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China’s JD.com pilots cross-border platform Joybuy in London as it takes on Temu in UK’s $163 billion e-commerce market

TechNode

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has started quietly piloting its cross-border platform Joybuy in the UK, marking its push into the European market. Why it matters: JD.com began its globalization journey early, but has struggled to secure a leading position due to a lack of strategic focus.

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LMS for Global Workforces: Multilingual and Cultural Considerations

Gyrus

LMS for Global Workforces: Multilingual and Cultural Considerations GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In an increasingly connected world, more companies are expanding their teams across borders. This is especially useful for global workforce training that needs to scale quickly.

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6 Tips to Help Manage Prizes for Your Nonprofit Online Silent Auction

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Sponsored by GalaBid – a digital fundraising platform that helps thousands of nonprofits raise funds through live and online silent auctions, digital raffles, and donations. With a comprehensive fundraising platform , organizations can manage and run an exciting digital auction.

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Zambian card issuing startup Union54 raises $12M led by Tiger Global

TechCrunch

Zambian card issuing fintech Union54 has raised $12 million in a seed extension round led by Tiger Global. A card issuing platform isn’t in the best position to tackle these issues head-on. The most popular card schemes globally are Union Pay, Visa, and Mastercard.

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Airspace Link’s drone tracking platform gathers government customers before going global

TechCrunch

Detroit-based Airspace Link has positioned itself as a provider of increasingly important infrastructure in the burgeoning drone services space, letting operators get local and federal approval quickly. “Municipalities are white-labelling the Airspace Link platform and saying, ‘That’s Michigan’s system.’

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Taking Local Currency Digital: A New Experiment Emerges

Non Profit Quarterly

a local currency issuer. Then as now, the idea behind BerkShares was to galvanize residents in Pittsfield, Great Barrington, and surrounding areas to purchase more goods and services locally. The local currency could be converted into US dollars but is designed to be spent directly in the area. The experiment proved successful.

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Tiger Global backs African fintech Mono in $15M Series A round

TechCrunch

The round, led by Tiger Global — the VC firm’s third major investment in Africa this year after Flutterwave and FairMoney — also had participation from new investors Target Global (an investor in neobank Kuda), General Catalyst, and SBI Investment. Tiger Global confirmed it led the investment in an email to TechCrunch.

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