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Namibian B2B e-commerce retail platform JABU raises $15M led by Tiger Global

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This time, it’s a startup that was in the news this January: Namibia-based JABU , whose $3.2 In January, the company had over 6,000 merchants using its platform across Namibia, South Africa and Zambia. million seed round we covered. CEO David Akinin said that number has increased by 50%.

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South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent

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Coming off a year of exponential growth, it has raised a $48 million Series B to provide more alternative payment solutions to its millions of merchants and consumers. A portion of the funds will also be directed at mergers and acquisitions and pan-African expansion to four countries in the next six months: Namibia, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Another cluster evaluated the alternatives and determined that my son (who was also without power on the 23 rd floor of his apartment in lower Manhattan) had the best shot of making his way to them. This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. So, he biked uptown and rented a car.

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Dear Sophie: How to maneuver the latest travel bans, H-1B alternatives

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The most recent policy bars individuals who have been in South Africa, as well as Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe within the previous 14 days from entering the United States. As you know, the Biden administration instituted a travel policy on Nov. 29 due to the Omicron variant.

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

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Are there alternatives to ChatGPT? There are multiple AI-powered chatbot competitors such as Together , Google’s Bard and Anthropic’s Claude , and developers are creating open source alternatives. Europe, South Korea and New Zealand, and soon more will be able to download the app from the app store.

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