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mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa

TechCrunch

One company that is planning to drive the wave of telemedicine across the continent, as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, is mPharma , a Ghanaian health tech start-up that is set to open 100 virtual centers across seven markets in Africa over the next six months. This is what makes mPharma’s telemedicine unique,” Rockson told TechCrunch.

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Quality Assurance Approach towards Virtual Reality (VR)

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Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive media experience replicating either a real or imagined environment and allowing users to interact with the environment. VR in Different Industries Virtual Reality is getting its share across every industry.

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Peek raises $80M as its travel experiences software and marketplace business passes $2B in bookings

TechCrunch

Travel and tourism are slowly starting to move again in the wake of COVID-19 crashing over the world and sending us to shelter in place. Today a company focused on experiences — museum visits, skydiving, local cooking classes and more — is announcing a round of growth funding on the back of seeing its own business bounce back.

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MyHealth Africa, a startup connecting patients with health specialists across the globe, lands $1M funding

TechCrunch

Marincowitz founded MyHealth Africa in 2017 as a specialized healthcare booking platform and medical management system, to make it possible for patients to access healthcare services virtually or in-person from doctors and providers across the globe.

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Live-streaming platform BoxCast raises $20M

TechCrunch

And it’s no surprise that 2020 has been a “watershed moment” for the company, as Daily put it, with the company now live streaming millions of events per year — everything from sports to religious services to virtual safaris offered by Sri Lanka’s tourism board. BoxCast dashboard.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals. There are indications the voice market is slowing. IDC is forecasting a 5.1%

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Travel Startup Funding Peaked Pre-COVID. Now TravelPerk And Others Are Scaling Up

Crunchbase News

Most business travel buyers also reported increases in employees attending in-person meetings and conferences, although virtual meetings and hybrid events haven’t lost their popularity either. Tourists are also back in a big way. In tandem, the company itself also achieved overall profitability for the first time last year.

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