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Jumia quit food delivery because of deep-pocketed ‘aggressive’ rivals, CEO says

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According to the company, its food delivery business didn’t align with the current operational landscape and prevailing macroeconomic conditions in the seven markets, including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast. As a result, Jumia Food will […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Jumia discontinues food delivery across seven markets, shifts focus to expanding physical goods business

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The company said its food delivery business is not aligned with the current operational landscape and prevailing macroeconomic conditions in the seven markets, including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast. As a result, Jumia will cease […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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United Nations proposes social media guidelines after survey finds 85% of people worry about online disinformation

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The UN's culture body, Unesco, commissioned a survey by Ipsos that involved 8,000 people in 16 countries due to hold elections next year, including Austria, Croatia, the US, Algeria, Mexico, Ghana, and India. Read Entire Article

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Algeria’s Yassir picks up $30M to build a super app in North Africa

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at Stanford and spending most of his professional life in Silicon Valley working at various companies, CEO Noureddine Tayebi returned to Algeria to get involved in the country’s nascent tech scene to start a company and build technical talent in the Maghreb region (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia). After earning a Ph.D.

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Millions of US military emails have leaked to the domain of a Russian ally for nearly a decade

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Mali is a country in West Africa, just south of Algeria. The problem stems from the similarity of the US armed forces email suffix (.mil) mil) and the country identifier for Mali (.ml). Military members and others in the United States frequently mistype.mil as.ml, thus directing emails to the. Read Entire Article

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Yassir pulls in $150M for its super app, led by BOND

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The African startup, first launched in Algeria, has now raised $193.25 When CEO Noureddine Tayebi started Yassir, the plan was to build a super app that included services people — in the French-speaking Maghreb region consisting of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia — had little or no access to on one platform.

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Nigeria’s Termii raises $1.4M seed led by Future Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures

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Emmanuel says the company has its sights on North Africa with a physical presence in Algeria for the expansion. The reason lies behind the fact that in this quarter, Nigeria has accounted for 76% of the company’s messaging transactions, while Algeria currently accounts for 15%.

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