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How to better support girls globally?

Fast Company Tech

Female genital mutilation still occurs Last month, I traveled to Senegal to see UNICEFs work firsthand. Sally’s disability is the result of FGM, which over 2 million girls and women in Senegal have experienced. Despite challenges, we are making progress in Senegal and all over the world. But there is hope.

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How data enabled Senegal to respond to COVID-19 while continuing to fight malaria

Tableau

When word reached Senegal of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the globe, health practitioners in the country immediately thought back to what happened during the Ebola crisis of 2014.”There Health workers were able to use the dashboard in a very flexible way, and this kind of access to information is very powerful.”. Neal Myrick.

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Betastore gets $2.5M to solve stock-outs, financing challenges for informal retailers in West and Central Africa

TechCrunch

About 80% of household retail in sub-Saharan Africa is delivered through informal channels, which perennially face several challenges like stockouts, leading to an instability in earnings, and a lack of attractiveness to financiers. What is really important for us is to be able to continue to scale by leveraging our asset-light model.

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Senegal’s logistics tech startup Chargel raises $2.5M seed funding

TechCrunch

However, it soon became clear to them that fleet management is a major challenge, and one that largely influences the level of profits to be made by truck owners. We realized that there were so many inefficiencies, and that the logistics sector in Senegal was so fragmented, but we felt that technology could help.

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How data enabled Senegal to respond to COVID-19 while continuing to fight malaria

Tableau

When word reached Senegal of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the globe, health practitioners in the country immediately thought back to what happened during the Ebola crisis of 2014.”There Health workers were able to use the dashboard in a very flexible way, and this kind of access to information is very powerful.”. Neal Myrick.

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Sokowatch rebrands to Wasoko as it raises $125M Series B from Tiger Global and Avenir

TechCrunch

Yet its industry remains highly fragmented as shop owners and kiosks still have issues around access to capital and getting goods regularly and on time from suppliers and distributors. However, the recent entry into Ivory Coast and Senegal somewhat forced its hand. Sokowatch started as this kind of backend brand.

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Norebase raises $1M to allow companies start, scale, and operate in any African country

TechCrunch

And as someone with extensive knowledge and background, it made sense for him to take up the challenge. These countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mauritius and Burkina Faso.

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