TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Joseph Heller is a small businesses expert and the CEO of Supplied , a wholesale platform for small businesses and brands that makes it easier for boutique owners to access high-quality, affordable items. Those closer to the concentric circles of venture capital know that venture capital exists and they know how to access it.

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MAY 20, 2009

The Society for International Development has done it again! Earlier this month, I attended their tremendous annual conference with notable and unforgettable speakers that make you leave the glimmering chandeliers in DC's Omni Shoreham ballroom thinking to yourself, what more needs to be done in international development?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

“This is the largest batch we have ever funded and it’s about 50% international. Nigeria leads the way again with five startups, while Egypt has four, Morocco has two, and Kenya, Ghana, Zambia and South Africa each have one. Yemaachi Biotechnology (Ghana). Amenli (Egypt). Freterium (Morocco). seed round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2020, Yusuf toyed with the idea of building a physical campus where he and his team would train software engineers to get international opportunities. They can access the platform’s first-semester content for free and practice. He founded AltSchool with Akintunde Sultan and Opeyemi Awoyemi last October.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Last March, the Ghana-founded and New York–headquartered Dash raised $32.8 By March of 2022, five months after its first seed tranche, Dash’s total processing volume topped $1 billion and had acquired a million users from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, Boampong told TechCrunch in the March interview. Kinyua assumes the role of interim CEO.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Its services are used across seven African countries — Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. is responsible for almost 30% of the international remittances to sub-Saharan Africa. The company will roll out the service to users in Ghana, South Africa and Kenya before the end of the year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

NALA , a Tanzanian cross-border payments company that recently pivoted from local to international money transfers, said Thursday it has raised $10 million in a new fundraising round. But in 2020, NALA started testing international money transfers after some users expressed interest in moving money from the U.K. and the E.U.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Access to finance remains a key growth constraint for small businesses, with data showing a $330 billion financing deficit for the small enterprises that make up 90% of Africa’s businesses. Pezesha is tapping local and international banking institutions, HNWIs and DeFi for additional liquidity for onward lending.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

MarketForce, a Kenyan B2B retail and financial services distribution startup, has expanded into five additional markets across Africa to grow RejaReja — its retailer ‘super app’ that makes it possible for informal merchants to order and pay for inventory digitally, accept payments for utility bills, and access financing for their businesses.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Its API allows these merchants to access telecom operators’ mobile money systems to receive and send payments to millions of mobile money accounts. . He also sits on the board of 88mph. African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines. Typically , they would be required to use a bank account or card.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Series B funding is coming almost eighteen months after raising $10 million co-led by Partech Africa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). TradeDepot operates a B2B marketplace that connects small shops, kiosks, retailers with wholesalers of global consumer brands who have access to food, beverages and personal care products.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. The startup hopes that the Series A funding will drive its presence in 12 countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens. Most of his work revolved around building apps and iPhone games.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

It has secured a first close led by International Finance Corporation (IFC) with participation from the Women’s Finance Initiative (WeFi). The managing partner says Savannah is big on startups that can scale across regions in Africa — Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda in East Africa; Ivory Coast and Ghana in West Africa; and globally.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Bolt is planning arrangements with banking institutions in its markets in Africa to help its drivers access credit for purchasing electric vehicles, exploring other options away from its current scheme with leasing companies. The purchase cost and import duties are often high, thereby deterring ownership.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fifteen accelerators from key tech hubs, including Uganda, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania will participate in the program. Accelerators provide all-round support to early-stage startups, including helping them find product-market fit, funding and access to investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Bolt’s Africa regional director, Paddy Partridge, told TechCrunch that the ride-hailing firm has experienced a spike in on-demand transportation services, and that the current drivers — especially in Ghana and Nigeria where “there’s a real shortage of cars” — are not enough to meet this growth.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The startup, which provides multiple products for the cross-border commerce space in Africa, raised this new financing from a group of international investors co-led by American Express (AMEX) Ventures, the strategic investment group of American Express. Lagos and San Francisco-based Klasha has received an additional $2.1 million seed round.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Already, 4G Capital is conducting trials of its latest retail finance product dubbed Kuza, which allows clients to access goods from FMCG producers and distributors on credit. International Development Finance Corporation, the Ford Foundation, Kenya’s Co-operative bank and high net-worth individuals.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Slated to open in 2023, the pavilion will expand the region's healthcare capacity and access to clinical and patient care, including in specialty services—oncology, gastroenterology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and transplant. Opportunity International, Oikocredit invest $100 million in education. Read more. .

