Jendaya raises funding to scale its Africa-focused luxury e-commerce platform • TechCrunch

[ad_1] Fashion items are among the most — if not the most — sought after on many e-commerce platforms. In Africa, for instance, fashion has held the top spot in Jumia for the largest category of items sold over the years. This means there’s no shortage of demand for fashion items across the continent, and the supply is picking up steam even in the high-end categories. The luxury goods market in Africa and the Middle…

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China and Germany should scale up partnership amid ‘times of turmoil’, Xi tells Scholz

[ad_1] There is an increasing need for cooperation between Beijing and Berlin amid “times of change and turmoil”, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz is the first G7 leader to visit China since the pandemic began. Scholz’s one-day visit will test the waters between China and the West after years of mounting tensions, analysts say, with talks expected to touch on Russia’s war on Ukraine, climate change and…

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