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Oracle’s cloud services platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has launched ‘OCI dedicated region’ for the India market to offer public cloud services to customers on their premises. The new offering will help customers meet latency, data residency, and data sovereignty requirements that are key to many IT modernisation efforts. It will also allow Oracle to offer customers nearly 100 services within their premises.

QualityKiosk’s one of the largest independent global quality assurance service providers, extended its partnership with BrowserStack, a leading cloud-based testing platform enabling on-demand, cross-browser, and cross-device testing, into the international regions APAC. Its extensive expertise and strong domain experience in quality assurance and performance engineering combined with the BrowserStack platform will enable enterprises in the region to create and deploy quality and bug-free software at pace and scale.

HubSpot’s new Nonprofits platform is set to help NFP organisations through a specific set of tools, resources, support and pricing. The lau­­­­­­­nch of HubSpot for Nonprofits comes after new research from HubSpot found that over nine in ten (95 per cent) Australian not-for-profits experience barriers to growth, such as disparate software, multiple sources of data and a clouded source of truth. It also found nearly 3 in 10 don’t use a CRM.

Westpac’s BT is modernising its Panorama financial planning platform by migrating it to run in the cloud, which should also make the platform easier to separate from the group. Westpac reveals challenges of ring-fencing large IT assets and unwinding tight system integrations to prepare those assets for life outside of the Westpac Group.

The Queensland government is considering forcing agencies to report data breaches to affected individuals and the state’s privacy commissioner as part of proposed privacy and right to information reforms. The Department of Justice and Attorney-General on Friday released a consultation paper calling for feedback.

Founded in 2019, Klar is a fully digital bank in the vein of companies like California-based Chime. It plans to use its new capital of US $70 million to further push its banking-based model to the Mexican population (where an estimated 50% of the population is unbanked).

Mono, which as of March, had attracted more than 300 customers and achieved $1 million in total payment volume. Its workforce has grown to 25 employees, and the company expects to round out its senior leadership within the next year. To keep that momentum going, the company announced $6 million in seed funding led by Tiger Global. The new funds will enable Mono to plan for future expansion to other countries, like Mexico, Peru, Chile and Brazil.

Thepeer, an African tech infrastructure startup connecting businesses’ wallets, has raised a $2.1 million seed round led by the Raba Partnership. The news comes a year after the startup raised $220,000 in pre-seed from a handful of angel investors.

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.

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.

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.

PwC India has agreed to acquire Venerate Solutions, a salesforce consulting firm in India, for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition aligns with PwC’s commitment to invest in digital transformation and in strategic alliances. Venerate will augment the Salesforce consulting practice with significant end-to-end capabilities. These solutions help organisations reimagine the customer experience, seamlessly ramp up sales and support their growth journeys.