Launched in 2014, i-likelocal.com is a sustainable, social travel platform that enables travelers to book authentic, local travel experiences from and with people in Asia and Africa. Founded by Kenyan-based Sanne Meijboom, the platform was created with the goal in mind to bring an in depth, unique, local experience to travelers and at ...
GSMA has launched the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, which will support innovative start-ups from and operating in Africa and selected countries in Asia. The fund will invest £2 million to approximately 10 to 15 start-ups in January 2017. The Fund is backed by the UK Department for International Development ...
Rocket Internet has entered the jobs classifieds verticals with Everjobs, a new job portal for Asia and Africain a move to help simplify the job search and hiring process by connecting job seekers with employers in a matter of clicks. Launched today in Sri Lanka, Everjobs allows job seekers to ...
The company's chief executive, Charles Zhang, believes recent court victories against copyright violators is kick-starting a major import boom of Hollywood TV shows and movies. Chinese audiences are now able to laugh along to the comedic charms of U.S. TV luminaries like Kristen Wiig, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, as classic ...
Google Translate marks the calender as it will henceforth translate 80 languages giving users a wide platform to connect and engage among people who do not share a language. The 9 new languages launched today have over 200 million native speakers all together from span Africa, Asia and Oceania. Africa ...
Rocket Internet's ‘Easy Taxi,’ a mobile taxi app, has today launched in the Middle East after raising $7 million from iMENA Holdings. Starting with Saudi Arabia today, the funding, the largest funding to-date for a mobile application business in the region will help Easy Taxi to launch and steadily grow ...
