Remove Algeria Remove Global Remove Model
article thumbnail

4 keys to international expansion

TechCrunch

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. Rocket often followed the Blitzscaling model popularized by Reid Hoffman — earning them an appearance in his book of the same name.

article thumbnail

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

TechCrunch

In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. While there are various jobs in every facet of life, tech jobs are currently in high demand in the global economy these days. They operate online-only or hybrid models (a combination of offline and online settings).

Africa 98
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Asset financiers to the rescue as Bolt plans to sign-up 200,000 new drivers in Africa to meet growing demand for ride-hailing services

TechCrunch

In South Africa, Bolt has a similar arrangement with FlexClub, a vehicle subscriptions marketplace, that allows drivers to get into the taxi business through a lease-to-own financing model. One of the models of partnership that we’re really expanding this year is around vehicle financing. Image Credits: Bolt.

Africa 89
article thumbnail

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

TechCrunch

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.

Algeria 100
article thumbnail

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

TechCrunch

That business model got WaystoCap into Y Combinator’s Winter batch in 2017, making it the first company accepted from Morocco. “For us, our strategy is to build a global team that can think local and execute properly. Niama El Bassunie co-founded WaystoCap with Mehdi Daoui, Anis Abdeddine and Aziz Jaouhari Tissafi in 2015.

Morocco 98
article thumbnail

Women Who Tech Around the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I organized and moderated a panel called “ Women Who Tech Globally.” ” Using a webinar and conference call platform, we were able to bring in participants from San Francisco, Rwanda, Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. Unfortunately, our presenter from Lebanon had connectivity issues and was unable to present.

Tech 101
article thumbnail

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TechCrunch

ChatGPT was recently super-charged by GPT-4 , the latest language-writing model from OpenAI’s labs. Paying ChatGPT users have access to GPT-4, which can write more naturally and fluently than the model that previously powered ChatGPT. Turbo through the company’s API can make the model better follow specific instructions.

API 82