAINMENT BYTEDANCE

ByteDance goes on Singapore hiring spree, poaching Facebook and Google employees The firm plans to set up its new ad network center in the city-state to target the Southeast Asian market.

by kr-asia

2020-03-13

CHINA 5G ALIBABA

Alibaba sets up new lab to boost 5G research The new lab will promote the research of next-generation communication technologies.

by kr-asia

2020-03-11

CHINA GAME BYTEDANCE

ByteDance prepares release of its first self-developed casual mobile game Warrior Girl Parkour is a three-dimensional parkour mobile game in which characters can run, jump, slide, and ride walls.

by kr-asia

2020-03-10

Kuwait E-COMMERCE Jumla

Jumla has launched its logistics services in Kuwait Jumla has been building the region’s largest community of businesses with the aim of simplifying their complex daily sourcing activities of food, beverage, and consumables.

by magnitt

2020-03-10

INDIA 5G ONEPLUS

OnePlus Announces Tech Lab To Make 5G Smartphones In India The OnePlus R&D lab will be based in Hyderabad.

by Inc42

2020-03-09

AFRICA DATA CENTRE Actis

Actis Takes Majority Stake In Lagos-based Rack Center To Start USD 250 Mn Pan-African Data Center Buying Spree Actis, a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America, is in the process of establishing a USD 250 Mn pan-African data center platform.

by WeeTracker

2020-03-06

INDIA ENTERTAINMENT TikTok

After TikTok’s Success, Bytedance Brings Resso Music Streaming App To India Resso is also offering free and paid models in India.

by Inc42

2020-03-05

INDIA FINTECH PAYTM

Paytm Gets Brokerage Licence To Offer Insurance Products Paytm customers can manage policies and claims at select merchant points

by Inc42

2020-03-04