And, ranking first in the global PC market share, Lenovo Group rose more than 5%; Indian car-hailing company OLA: Revenue fell 95% in the past two months.
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Tencent meeting designated by the United Nations to support 1.2 billion overseas students in emergency remote classes. According to DoNews report, on May 19, Tencent, as a representative of a Chinese technology company, joined the “Global Education Alliance” initiated by UNESCO, aiming to provide more than 1.2 billion students worldwide with a suspension of classes during the new crown epidemic Provide emergency remote class support. This is the deepening of cooperation between Tencent and United Nations agencies following the announcement by the United Nations at headquarters in New York on March 30 of Tencent as its global partner to provide online conference support for the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations. It is reported that this time Tencent is invited to become a member of the Global Education Alliance, which will provide online education support from three aspects: platform, content and security. “Tencent Meeting” is the most used video conferencing product in China, with more than 10 million daily active users. The international version of the product VooV Meeting has been launched in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.
Xiaomi ’s overseas market revenue in the first quarter reached RMB 24.8 billion, accounting for 50% of total revenue. It is learned that Xiaomi ’s overseas market revenue reached RMB 24.8 billion in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 47.8%, accounting for 50% of the total revenue. For the first time, the contribution of overseas revenue reached half.
Lenovo ranked No. 1 in the global PC market share, Lenovo Group rose more than 5%. Lenovo Group released its fourth quarter financial report. The report shows that Lenovo Group ’s fourth-quarter revenue was US $ 10.58 billion, down 9.7% year-on-year, and the market was estimated at US $ 9.29 billion. Lenovo has become the leading brand in the global PC market for the second consecutive year, setting a new record in turnover and profitability. In the fiscal year 19/20, the business successfully occupied 24.5% of the global market share, an increase of 1.2 percentage points year-on-year. Its turnover increased by 3.6% year-on-year to a record USD 39.895 billion, accounting for 79% of the group ’s total turnover. (Sina Technology)
JD.com launched its first overseas live show with nearly one million online viewers. 515 On the day of International Import Day, JD.com launched its first overseas live show, and Hallyu star Tsai Yan became JD.com ’s “traceability inspector” , coming to Korea Lotte Duty-free shops, and recommend good products to consumersConsumer. Two hours of live broadcast, with nearly one million viewers. (Sohu)
Huawei: There are 1.4 million registered developers of HMS worldwide, and the number of access applications exceeds 60,000. It is learned that the Huawei Global Analyst Conference was held in Shenzhen, and Tan Donghui, vice president of cloud services for Huawei ’s consumer business, published a title entitled “Globalized HMS Ecosystem, Reconstructing Smart Experiences in Full Scenes”. In the speech, Tan Donghui revealed that currently Huawei has registered 1.4 million registered developers worldwide, and that Huawei ’s application market has more than 420 million monthly active users worldwide. At present, HMS has achieved high-speed growth worldwide, and as of March 2020, the number of applications that access HMS Core worldwide exceeded 60,000, a year-on-year increase of 67%.
India
India merchant billing service platform Khatabook raised $ 60 million in new funds. According to ET Tech, this round of financing was led by B Capital. The company plans to use the new funds for the construction of financial service products. After the new round of financing, the company’s total financing reached US $ 87 million. It is reported that Khatabook raised $ 25 million in Series A financing from GGV Capital, Tencent, Sequoia Capital and several angel investors in October 2019.
The Indian online home design platform Livspace supported by IKEA lays off 15% of its staff. According to ET tech reports, Livspace has laid off 450 people, accounting for 15% of the total number of employees, in order to deal with the chain reaction caused by the epidemic. It is reported that since its establishment in 2015, the Bangalore-based startup has received support from TPG Growth, Goldman Sachs, Singapore-based venture capital firm Jungle Ventures, U.S. venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners and India-based venture capital firm Helion Ventures , To date, has raised 150 million US dollars of funds.
Indian ride-hailing company OLA: Revenue has fallen 95% in the past two months. India ride-hailing company OLA: Revenue has fallen by 95% in the past two months, and 1400 jobs will be laid off in the future. (Reuters)
Southeast Asia
Gojek has partnered with Singapore food delivery company Deliveroo, education company Advo, and catering company Ebb & Flow Group to provide delivery services in Singapore. According to DealStreetAsia, according to the agreement with food delivery startup Deliveroo, Gojek drivers will provide takeaway services, pick up meals from restaurants, and then deliver them to customers. The service will be provided in central Singapore. At the same time, its partnership with education company Advo will promote a plan to provide more than 2,000 meals to single-parent families in financial difficulties in Singapore. The plan is also supported by catering company Ebb & Flow.
Seekmi, an Indonesian housekeeping service company, collaborated with Lazada and Tokopedia to launch a disinfection service. According to e27, Indonesian housekeeping service startup Seekmi announced that it has partnered with e-commerce companies Tokopedia and Lazada to launch disinfection services. Through the partnership, Tokopedia and Lazada customers can order disinfection services on their respective platforms through the official Seekmi store, and can track the progress of the order and view the service permissions on Tokopedia and Lazada.
Korea KB Kookmin Bank plans to acquire a controlling stake in Indonesian bank Bukopin. According to DealStreetAsia, the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) said in a statement that South Korea ’s KB Kookmin Bank plans to acquire a controlling stake in Bank Bukopin. It is reported that Bukopin is in discussions with its major shareholders (including Indonesian conglomerates Bosowa and Kookmin) for potential share placement. Bukopin achieved a net profit of US $ 3.64 million in the first quarter, a 2% decrease from the same period last year. As of the end of March, its total assets under management were $ 6.83 billion.
Africa
Apollo Agriculture, a Kenyan agricultural company, raised $ 6 million in Series A financing. According to Disrupt Africa, the financing will be used to expand the product range team through cooperation with more farmers to continue the rapid expansion of production scale. Apollo Agriculture, headquartered in Nairobi, is a commercial agricultural platform for small-scale farmers, using machine learning and automated operation technology to provide farmers with constructive solutions to maximize their profits.
Other
Byte Beat’s next COO Kevin Mayer: TikTok has great potential. It is learned that former Disney executive Kevin Mayer will soon become COO of ByteDance and CEO of TikTok, responsible for TikTok, Helo, music, games and other businesses. He said, “Byte bounce and TikTok are rare opportunities and have huge potential. I think its business is constantly growing to meet the needs of more people.” He said he will focus on TikTok and other closely related neighboring businesses.
Sony organizational restructuring: renamed as a group company, financial business became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Sony Corporation today announced a series of adjustments to the Sony Group ’s organizational structure. From April 1, 2021, the current Sony Corporation will change the company name to “Sony Group Corporation” (Sony Group Corporation). From this date, Sony Electronics will inherit its name and change its name to “Sony Corporation” (Sony Corporation). At the same time, the company will offer to acquire shares of Sony Financial Holding Co., which are not yet held, and turn Sony Financial Holding Co. into a wholly-owned subsidiary. Currently, Sony holds approximately 65% of Sony Financial Holdings ’shares and will pay $ 3.7 billion for this transaction. (Phoenix Technology)
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