African fintech OPay reportedly raising $400M at over $1.5B valuation – TechCrunch

Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech platform OPay is in talks to raise up to $400 million, The Information reported today. The fundraising will be coming two years after OPay announced two…

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Self-driving truck startup Kodiak partnering with SK Group to expand into Asia – TechCrunch

Kodiak Robotics, the U.S.-based self-driving truck startup, is partnering with South Korean conglomerate SK to explore the possibility of deploying its autonomous vehicle technology in Asia. The ultimate aim of…

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Govt asks social media firms to respond ‘ASAP’ on status of compliance with new IT rules

The Government of India on Wednesday asked social media companies to confirm and share their responses "ASAP and preferably today itself" on the status of their compliance with new IT…

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Emile Learning bets it can make high school students study, not scroll – TechCrunch

Edtech has realized it needs to build for the TikTok generation. It’s part of the reason we’re seeing a rise in supplemental, aspirational companies such as Outschool and MasterClass, which…

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