TechCrunch
MARCH 19, 2021
So the company leverages a virtual wallet system tied to a bank account and customers can make payments to the platform using mobile money, bank transfer, and credit cards. Emmanuel says the company has its sights on North Africa with a physical presence in Algeria for the expansion.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
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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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Across sub-Saharan Africa 303 million people, about 28% of the population, are connected to the mobile internet, according to the 2021 GSMA mobile economy report , and this number is expected to rise to 40% in three years’ time.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2021
The Togo- and Singapore-based company received investment from AAIC, Thunes (TransferTo), Momentum Ventures (SMRT), Innoport Ventures (Schulte Group), CMC Ventures (National Express) and Liil Ventures (Mobility ADO). This way, individual users can exchange cash for mobile money via the Gozem app. “
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 28, 2020
After an initial success helping Groupon scale internationally via a merger with Rocket’s incubation firm CityDeal, Rocket’s team have aggressively scaled businesses from Algeria to Zimbabwe — sometimes in a matter of weeks. Some companies are global by default — think mobile gaming companies — or simply require language localization.
TechCrunch
MARCH 15, 2021
They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa. Since the company’s expansion to Africa , it has maintained a one-sided relationship with most countries on the continent, allowing them only to send money.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 25, 2021
” While the acquisition signals MaxAB’s move into Morocco, it also shows the company’s entry into the Maghreb markets — Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, where there’s little or no contest. And we figured out that they’re already a perfect fit for that.”
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