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Africa has become the first continent in the world to complete the collection of accurate, comprehensive and harmonised digital land use and land use change data under the Africa Open DEAL initiative. DEAL stands for Data for the Environment, Agriculture and Land Initiative. The data collection and analysis initiative is led by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the African Union Commission (AUC).

Single-use plastic management will now be data-driven in Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia thanks to Wastebase. The app has just been launched by unwaste.io, a company founded in 2020 by software engineers Cameron Smith (based in Maputo, Mozambique) and Martin Pllu (based in Edinburgh, UK).

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today launched FieldX, a cloud-based end-to-end digital service lifecycle automation solution built on ServiceNow’s Now Platform®. Using FieldX, manufacturing organizations can enhance and scale-up their after-sales customer service operations while reducing costs.

MyGlamm, a direct-to-consumer beauty brand in India that sells most of its products through its own website, app and retail touch points, said on Monday it has raised $71.3 million in a financing round as the Mumbai-headquartered firm looks to scale its business across the South Asian market.

AlJammaz Technologies, the leading value-added technology distributor and cloud aggregator in Saudi, GCC and the Middle East, announced that it signed a distribution agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for Saudi Arabia. With this partnership, AlJammaz Technologies is authorised to distribute Innovative edge-to-cloud solutions from across the HPE portfolio, including Compute, Storage, Software and Intelligent Edge. AlJammaz will also offer solutions as-a-service via the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, as well as a wide range of networking solutions from Aruba.

Australian tourism body explains the process of rolling out its AI chatbot capability and the internal and consumer benefits it’s triggering.

Telecommunications is all about connections, but tech teams are seeing a steep rise in service complexity. As a result, it’s becoming harder for IT to manage increasingly complex network structures, diverse products and bundles while ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and retention.

Data technology provider InterSystems has been recognised as a leader in multimodel data platforms by research firm Forrester.

Australia Post has said it is overhauling its event management platform to further improve parcel tracking through its warehouses.

PropertyGuru is merging with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Bridgetown 2 Holdings, to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. The combined company will have an enterprise value of about US$1.35 billion and an equity value of approximately US$1.78 billion at closing. PropertyGuru, backed by KKR, TPG Capital and REA Group, will retain over 70% ownership of the listed company. At the same time, KKR, TPG Group and REA Group will roll 100% of their equity into the combined company.

China is continuing its crackdown on the country’s big tech by launching a national campaign that will address what it perceives as major issues in the digital industry. The country is also introducing guidelines for online platforms to ensure food delivery riders earn above the country’s minimum wage, are freed from unreasonable demands placed upon them by algorithms and have access to social security and a place in a union.

Tail Target is a data management platform (DMP) and also Customer Data Platform (CDP) that helps businesses get to know their target audiences in real time. It analyzes anonymous browsing behavior of internet users and provides brands with information related to consumers’ needs. The platform collects and organizes massive user-generated data to provide better audience analysis, datainsights, and ad targeting multichannel activation to improve the results of companies’ marketing strategies. Tail Target was launched in 2012 and is operated from Sao Paulo, Brazil.