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Uruguay’s strong initial response to the pandemic kept infection rates low and its audiovisual sector was the first in the region to return to work in 2020. This made it a go-to location for international film and TV projects interrupted by the global crisis. Netflix was the first to arrive in Uruguay in 2011, followed by Amazon Prime in 2016 and Apple TV+ in 2017. In large part, the rapid growth of the audiovisual sector and eCommerce in Uruguay during Covid19 reflects a years-long public policy committed to the growth... Read More >

Somalian e-health startup ogow health is improving care paths, access to patient data, reporting, and public health information for major interventions such as maternal health and immunisations via app and web-based tools now impacting thousands of patients. ogow health builds digital health solutions empowering and equipping healthcare providers, caregivers and governments in the hardest to reach communities, with its products designed to improve patient access to records, enhance understanding and adherence to healthcare policies, and build patient trust in health systems through innovative and community-centric methods.

Nigerian ed-tech startup uLesson has secured US$15 million in Series B funding it will use to add to its team and improve services for its growing community of learners across Africa. Founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneur Sim Shagaya, uLesson offers live online classes with expert tutors, video lessons and personalised live homework help for primary and secondary school learners online and via its app. uLesson is available in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, The Gambia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK).

Pan-African venture capital firm 4DX Ventures has completed the final close of its second fund at $60 million. The second fund, launched in the first quarter of this year, was expected to close at $50 million, but investor and limited partner (LP) interest saw the fund oversubscribed.

Ordering groceries, vegetables and daily essentials is just a WhatsApp away as billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s e-commerce platform JioMart taps into the popular messaging app to scale up online business in its fight for dominance in the giant Indian retail market with Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart.

Uni, an Indian startup that offers users pay-later cards, has raised $70 million in a financing round as it looks to broaden its product offerings in the South Asian market. General Catalyst led the one-year-old startup’s Series A funding. Eight Roads Ventures, Elevation Capital, Arbor Ventures as well as existing investors Lightspeed and Accel participated in the round.

India-based esports team 7Sea Esports has been bought by Ampverse, marking the esports media company’s entry into the world’s largest mobile gaming market. According to Sensor Tower, India currently has the most mobile game downloads for a country, with almost half a billion year-on-year increase recorded in Q1 2021. It predicts gaming and esports will continue to see growth in India, with smartphone penetration and digital adoption swiftly increasing, and India is projected to exceed China as the world’s most populous country by 2025.

The re-platforming improves delivery of new features and performance under the hood.

Escalating cyberattacks require companies to get serious about protecting customers.

InterSystems has partnered with Veromo to deliver Veromo’s Registration-as-a-Service (RaaS) capabilities directly within online banking websites.

Grab is acquiring premium supermarket chain Jaya Grocer. According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Grab said it will acquire all of the ordinary shares of Jaya Grocer and 75% of the preference shares of Jaya Grocer. This comes less than two weeks after the company’s Nasdaq listing and according to The Edge Markets, the deal is valued to be up to RM1.8 billion.

Philippine-based multi-channel commerce platform development startup, ChatGenie, has raised additional capital in its recent fundraising campaign as part of Accelerating Asia’s fifth cohort for its first batch of investments from its US$20 million Fund II.