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NowNow raises $13M seed, plans to scale its ecosystem of financial products across Africa

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NowNow Digital Systems , one such platform launched in 2018, has raised $13 million in a seed round that will allow the four-year-old startup to scale and expand its service offerings across Africa.

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"Freelines" for political prisoners

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One November 4th, NPR's Story of the Day podcast was about Robert 'King' Wilkerson who was in the Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana for 31 years. They became known as the Angola Three. Now he sells his candies, which he calls "Freelines" to help raise consciousness about political prisoners. Angola 3 freelines NPR

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