Tech giant Google announced the launch of a cloud region in South Africa, its first in the continent, playing catch-up to other top providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, which made inroads into the continent a few years ago.
Viebeg Technologies, a health tech company, backed by venture capital, is making it easier for more people in Central and East Africa to get affordable healthcare by helping healthcare facilities buy supplies in real-time. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage supply chain processes like shipping, warehousing, distribution, and inventory management to ensure that healthcare facilities have the right medical supplies.
A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector.
Salesforce has reversed course on its bid to acquire data management and integration platform Informatica a source has told Reuters. Informatica itself said that it is not in talks to be acquired. Salesforce stocks rose on this latest news while Informatica’s fell.