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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 While COVID-19 certainly sped up the process for Senegal integrating its approach to health-system data, the idea was already in the works.

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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 While COVID-19 certainly sped up the process for Senegal integrating its approach to health-system data, the idea was already in the works.

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Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

TechCrunch

In a statement shared with TechCrunch, Smile Identity said it is “actively fulfilling regulatory requirements to finalize the transaction for the [Inclusive Innovation] affiliated entities in Africa.” These are relevant localized data that have long been left out of the bigger pool of KYC and fraud prevention.

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

TechCrunch

His experience from this activity, coupled with working as a technical adviser to the vice president’s office in Nigeria a couple of months back, led him to launch Norebase , a trade tech startup that has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round.

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

But issues around pricing, flexibility to innovate and a lack of local tech support always come up. “We started Appzone with the intention to build out innovative local solutions for banking and payments on the continent,” CEO Obi Emetarom told TechCrunch. This is where Appzone has found its sweet spot.

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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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How African startups raised venture capital in 2022

TechCrunch

Earlier this month, we reported that investors’ sentiments surrounding venture capital activity going into this were more reserved than upbeat. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 Most tech observers share Cuvelier’s thoughts on VC activity in Africa. Kenya is a close second with $1.1

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