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JULY 27, 2021

In South Africa, these businesses contribute around one-third of the country’s GDP. Since launching in 2013, South African fintech Yoco has positioned itself as the go-to platform to access offline payments among merchants in the country. “We want to offer whatever payment methods our merchants need. .

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JANUARY 20, 2021

“It opens up the world for us to do all kinds of really amazing things we’ve wanted to do in the world of edtech that you can’t do in a strictly offline sense,” the founder added. Similar to many edtech startups, uLesson has benefited from the overnight adoption of remote education.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

It is also poised for greater growth as the adoption of lending, digital payments, banking and insurance services grows. . Innovations around mobile money and digital payments have allowed for the processing of payments online and offline through USSD or STK commands, over apps or using NFC technology.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

While big restaurants and restaurant chains are often capable of setting their management systems or using well-known point-of-sale providers, thousands of smaller restaurants in Africa rely on offline methods such as pen and paper to produce receipts and make reconciliations.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In this case, uLesson adopts a diversified method of charging schools and their stakeholders. The platform is available in other markets, such as South Africa, Sierra Leone, the UK, Liberia, Gambia and the US, but Shagaya said uLesson has spread in these countries via word of mouth. In August, uLesson introduced offline centers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Qwili , a startup that provides a hybrid sales product to micro and small merchants in South Africa, has raised $1.2 During those early stages, the phone wasn’t paying back quickly enough, and there wasn’t high enough adoption of the digital services. million in seed funding a year after closing an undisclosed pre-seed round.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Offline payment is also a costly option for buyers as it comes with a cash-on-delivery fee. They’re very technologically advanced, and their adoption of ecommerce is quite good. It’s quite the right market. There’s all the infrastructure that you kind of need to set up a proper tech business.

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