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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 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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Cameroon’s Ejara raises $2M to offer crypto and investment services in Francophone Africa

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The adoption of cryptocurrency in Africa varies regionally. While countries with currently unstable currencies like the naira are seeing immense usage, other regions using the CFA franc have sparse adoption. They are joined by Mercy Corps Ventures, Lateral Capital, LoftyInc Capital and NetX Fund.

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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 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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Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments

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They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa. Next , they request the funds via bank transfer, leading to more incurred costs or use other cross-border money platforms like WorldRemit.

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Ivorian fintech Julaya gets $5M to become banking partner for businesses in Francophone Africa

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It’s why Julaya launched its services in the west African country and has since expanded into Senegal, where mobile market penetration is around 80% as well as other countries in the UEMOA (West African Economic and Monetary Union) region, which also have prevalent mobile money usage. . Byld Ventures, a $15M fund, backs fintechs in Africa. “I

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Francophone African super app Gozem grabs $5M to expand and offer more services

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Costamagna, in a statement, said the funding will help Gozem increase the figure to over 200,000 before 2025. It’s a model other super app companies across Africa have adopted in the past, such as Nigeria’s OPay (which has since shelved its super app plans to strengthen its financial services arm) and SafeBoda more recently.

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PawaPay raises $9M seed backed by MSA, 88mph and Mr Eazi’s Zagadat Capital

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Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $9 million in seed funding to scale its operational presence, recruit talent and expand into new markets. based fund 88mph co-led the round with China-based MSA Capital, with participation from Zagadat Capital, Kepple Ventures and Vunani Capital. He also sits on the board of 88mph.

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