To achieve its goal of deploying 12,000 of its fixed-wing UAVs in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next half decade, Wingcopter has announced a $42 million funding round bringing the company’s raise above $60 million to date.
Ghanaian startup eCampus has created a mobile and web application that gives learners 24/7 access to teaching notes, podcasts, video lessons, audiobooks, tests, and a topic-based discussion forum, putting the classroom in the palm of the user. The platform also provides intelligence for teachers or learning facilitators, helping them to know the strengths and weaknesses of students, and allowing them to provide tailored teaching to the specific needs of every student or learner.
E-commerce platforms are now the fastest growing medium for digital ads in India. India’s digital ads market is expected to touch $35 billion at the same time-period and e-commerce platforms will be one of the biggest contributors enabling this upward spiral.
Martech keeps taking larger bites out of marketing budgets: 17.3% last year, 19.9% this year, 23.5% next year, and 30.9% five years from now, according to the latest CMO Survey. This despite barely more than half (56.4%) of current tools being used and nearly half (48.8%) of the survey respondents reporting worse-than-expected results. Oddly enough, marketers rate selecting marketing technologies as the thing they do best.