Halo Car, a startup that uses remote operators to deliver rental cars to a customer’s door, has launched driverless operations in Las Vegas. Driverless operations mean something different for Halo than they do for autonomous vehicle companies like Cruise or Waymo because Halo’s vehicles aren’t capable of self-driving. The startup’s fleet is kitted out with […]
Halo Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Fintech startup Shares has raised $90 million for its stock trading app. And yet, the service is only available to people who live in the U.K. But that’s about to change as the company has received a couple of authorizations from French regulators. With EU passporting rules, Shares could also expand to other European countries. […]
Social trading app Shares receives EU stock trading license by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Sexual and mental health stigmatization in Africa has evolved over several decades to a point where negligence to address the issue has led to the continent topping the charts in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and mental health cases. For one, around 11 people per 100,000 die by suicide in Africa yearly, according to the World […]
Lightspeed makes first investment in Africa, backing Ghana’s Berry Health by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch