TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

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%. A notable example is Kenya’s Africa Talking.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

million funding it has just secured. Mylerz growth funding round was led by Lorax Capital Partners, an Egypt-based private equity firm with participation from Fawry, one of the biggest e-payment companies in Egypt. Manara gets $3M to grow tech talent pool in the Middle East and North Africa.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. AfricInvest, through its Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) and French-based development finance institution Proparco, co-led the early-growth round. This brings GOMYCODE’s total financing to $8.85

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Bolt , the Estonian mobility tech company that recently closed a huge round , is planning to onboard an additional 200,000 drivers in Africa this year, as it kicks-off expansion to more cities within its existing markets while keeping up with the growing demand for e-hailing services across the continent.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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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