TechnologyBrazil VC Monashees raising $250 mn to fund startups in Latin AmericaInternational Finance DeskJuly 16, 2019December 17, 2019 by International Finance DeskJuly 16, 2019December 17, 2019 Firms in Monashees portfolio have raised up to $2 bn from global investors after raising funds from the Brazilian VC ... Read more
TechnologyAngola Cables launches cloud service for companies in AfricaInternational Finance DeskJuly 16, 2019December 17, 2019 by International Finance DeskJuly 16, 2019December 17, 2019 The cloud service offers on-demand hardware and software resources, accelerated processing, and cloud allocated storage... Read more
TechnologyBrazil launches blockchain solution to track government contract bidsInternational Finance DeskJuly 15, 2019December 17, 2019 by International Finance DeskJuly 15, 2019December 17, 2019 Brazilian agriculture industry will benefit from Bid Solution which will provide complete transparency on the contract bids... Read more
FintechTechnologyOPay to use $50 mn funding to boost fintech and Nigerian businessesInternational Finance DeskJuly 11, 2019December 17, 2019 by International Finance DeskJuly 11, 2019December 17, 2019 Lead investors in the startup's funding round include IDG, Sequoia China, and Source Code... Read more
TechnologyUK’s financial services regulator to ban crypto derivativesInternational Finance DeskJuly 5, 2019December 17, 2019 by International Finance DeskJuly 5, 2019December 17, 2019 The potential ban can prevent investor losses of around £75 mn to £234.3 mn a year to consumers... Read more
TechnologySouth Korea to invest $854 mn annually to produce micro-chip materialsInternational Finance DeskJuly 3, 2019December 17, 2019 by International Finance DeskJuly 3, 2019December 17, 2019 Korea will develop homegrown materials and equipment used in the production of micro-chips... Read more
EconomyTechnologyDFSA and Smart Dubai in MoU to start smart transformationInternational Finance DeskJuly 1, 2019December 12, 2019 by International Finance DeskJuly 1, 2019December 12, 2019 The MoU signed by Waleed Saeed Al Awadhi and Wesam Lootah was UAE’s first digitally signed MoU... Read more
TechnologyVietnam’s Vingroup in deal with Qualcomm, Fujitsu for 5G smartphonesInternational Finance DeskJune 28, 2019 by International Finance DeskJune 28, 2019 The company’s Vsmart phones will be manufactured in Hanoi and are expected to be launched in April next year... Read more
TechnologyUber gets UAE ministry’s approval for $3.1bn Careem merger dealInternational Finance DeskJune 25, 2019 by International Finance DeskJune 25, 2019 UAE’s competition committee finds that the deal will not result in economic concentration in excess of the 40% allowed... Read more
TechnologyUAE leads in artificial intelligence investment in MEA: StudyInternational Finance DeskJune 12, 2019 by International Finance DeskJune 12, 2019 According to a study by Microsoft and EY, the UAE leads the MEA region in AI investments with $2.5 billion in a decade... Read more