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How to better support girls globally?

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Female genital mutilation still occurs Last month, I traveled to Senegal to see UNICEFs work firsthand. Khadi uses what shes learned at the center to advocate with local leaders and parents to prevent other girls from experiencing the mental and physical suffering due to FGM. Further, FGM in Senegal hit its lowest point in 2023.

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

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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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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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Molotov starts its international expansion with seven African countries

TechCrunch

First, the service will be available in seven African countries, starting with Ivory Coast where it’s already live, Senegal in January, Cameroon in February, Burkina Faso in March, Tunisia in April, Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo after that. Molotov is betting on local partnerships to launch its service in new countries.

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

TechCrunch

“Our solution is for people in the local market moving into their first market or a company in their fourth market trying to scale their enterprise.” These countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mauritius and Burkina Faso.

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

TechCrunch

In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. Bouhlel says the company has local teachers in every country — over 500 in number — and they teach students in over 12 languages. One of its investors from the seed round, Wamda Capital, doubled down in this new financing.

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Paris-based Koolboks closes $2.5M seed round to scale solar refrigeration across Africa

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The sustainable cooling company, which offers accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has raised $2.5 Koolboks will deploy the capital to expand across Nigeria, including building the team to support its growing B2C business and constructing a local assembly facility. million in seed funding.

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