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

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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%.

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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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Algeria’s Yassir picks up $30M to build a super app in North Africa

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Yassir, an Algerian startup that provides on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, has raised a $30 million Series A round. This round of funding makes Yassir the most funded startup in Algeria and one of the most funded in the Maghreb and MENA region. After earning a Ph.D.

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Women Who Tech Around the World. Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit that brings together women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. What challenges do women who tech in Africa and Middle East face?

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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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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. Egyptian fintech Paymob raises $50M led by PayPal Ventures and Kora Capital.

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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. It raised $850,000 seed in October 2020. 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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