TechCabal Daily – South African startup, Zulzi, raises $1.6m

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Nigeria’s movie industry, Nollywood is one of the sectors feeling the brunt of Covid-19.

Nollywood is one of the biggest movie industries in the world, but thanks to social distancing rules, many movie sets are closed and production has been forced to close.

Is there any hope that digital innovation can come to Nollywood’s aid? That’s the question Kay sets out to answer in this
article and for now, Nollywood will just have to bear the pains.

Here’s an excerpt from Kay’s article:

“Some productions have attempted to or are using tools like Zoom or WhatsApp for table reads or callbacks especially where auditions were carried out prior to the lockdown. But Osagie says even this isn’t ideal.”

“A table read can happen on Zoom but it isn’t the sort of thing I would prefer because the chemistry of it might get lost via online interaction,” she tells TechCabal. ”

Nigeria’s response to Covid-19 was a lockdown which lasted for five weeks.

Lockdowns changed life as we know it, with people staying indoors while whatever movement there was, was for essential services.

Google has now released a set of reports which show how community mobility has changed in many countries during the pandemic. Techpoint looked through the report and put together this
article on the five things we learned about Nigerians during the lockdown.

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South African grocery delivery startup, Zulzi has raised R30 million ($1.6m) from an unnamed investor.

The startup, which was founded in 2013 and launched in 2016, allows members to get direct access to thousands of grocery items through a mobile app.

The app allows customers to build their grocery lists and purchase items without ever visiting a store. Trained shoppers then handpick and deliver the
items, transforming the grocery shopping experience.

Read all about the raise here.