Alibaba
Everything we've got on Alibaba. This Chinese e-commerce behemoth was founded by Jack Ma in 1999. The company offers online shopping, auctions, money-transfers and other services. It is based in Hangzhou.
The latest articles around Alibaba
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Alibaba and WeChat will let foreigners make mobile payments in China
If you have ever visited China, you know not every outlet accepts cards. Some of them will only accept mobile payment methods such as AliPay or WeChat pay. Till now, these apps didn't allow foreigners to link their credit or debit cards to the app to make mobile payments. However, ...
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Alibaba is nudging users to be more ethical with its in-app minigames
Four years ago, in a move designed to explore the viability of new offline sales models, Alibaba ran a little experiment. Two of its financial service offerings, Alipay digital wallet and its onboard credit scoring platform Sesame Credit, cooperated in the launch of two unmanned supermarkets. The ...
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Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent are among the first 197 regulated blockchain firms in China
China's Cyberspace Administration has released the first list of companies approved to conduct business with blockchain tech. ...
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Alibaba finally got its shitcoin namesake to drop its name
In a joint statement released on Monday, Alibabacoin and Alibaba announced they have reached an agreement which will see ...
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Alibaba's inexpensive smart display tech makes shopping easier for the visually impaired
Chinese tech conglomerate Alibaba introduced a smart display technology that'll help the visually impaired in shopping and ...
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Alibaba’s Jack Ma opens a startup hub in Kigali to support Afrikan innovation
A new hub has been opened in Kigali, Rwanda which aims to assist the country's small and medium-sized enterprises, as well ...
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Alibaba exec Brian Wong explains the company’s plans for Afrika
After training their first cohort of 24 Afrikan startups, Alibaba went on to launch another initiative aimed at empowering ...
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Alibaba wins copyright case against cryptocurrency knock-off
Alibaba, has overcome its previous struggles to win a trademark infringement case against a cryptocurrency that was sponging ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
