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• September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria

  Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, valuing the company at around $1 billion USD. According to Reuters, Jumia, which already claims to be Africa’s first “unicorn” based on how much investment ...

  • Tom Jackson

• Alibaba's Jack Ma: Blockchain will be useless if it doesn't help the environment

  Alibaba chief Jack Ma thinks blockchain tech is pretty meaningless – unless it helps us transform the manufacturing industry ...

  • Mix

• Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent block cryptocurrency forums and trading in China's latest crackdowns

  China is showing no intention of slowing down its cryptocurrency crackdown. China's "BAT" is banning cryptocurrency-related ...

  • Neer Varshney

• Report: Alibaba finally overtakes Amazon in the race for ecommerce supremacy

  The data in our new 2018 Q2 Digital Statshot show that Alibaba has overtaken Amazon as the world’s most popular ecommerce platform. Some of the supporting data even comes from Amazon itself, via the company’s Alexa analysis platform. Taobao up to tenth Alexa’s latest ranking ...

  • Simon Kemp

• Alibaba's FashionAI shows how machine learning might save the mall

  Alibaba's record-breaking Singles Day saw over $25 billion in sales, but while everyone was shopping online the company also ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Alibaba passes $1 billion in sales in first 3 minutes of Singles Day

  Alibaba is cleaning house during China's Singles Day festival, the biggest day in online shopping all year. https://twitter.com/alibabagroup/status/929026883315843072 In two minutes of sales time, Alibaba's gross merchandise volume totaled $1 billion. By the forty-minute mark, ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Alibaba’s Jack Ma stars in kung fu movie because he's awesome

  Action movie extraordinaire Jet Li is producing a new martial arts short film that will star none other than Alibaba's Jack ...

  • Mix

• 4 lessons to learn from Alibaba’s Super September promotion

  Alibaba  is one of the largest platforms in regards to wholesale trading, and it’s known all over the world for the small pricing and the very good quality that it can deliver. In order to try and help small as well as medium-sized companies to grow, the company has launched a  ...

  • David Geer

• Alibaba has launched an internet-connected car, but I don't want one

  Alibaba's internet-connected OS'Car RX5 responds to voice commands and can take selfies of its passengers, but is it secure ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• DisneyLife entertainment packages head to China through Alibaba deal starting at $125

  Disney fans in China can now get their hands on a digital entertainment package that will bring a Mickey Mouse-themed OTT ...

  • Kirsty Styles

• Friday Business Roundup: Alibaba stock surge, DesktopMetal raises funds without product, Karhoo gets $250M to do what Uber doesn't

  The world of tech was astir with eye-catching activity this week. DesktopMetal, a startup that has no product or even a website yet, raised $14.4 million this week purely based on their awesome team composition. Alibaba announced expectation-shattering performance in its second quarter, ...

  • Jelle van Wijhe

• Alibaba launches portal to introduce its business to the world

  In a bid to help people outside China understand its business better, Alibaba has launched Alibaba Defined. This comes one year after the company launched one of the world's biggest IPOs. Alibaba is the biggest retailer in China and needs no introduction there. However, up until ...

  • Amanda Connolly