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E-commerce across Latin America exploded in the past two years, but against an infrastructure that wasn’t prepared for all of that activity. Treggo is developing technology to make urban shipments in Argentina, Mexico and Chile easier, so merchants of any size can provide an Amazon-like service for their customers. Users can receive immediate quotes, see the closest distributor and monitor deliveries in real time. The company also has a collaboration with Mercado Libre’s Flex Shipping to allow products to be received in as soon as one hour.

Treble.ai, a Colombian startup that connects companies and customers through Whatsapp, indicates that the new resources will be used mainly on the product, enhancing its integration with other sales and customer service software. The goal is to reach 10,000 customers in the next three years. Treble.ai customers are Rappi, Olist, Trii, Conta Simples, Addi, Elenas, and Escale, which use “disruptive technology” to increase sales, follow up on leads and provide faster service.

Place Exchange views Latin America as a major market for out-of-home (OOH) growth, particularly since Statista has projected OOH ad spending there to increase from its $960 million in 2021 to $1.47 billion by 2024. The company’s planned expansion will give marketers access to more than 9,000 premium digital OOH screens.

Egyptian marketing tech startup Stllr Network has closed a six-figure US dollar round of funding to help it grow its team and expand regionally. The funding comes from 500 Global, and angel investors through Women Spark and Falak Angels, among others.

Nigerian recruitment startup Terawork has launched iOS and Android mobile apps to help employers and entrepreneurs hire, manage and communicate with vetted talent in real-time.

Egyptian B2B eCommerce platform Cartona has received a $12 million Series A funding from Silicon Badia, with the active support of the SANAD Fund for MSME.

BetterCommerce, a leader in the provision of composable and headless ecommerce solutions for mid-market retailers and brands has announced a strategic partnership with AdYogi, a leading multichannel marketing agency with multi-disciplinary expertise across Google, Facebook and Instagram, underpinned by cutting-edge technology to accelerate sales.

The data centre facility industry in India is growing at a fast pace as data generation and consumption along with digital transformation is also on the rise. The compound effect of government’s push for digital adoption, Infrastructure industry status and private enterprises undergoing digital transformation, new age start-ups setting and consuming digital platforms to launch new services and products.

Nexion’s second region – Nexion Pacific spans the East coast of Australia to the West coast of North America. Aiscorp and Silicon are outstanding businesses with long histories of delivering services in the Pacific region, according to reports, the acquisitions would triple the company’s net worth to $18.3 million.

Australia’s Google Cloud Platform ecosystem is approaching critical mass just five years after Google established its first GCP data centre in Sydney in 2017, enterprises are adopting GCP for its core strengths in data analytics, sustainability, and alignment with cloud-native technologies.

Magna Australia’s new research demonstrates the power of AR to offer consumers a personalised experience they have the luxury of controlling. The fact consumers noted utility and usefulness alongside an increase in purchase intent has confirmed ARs ability to help drive decision making in the purchase journey.

Carousell Group has acquired control of Laku6, an AI-first end-to-end electronics recommerce platform in Indonesia, as part of its vision to make secondhand the first choice for users. Temasek unit Heliconia Capital will be supporting Carousell Group in its acquisition of Laku6 and in accelerating circularity in secondhand electronics. The deal follows the initial investment Heliconia made into Carousell, less than a year ago in October 2021.