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Jumia Reports 30% Growth in Value of Goods Sold on Its Platform during Black Friday Season This Year

Jumia Reports 30% Growth in Value of Goods Sold on Its Platform during Black Friday Season This Year

E-commerce in Africa is rapidly expanding, with huge promise as more people get access to the internet. According to the 2021 GSMA mobile economy study,…
Flink, the Berlin-Based Instant Grocery Startup, is Now Valued at $2.85B after Raising $750M in a Round Led by DoorDash

Flink, the Berlin-Based Instant Grocery Startup, is Now Valued at $2.85B after Raising $750M in a Round Led by DoorDash

Instant food delivery remains a bubbly sector, but today brings word of a large fundraising round for one of the market’s players, which investors hope…
Three Disruptive Trends that Will Shape Marketing in 2022

Three Disruptive Trends that Will Shape Marketing in 2022

When the year 2021 arrived, the entire planet breathed a sigh of relief. We congratulated ourselves on making it to 2020 and looked forward to…
Anakin’s Pricing Tool Gives E-Commerce Companies Jump on Competitors

Anakin’s Pricing Tool Gives E-Commerce Companies Jump on Competitors

Anakin, a SaaS firm that just graduated from Y Combinator, has secured $2 million to continue building its software that allows e-commerce enterprises to access…
Five Things You May Have Missed in Atomico’s 2021 Europe Report

Five Things You May Have Missed in Atomico’s 2021 Europe Report

Europe, which has long considered a second-class citizen in comparison to the United States’ startup scene, has been on fire in recent quarters and years.…
Characteristics of Flexible Budget

Characteristics of Flexible Budget

A budget is a quantitative expression of a business plan for a specific future period, typically a year. It is simply a financial projection for…
Lower of Cost or Market (LCM)

Lower of Cost or Market (LCM)

Lower of cost or market (LCM or LOCOM) is a method for valuing inventory that is mandated by U.S. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). Ending…
Roku and Google Reach a Deal for the Continued Distribution of YouTube and YouTube TV on Roku Devices

Roku and Google Reach a Deal for the Continued Distribution of YouTube and YouTube TV on Roku Devices

Roku stated this morning that it has reached a deal with Google that would allow it to continue to carry both YouTube and YouTube TV…
Monetization – Process of Converting Something into Money

Monetization – Process of Converting Something into Money

Monetization is the process of converting something into money in general. It literally means to exchange something for money. In practice, this entails converting non-revenue-generating…
Inflation Hedge

Inflation Hedge

An inflation hedge is an investment that is designed to protect the investor from a decrease in the purchasing power of money (hedge) (inflation). It…
What Could Stop the Startup Boom?

What Could Stop the Startup Boom?

We have been looking at record venture capital numbers from across the world for so long that it is almost time for Q3. Cities, countries,…
TradeDepot Raises $110M from IFC, Novastar to Extend BNPL Service to Merchants across Africa

TradeDepot Raises $110M from IFC, Novastar to Extend BNPL Service to Merchants across Africa

After the pandemic set the path for significant offline retail and commerce disruption, startups digitizing B2B e-commerce and retail in Africa continue to make headlines.…
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