Logistics is strategic for retail and, even more, for digital commerce. In Africa, e-commerce is expected to reach a market size of $75 billion by 2025, according to McKinsey. And logistics is one of the main success factors for e-commerce activity. Also, often due to lack of financial resources and substantial volumes, e-merchants manage their … Read more
Keeping more or less contact with the capital, the start-ups chose to take facilities and teams to Montpellier, Lyon or Nantes. Comments. Parisians, don’t you see yourself spending your whole life in the capital? Some start-ups in Ile-de-France have decided not to lose sight of him, allowing full remote control with telecommuting packages or multiplying … Read more
A true electric drum, Jacqueline Chelliah is not short of ideas. At just 23 years old, this Geneva decided to set up her first business. “It was called Jamathi’s Diary and it was a diary that contained philosophical quotes and advice for each day of the year, a kind of life coach combined with a … Read more
OrphAnalytics went in search of “Q”, the messenger who converted many Americans to the cmplot theory. The Swiss start-up first developed algorithms to hunt for plagiarism. Since then, the start-up has broadened its field of expertise and put them to work trying to unlock the secret of “QAnon”. Read too: QAnon and Gregory case, Valais … Read more
Seven startups specializing in e-health announce on March 17 the launch of the “MentalTech” collective dedicated to mental health. They are HypnoVR (virtual reality therapies), Kwit (smoking app), MindDay (mental health training), Petit Bambou (meditation), Qare (teleconsultation), ResilEyes (follow-up for people who are victims of post-stress -traumatic) and Tricky (prevention through games). “We came together … Read more
Yosef Akhtman at the headquarters of his company Gamaya in Morges. swissinfo.ch Gamaya promises to revolutionize agriculture around the world. This young Swiss company develops intelligent systems that work with special cameras and drones that allow the farmer to carry out “surgical” interventions in the fields. The main producers of sugarcane and tobacco in Brazil … Read more
The year 2022 is starting to fly by for French Tech. While French unicorns were still counted on the fingers of one hand three years ago, the industry received with great fanfare in January its 26th start-up valued at over a billion dollars (Spendesk). In the same month, Back Market revealed that it had raised … Read more
Wingtra ranks fourth among the best Swiss start-ups of the year, thanks to its drone that specializes in mapping and topography. wingtra Drones for the inspection of nuclear reactors, revolutionary systems for diagnosing tumours, bracelets capable of measuring women’s fertility: many products from Swiss start-ups are successful all over the world. The best innovations were … Read more
Shahram Ebadollahi, Global Head of Data Science and AI at Novartis, at a conference on Artificial Intelligence in Health in Basel. Dominique Soguel Artificial intelligence (AI) can work miracles in hospitals: more accurate diagnoses, less administrative tasks and more time for patients. Switzerland is well positioned to become an AI hub in healthcare, but there … Read more
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of innovation parks for start-ups and SMEs in Switzerland, such as here in Wohlen in canton Aargau. © Keystone / Gaetan Bally Last year, 44,482 companies were created in Switzerland, the highest number on record. Investments in start-ups also saw strong growth, surpassing two billion francs for … Read more