South African company Finclusion Group, which is building Africa’s first credit-led neobank as it bids to accelerate financial inclusion throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced an additional US$2 million in funding as it rebrands as part of a brand integration.
Taeillo, a Lagos-based startup innovating around the issues relating to time, quality, and cost via its online furniture e-commerce store, has raised $2.5 million in “expansion” funding from Aruwa Capital, a Nigeria-based early-stage growth equity and gender-lens fund.
CapitaLand India Trust Management Pte Ltd, the trustee-manager of CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT), is acquiring a 4.01-acre freehold site in Ambattur, Chennai for Rs 83.28 crore to develop its third data centre in India. CLINT will invest an estimated total amount of Rs 19.4 billion (about Singapore dollar 328.8 million) to acquire the site and develop a state-of-the-art data centre in phases over the next four to five years.
It’s tough to get brand safety right, but the industry keeps trying. IPG Mediabrands announced a new set of tools to find and block inappropriate ad placements, while IAS expanded its suitability measurements to include standards from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Meanwhile, DoubleVerify admitted a mistake made brand safety on X/Twitter look worse than it really was in October 2023 and March 2024.