TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Fairbanc also received previous investment from East Ventures, 500 Global and Michael Smapoerna. Fairbanc was founded in 2019 by Wharton-graduate Mir Haque, who first piloted the startup in Bangladesh before choosing Indonesia as its main market.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bfree , a Nigerian credit management fintech, has embarked on global expansion after raising $1.7 The startup also regularly conducts financial literacy campaigns. million in a pre-Series A round, to tap the opportunities in emerging markets, where digital lending apps have recently sprung up in droves.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

But while global experts search for solutions to bridge the worsening digital divide for women, it turns out the answers are at our fingertips. We launched a global crowdsourcing campaign to collect homegrown solutions and ideas to spread digital empowerment. That’s just the beginning.

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