Indian online learning platform Unacademy has raised $440 million in a new financing round as investors double down on the South Asian market and elsewhere following a widening series of regulatory crackdowns in China that wiped hundreds of billions of dollars last month.
All is now set for the rollout of 5G services across Nigeria, according to Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The announcement was made during a public inquiry on the draft frequency spectrum held recently at the nation’s capital, where the NCC boss noted that the Commission had finally completed its preparations – “crossed all the T’s and dotted all the I’s” – and is currently awaiting approval from the Federal Government to begin rolling out 5G services.
LinkedIn has published the latest edition of its annual survey of B2B technology buyers, which looks at key industry trends and notes in order to help tech marketers maximize their performance and outreach. In the APAC region specifically 1911 decision-makers took part in the study, with a separate report for India.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Salesforce announced a set of new integrations, including sales of Salesforce products on the AWS Marketplace and easier data sharing between Salesforce Data Cloud and AWS data services. Most of the changes are fairly technical but the general lesson is that even mighty Salesforce is ultimately a guest on turf controlled by AWS.