Amazon has launched an ordering and delivery platform for prescription medications. The service, dubbed Amazon Pharmacy, comes two years after the e-commerce giant acquired PillPack, medicine delivery service, for $753 million. The launch comes at an opportune time when most people are looking for ways to do their shopping errands ...
Amazon has named Ukonwa Ojo the new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Prime Video and Amazon Studios. She takes over the position from Andy Dorkin, who is to be transitioned to a yet to be disclosed position at Amazon. She previously worked as the CMO of beauty industry giant MAC ...
Jeff Bezos’ net worth is now close to $172 billion hitting a new peak after he despite the current economic climate due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To add on, Last year, Bezos, relinquished a quarter of his stake in Amazon.com Inc. as part of a divorce settlement last year. She ...
Amazon is launching a $2 billion internal venture-capital fund to invest in clean energy. The fund, called The Climate Pledge Fund, will invest in companies across several industries from transportation, energy, manufacturing, food and agriculture and battery storage. The new fund is focused on technology investments to reduce the impact ...
Amazon is reportedly in talks to by stake worth $2 billion in India's third-largest telco Bharti Airtel. The planned investment, if completed, would see Amazon acquire a roughly 5 per cent stake based on the current market value. Giving Bharti Airtel a boost as it seeks to compete against the number ...
Amazon recently applied for a patent at the US Trademark and Patent Office for a touchless scanning system. The patent identifies a non-contact biometric identification system that includes a hand scanner that generates images of a users palms. As noted in the patent abstract. a scanner device is used that ...
Amazon knows how to deliver a more personalized shopping experience to customers. That’s why Amazon’s success is known worldwide because of its quality products and marketing strategies. These quality products are expensive, and it often drives more profit to sellers. Though expensive, these Amazon products are easy to sell as ...
Amazon is a platform wherein you can buy mobile phones, laptops, cameras, watches, apparels, shoes etc. So, you can shop with confidence on Amazon. Amazon has its latest stock of new phones ready. Amazon is also distributing Amazon mobile coupons for the discount which can be availed on mobile phones. You ...
For several years, Africans used to send family and friends to shop for them whenever they traveled overseas, by sending them an item or two on Amazon or eBay. Later, hundreds of sites sprouted across cities to help buyers in Africa buy just about anything from hundreds of overseas eCommerce ...
Have you ever wanted to buy a new gadget and had to resort to travelling to South Africa for it, because locally it’s either just unavailable or has an obscene price tag? On some occasions, have you had to ask someone travelling from the UK, the US or some other ...
Founded by Mrs Uju Uzo-Ojinnaka, an ex banker and a contractor in the construction sector, Traders of Africa, (TOFA), a pan-African online platform connecting commodity producers to buyers has raised undisclosed angel funding to start operations in Nigeria, Kenya and several other key markets in a move to boost intra-African ...
ShowMax has partnered with SEACOM, to host ShowMax caching servers in Nairobi, allowing for peering to take place with local internet service providers (ISPs). According to ShowMax's Head of Distribution Mike Raath,“The net effect of placing caching servers in Nairobi is that customers can pull video content from much closer ...
At CES® 2017, Huawei showcased its Intelligent Phone, an AI-powered device which will be able to anticipate users needs by matching the way they think and feel. The new device will emulate the human capacity to interact with and understand the world around it. For example, the Intelligent Phone ...
Identity theft and falling victim to a scam or fraud are top of the list. The growth in popularity of online shopping websites has brought an increase in the activities of cybercriminals that are targeting unwary consumers. If you’re going to get the best out of your online shopping activities — without falling prey to criminals and ...
You have probably heard of Twitch, the Amazon-owned live streaming video service for gamers. YouTube has announced it's launching a similar service dubbed YouTube Gaming. "This summer, we'll launch YouTube Gaming, a brand new app and website to keep you connected to the games, players, and culture that matter to ...
Following its launches in Tanzania and Angola, Rocket Internet's online retailer JUMIA today launches in Senegal, the 12th country the e-commerce site is active in. In a statement, Patrick Farnole, Managing Director JUMIA Senegal said: “A new way of shopping was born in Senegal. Imagine a website where you can ...
Armed with a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering and Information Technology, from the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Nkurunziza Christophe is building Yubeyi.com, Rwanda's Amazon on his own! Launched late last year, Yubeyi.com has only one major aim, to be Rwanda's largest online mall with a 3-day free ...
According to reports Amazon.com is set to acquire Rocket Internet's fashion e-tailer Jabong, based in India for $1.2 billion deal. The deal will be biggest acquisition in the Indian e-commerce history according to India's VCCircle. The reports indicate that Amazon will not shut down Jabong but run it as an ...
Amazon is set to launch Amazon Travel on a move expected to disrupt the hotel and travle industry for good.According to reports, Amazon Travel will power hotel and resort booking and will start from New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle as early as Januray 1.According to the report by Skift ...
Binny & Sachin: Pain for Bezos You will love this game. Just a few hours after Nasper's backed Flipkart announced it had raised $1 billion to fuel its mobile growth, Amazon's Jeff Bezos doubled up the amount for his Amazon store in India. Injecting a cool ...
E-commerce giant Amazon is expected to release its earnings on July 24, 2014, with many enthusiasts waiting to hear whether Fire Phone is actually selling. The company is rumored as likely to realize a loss for the second quarter of this year partly because of its recent investment in novel ...
Online shopping platform Jumia Egypt is set to roll out e-retailers in a bid to increase the level of business as well as customer service among retailers. The platform will now offer buyers flexible methods as well as be of advantage to brands who can now create and manage their ...
Internet Corporation Yahoo, plans to get into Video content in which it is set to acquire the kind of original programming that typically winds up on high-end cable-TV networks and streaming services like Netflix. The considered projects would be led by writers or directors with experience in television and unlike ...
Ghana’s Amazon, Ahonya.com has raised an undisclosed seed funding round led by Rio Partners and their existing investors Nairobi-based Savannah Fund. Rio, a Dubai-based investment firm which focuses on seed, early and growth stage investment opportunities in technology, media and telecommunications. Rio is led by Percy Grundy, formerly CEO of Tigo Ghana and ...
Linio, Rocket Internet's LatAm 'Amazon' has today received $50 million from Latin Idea, a prominent Mexico-based private equity fund and existing investors – which include JP Morgan Asset Management, Investment AB Kinnevik, the Tengelmann Group, Summit Partners, and Rocket Internet. The financing round of USD 50M in fresh capital for ...
Amazon is set to launch an online video service in Russia after reports August 20 that it had applied to register the “Amazon Instant Video” patent in the country. Live in the US and Canada and not in Europe, the Amazon Instant Video service allows video lovers to buy and ...
Nigeria's online shopping mall, Konga.com has launched Konga.com Flagship Pick-Up centres across Lagos in a move that will make online shopping awesome and available even for guys without internet access just before its first anniversary on July 10. Konga.com's first 3 flagship stores include Victoria Island Pick-Up Point: 12 Idowu ...
Rocket Internet's Jumia has gone live in Ivory Coast in a move to provide a wide range of products online – including fashion, consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile devices. This expansion makes the number of countries to five where Jumia is operating in. According to Jeremy Hodara, Co-CEO of ...
