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

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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. But how does it make money?

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

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firm Plug and Play Ventures, Launch Africa, BANSEA and Virtual Network. Algeria’s Yassir picks up $30M to build a super app in North Africa. It follows the $7 million raised in previous seed rounds via three tranches from investors such as U.S. In total, the multi-vertical application has raised over $12 million.

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Women Who Tech Around the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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

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

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May 30, 2023 Texas judge orders all AI-generated content must be declared and checked The Texas federal judge has added a requirement that any attorney appearing in his court must attest that “no portion of the filing was drafted by generative artificial intelligence,” or if it was, that it was checked “by a human being.”

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