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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). Image Credits: Yassir.

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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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Egypt’s Mylerz raises $9.6M for its e-commerce fulfillment service, eyes Africa-wide growth

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As Mylerz expands to Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, Fawry, its payments partner, will come along to provide electronic payment and cash collection services. Manara gets $3M to grow tech talent pool in the Middle East and North Africa.

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

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His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. However, finding a sizable number in Tunis was tough. “At

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Francophone African super app Gozem grabs $5M to expand and offer more services

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Image Credits: Gozem. Algeria’s Yassir picks up $30M to build a super app in North Africa. Since Gozem started the lease model, it has provided up to 1,500 vehicles to drivers. Costamagna, in a statement, said the funding will help Gozem increase the figure to over 200,000 before 2025.

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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

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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. Image Credits: Bolt.

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

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Such decisions must not be delegated to unelected tech leaders. March 14, 2023 OpenAI launches GPT-4, available through ChatGPT Plus GPT-4 is a powerful image- and text-understanding AI model from OpenAI. Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us? FAQs: What is ChatGPT?

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