Amisha Jain named as SVP & MD of Levi Strauss & Co for SA, Middle East, and Africa

San Francisco, USA — Levi Strauss & Co. has announced the appointment of a new leader in its commercial organisation. Amisha Jain has been named as the company’s new senior vice president and managing director of South Asia-Middle East and Africa (SAMEA). She will be responsible for leading Levi Strauss...

Sri Lanka’s ad growth by 2023 to be driven by digital formats

Sri Lanka – Despite the turmoil brought by the new COVID-19 Omicron variant as well as the economic issues the country is facing, Sri Lanka’s advertising scene is set to grow by 16% by 2023, which will be dominated by digital formats. This is according to the latest data from...

Pakistan-based e-commerce marketplace Dastgyr raises funds to bolster expansion efforts

Amsterdam, Netherlands — Dastgyr, a Pakistan-based B2B e-commerce marketplace platform, has announced it has secured a US$15m investment as part of a series A funding. This investment will contribute to boosting Pakistan's e-commerce market. The investment was supplied by VEON, a digital operator that provides mobile connectivity and services through its...

Pomelo Pay partners with Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata to digitalise payments for SMEs

Singapore – Digital payments company Pomelo Pay (Pomelo), which has its regional HQ in Singapore, has announced a partnership with Dialog Axiata (Dialog), Sri Lanka’s premier telco, to consolidate and provide an enhanced payment platform for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka, helping them to digitalise and accept...

OMD India names Charul Tomar as its new head of strategy

Mumbai, India —The Indian division of the media agency network, OMD, has appointed Charul Tomar as its new head of strategy. She will be reporting to Anisha Iyer, CEO of OMD India. Tomar holds an extensive understanding of the media industry with over 13 years of diverse experience having worked...

Fintech WEBXPAY ties with Visa to expand scope of digital payments for SMBs in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s online payment gateway solution provider, WEBXPAY, has partnered with global payments company Visa to expand the scope of the country’s digital economy by enabling seamless, effortless, and sustainable digital payment acceptance solutions for SMBs across Sri Lanka.  The partnership provides WEBXPAY with a boost to...

India-based Upturn News Network launches financial news platform Moneynomical

Mumbai, India – India-based Upturn News Network, has announced the launch of moneynomical.com, a financial news portal for news readers across the world. The platform aims to provide news from a range of verticals, including crypto, stock markets, banking, technology, funding and money management. Vipul Sipani, founder of the Indian...

ASCI releases guidelines on harmful gender stereotypes

Delhi, India – The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) have released a set of guidelines that lay down boundaries for unacceptable portrayals and encourage advertisers to create more progressive gender depictions. The guidelines were announced in an event held at India Habitat Centre and is presided by Minister of...

CleverTap unveils first purpose-built database for digital consumer brands

Mumbai, India – CleverTap, the modern and integrated retention cloud company, has unveiled TesseractDB(TM), the world's first purpose-built database designed to dramatically improve user engagement and retention for digital consumer brands. TesseractDB(TM) brings true technology innovation to growth marketing leaders looking to deliver in-context, timely, personalized messaging and recommendations across...

Wunderman Thompson Kolkata launches ‘#ItsOurNature’ film for Tata Tiscon on World Environment Day

India – Creative agency Wunderman Thompson Kolkata launches ‘#ItsOurNature’ film for Tata Tiscon, a GreenPro certified rebar brand, encourages people to act responsibly on World Environment Day. According to Wunder Thompson Kolkata, enough and more has already been said about climate emergency and the need to adopt ways and means...