Diane Lawson

Strategic Partner Manager @Google ; Contributor - Digital industry for Forbes Afrique

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Elon Musk acquires Twitter for usd44bn! https://t.co/CIXqnXET4o

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Qui sont les 25 licornes de la French Tech ? https://t.co/hz8Gr8iYG2

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Tidjane Thiam’s Spac pursues $1.5bn Latin American fintech target https://t.co/OnMyt5VTW6 via @FinancialNews

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We Don’t Need the G7 by Jeffrey D. Sachs @ProSyn https://t.co/PLFxQwqCgL

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Facebook copycat ClubHouse by launching audio rooms https://t.co/ePMVfgKli4

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Global mobile business messaging traffic hit 2.7 trillion last year, up 10% from 2019 and more marketers are looking to tap into the format. WhatsApp (>1bn users ww) wants to lead in business messaging
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Huawei launches its own operating system on smartphones in challenge to Google Android https://t.co/1ZxGApiSet

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Google is making a 3D, life-size video calling booth https://t.co/upKhBvYa4Q via @techcrunch

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Ankorstore raises another $102m for its wholesale marketplace for independent shop owners. https://t.co/56hho3NlLT via @techcrunch

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Industrial automation startup Bright Machines hauls in $435M at a $1.6bn valuation. Bright Machines creates microfactories involving a complex mix of hardware, software and artificial intelligence. https://t.co/62LOkzzyQ2 via @techcrunch

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Amount raises $99M at a $1B+ valuation to help banks better compete with fintechs https://t.co/B0ffB02zbp via @techcrunch

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SightCall, an augmented reality platform which overlays additional information over a video stream, to help field agents and customers carry out technical and mechanical maintenance or repairs more effectively,raised $42m https://t.co/TeO9GdwZsm

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Jumia, which raised more than $570 million over the past six months to strengthen its balance sheet, posted first-quarter revenues of €27.4 million. This is a 6% drop from the €29.3 million that it reported in Q1 2020 https://t.co/hcRYqfsi7v

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Huma, which combines data from biomarkers with predictive algorithms both to help monitor patients, and uses the same technology to help researchers and pharmaceutical companies run clinical trials, has closed an equity round of $130 million, a Series C https://t.co/CvGBdOcElo

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Personalised nutrition start up Zoe raised a total usd53m. Zoe provides A home testing kit that enables program participants to learn how their body responds to different foods and get personalized nutrition advice. https://t.co/bHq57Wh4zK

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Cymulate lets organizations and their partners run machine-based attack simulations on their networks to determine vulnerabilities and then automatically receive guidance around how to fix what is not working well enough. It has just raised usd45 million https://t.co/XRvkgzmdh0

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Bitso, a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, has raised $250m in a Series C round of funding that values the company at $2.2 billion. https://t.co/eDTSZU4uHl

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US video game spending increased by 30% in Q1 https://t.co/kuiB4WFMJ4

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Q1 2021 cloud infrastructure market: usd40bn https://t.co/UKV1lTu5cE