Kenyan money transfer startup Kyanda expands to SA
Kenyan fintech startup Kyanda, a money transfer app that aims to help users make all sorts of transactions at as low a cost as possible, has launched operations in South Africa.
Kenyan fintech startup Kyanda, a money transfer app that aims to help users make all sorts of transactions at as low a cost as possible, has launched operations in South Africa.
Nigerian at-home lab testing startup HealthTracka has raised US$1.5 million in funding to expand into Kenya and Ghana in the coming months. Founded in May 2021, Healthtracka provides B2C services where users book their lab tests on the website, have their samples collected at home and get digital results, with the cost of tests also covering a doctor’s review of results; and B2B services – offering API infrastructure for tele-health service providers, hospitals, and pharmacies.
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.
Is the jury still out on social commerce? Our friends at eMarketer don’t think so: they expect it to grow 34% this year to exceed $53 billion and 5% of total U.S. ecommerce market. Related: Amazon-owned Twitch is jumping into the game and Motom is consolidating social shopping feeds from multiple platforms.