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

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However , that’s not the case as limiting factors that hinder proper digital communication come into play at different growth stages. Gbolade Emmanuel and Ayomide Awe launched Termii after Emmanuel’s experience as a digital marketer helped him recognize the need for businesses to have exceptional communication channels.

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

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Yassir , an African super app platform that offers on-demand services such as ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments, has raised $150 million in Series B funding, five times what it raised in its previous priced round last November. . The African startup, first launched in Algeria, has now raised $193.25

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

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AfricInvest, through its Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) and French-based development finance institution Proparco, co-led the early-growth round. In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. This brings GOMYCODE’s total financing to $8.85

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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. Generally speaking, our competitors are the telco, which offers mobile money services, and sometimes you have standalone digital wallets as well,” said Costamagna. Image Credits: Gozem.

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MaxAB gets an extra $15M, acquires YC-backed Moroccan startup WaystoCap

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El-Megharbel mentioned to TechCrunch that MaxAB’s plan to move into Morocco coincided with WaystoCap’s bid to raise new funding (the last time the company took venture capital was in 2017) and push further into the Moroccan market. WaystoCap is bringing Africa’s cross-border trade into the digital era.

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How African startups raised venture capital in 2022

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But before that, there was shared optimism that African startups would raise more VC funding last year than in 2021 when the continent, for the first time, passed the $4-5 billion threshold. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 Most tech observers share Cuvelier’s thoughts on VC activity in Africa.

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