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Nowports streamlines LatAm’s shipping to deliver a $1.1B valuation

TechCrunch

With so much attention on supply chain issues since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of an efficient supply chain is more apparent than ever. To quote my colleague Anna Heim, digitizing freight forwarding is a global challenge because the sector still lacks transparency and efficiency. It has more than 500 employees.

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Glovo to double down African investment in the next 12 months — but will it stay put?

TechCrunch

” The attention on Africa follows a series of regional moves Glovo has pulled this year. However, in markets like Africa, there are fewer concerns regarding the working conditions of riders, which undoubtedly appeals to what these global players fancy. It’s a deal that the rest of Europe might follow.

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The book Facebook doesnt want you to read: What you need to know

Mashable Tech

That isn't the case with Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams, former and first head of global policy at Facebook. It opens with the time Wynn-Williams had to smuggle Zuckerberg out of a state dinner in Panama, making a break for it past naked dancers and a troupe of horses.

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Why major global powers are so interested in Greenland right now

Fast Company Tech

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and Trump wants to make sure that the U.S. While the routes aren’t likely to be commercially viable for many years, they are attracting attention. Why Greenland?

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Greenlanders unite against Trump as they seek independence from Denmark

Fast Company Tech

Russia, and China as global warming opens up access to the Arctic. access to valuable mineral resources, threatened to reclaim the Panama Canal, and suggested that Canada should become the 51st state. Now he has turned his attention to Greenland, a territory of 56,000 people, most from indigenous Inuit backgrounds.

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America, the brand, is becoming toxic

Fast Company Tech

Global backlash hits U.S. Between supply chain disruptions and an unmistakable aura of economic uncertainty , Tesla is unlikely to be the only American company that sees its global sales plunge this year. Northern neighbor and largest trading partner , along with the Panama Canal and Greenland. brands Boycotts of U.S.-made

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