Led by TDM Growth Partners, the funding round brings the total investment in the profitable tech leader to US$82M LONDON, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Rokt, the global leader in e-commerce marketing technology, today announced an investment of US$48M from global investment firm, TDM Growth Partners, as well as existing investors. The capital will help accelerate research & […]
Day: October 30, 2019
Keeping Dreams of Younglings Alive: UNMISS Constructs Classrooms for Primary School in Gok
Asked if she wants to be the president of South Sudan when she grows up, 12-year-old Rebecca Aman Chan, a student at the Asementi Primary School gazes into the mid-distance, pondering this exciting thought experiment. Yes, I can be the president,rdquo…
African Development Bank Group’s Board of Governors to hold fifth extraordinary meeting in Abidjan
Who: Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group What: 5th extraordinary meeting of the Board of Governors Where: Abidjan, Hotel Ivoire, Cocirc;te d’Ivoire When: 31 October 2019 The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (A…
Origin of modern humans ‘traced to Botswana’, says scientists
GABORONE, A large ancient wetlands region spanning northern Botswana once teeming with life but now dominated by desert and salt flats may represent the ancestral homeland of all of the 7.7 billion people on Earth today, researchers said. Their stu…
Russia steps up efforts to fill gaps left by America’s waning interest in Africa
The Russian government and state companies signed dozens of memoranda of understanding and agreements during the first Russia-Africa Summit in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi last week. Russia also promised further cooperation, building on recent ag…
Nairobi Startup Pushes Cleaner Home Cooking Fuel
NAIROBI, KENYA � Catherine Mutua she has always used charcoal and gas to cook for her young family.But, the source of energy she grew up with was becoming too expensive. She found out that she can also cook with another kind of fuel, ethanol.”Before I …