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Based in Bangladesh, BRAC is one of the largest international development organizations in the world, and their 2018 Annual Report uses innovative design elements to present their numerous programs and initiatives in an accessible way. International Rescue Committee. Pencils of Promise. National Public Radio (NPR).

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Freedom Fone in Tanzania and Ghana. Freedom Fone was introduced at two radio stations: Radio Maria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Volta Star radio in the Volta region of Ghana. Making radio more accessible in Ghana. The project will be atRite FM, a radio station outside the greater Accra region in Ghana. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

These startups will have access to funding between $100,000 to $250,000 and hands-on technical support. These startups, mainly from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, have collectively raised more than $7 million during and after the program. This is a change from when the company launched in 2018.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Tobias Eigen from Kabissa presented at the Web2fordev: Remixing the Web for International Development. A Few Self-Financed Learning Journeys Sam Mayfield has launched a new blog called Sam Land to raise money for and document his trip to Ghana in November. He also shares the key points of his presentation here.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

s development finance institution, Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group, formally changed its name to British International Investment. For stable markets such as Ghana, BII will get representative offices that will provide investments with the option to go all in if there are noticeable upsides. On April 4, the U.K.’s

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

For the past two years, FTX built a considerable following among the crypto community in Africa by capitalizing on the continent’s unstable banking access and rapid adoption of cryptocurrency (mostly via remittance use cases). African web3 startup Nestcoin declares it held its assets in FTX, lays off employees.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. First, Bookshare has more than 200,000 accessible titles in English available to blind people in Africa.

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Whole Whale

MAY 10, 2024

BRAC Based in Bangladesh, BRAC is one of the largest international development organizations in the world, and their 2018 Annual Report uses innovative design elements to present their numerous programs and initiatives in an accessible way. Want to get your site checked for inclusive language? They even give Whole Whale a shoutout!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Ghana’s Float initially launched as Brex for Africa but later pivoted to offering the same credit features with more emphasis on software and less on cards; Boya, on the other hand, plans to execute on both fronts using overdrafts. What it says it does: Builds tools and infrastructure for easy access to crypto in Africa.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Klasha is a technology company that allows international merchants such as H&M or Zara to receive payments online in local African currencies and money methods. This segment often doesn’t access affordable credit (and other financial services like insurance) and is excluded by high street lenders like banks.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

It’s an absolutely different environment from Q4 of last year,” he said, “not just in terms of the level of diligence but also, in the access to capital. And damn, out of Ghana this past week, Dash raised a $32.8 In talking with other founders, he realized that they were experiencing similar things.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2021

Twitter’s Public Policy team said in a statement Saturday it was “deeply concerned” and would work to restore access in Nigeria. Access to the free and #OpenInternet is an essential human right in modern society. We will work to restore access for all those in Nigeria who rely on Twitter to communicate and connect with the world.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

We also applied this to healthcare, creating “ healthsheets ” to underlie the foundation of our international Standing Together collaboration, bringing together patients, health professionals, and policy-makers to develop standards that ensure datasets are diverse and inclusive and to democratize AI.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Paying ChatGPT users have access to GPT-4, which can write more naturally and fluently than the model that previously powered ChatGPT. July 6, 2023 OpenAI announced the general availability of GPT-4 Starting July 6, all existing OpenAI developers “with a history of successful payments” can access GPT-4.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. The greatest challenge we face is the challenge of access. You both just came back from the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The first international chapter was established in London in 1992 and the NSBE has since expanded to Ghana, Nigeria, Canada, Germany, China, Jamaica, Trinidad, and more. Membership includes access to leadership development opportunities, professional career fairs and networking events, and NSBE scholarships and fellowships.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell. People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. It works in over 160 countries around the world. BB: How do you know that you are successful?

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