Freshworks, a global leader in customer engagement software, has secured US$100mn in financing and has hired former AppDynamics vice-president of finance and treasury Suresh Seshadri as its new chief financial officer
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Fidelity Bank and WorldRemit to speed up instant money transfers to Nigeria
Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit has joined forces with Fidelity Bank, one of Nigeria’s top financial services providers, for instant money transfers to four million Fidelity Bank accounts in Nigeria
ABB introduces cyber security solution at PowerGen Africa
ABB has unveiled ABB Ability™ Cyber Security Asset Inventory at PowerGen Africa, to reduce the time, cost and vulnerability associated with managing assets connected to online services, the ‘cyber inventory’
CABI launches space-age technology to fight crop-devastating pest outbrakes in Kenya
Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), funded by the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme (IPP), is developing a Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) to fight against crop-devastating pest outbrakes in Kenya
DHL partners with MallforAfrica on a marketplace site
DHL, the world’s leading international express services provider, has partnered with e-commerce giant, MallforAfrica’s new platform, Marketplace Africa, to help online retailers bring Africa-made products to the US and global market