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Oui Capital partners IBM to provide 10 Startups With $120k Cloud Credits, Amazon set to Deepen Its Services in Cape Town, South Africa and More

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Hi Guys,

Welcome to another edition of the Big 5 Daily. Where we bring you Africa’s biggest innovation. 

Have fun!

 

Have you heard? Oui Capital, Africa-focused early-stage venture capital, partnered with IBM, a global IT giant to provide 10 startups with $120,000 IBM Cloud credits. Oui Capital will through the partnership, provide startups with secure access to IBM tools. Interesting right? Share your thoughts below.

Amazon is expanding its services in Cape Town, South Africa, as they plan to launch a Special Africa Region within the first six months of 2020. They are therefore looking to offer over 100 jobs for their Web Services segment. Full details of the offerings and how to apply is on the blog. Do check it out!


See also: Lagos State to Slam On-demand Motorcycle Startups with N25 Million Annual License Fee, Interswitch set to List on NSE and LSE and More


Also, Didi Chuxing (DiDi), China’s on-demand ride-hailing firm has partnered the UAEs Symphony Investment, in a bid to launch a joint venture (JV) across the MENA region. The partnership will see the two companies explore the MENA regions sharing economy and internet-based consumer services. Keep up with us to see how this plays out!

CredoLab, a Singapore-based fintech firm is set to launch across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. The company is looking to help commercial banks, consumer finance companies, auto lenders, online and mobile lenders, insurance companies and retailers, build digital records that will grow their client base.

Finally, Microsoft has revealed plans to invest $1bn in Elon Musk Artificial Intelligence Lab. The lab aims to develop an AI that will replicate the human brain. This deal according to Elion Musk’s owned OpenAI, would be used to build Artificial general intelligence that will surpass the human cognitive capabilities. What do you think?

 

That’s it for today’s episode of the Big 5 Daily!

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