TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Smile Identity , a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve , a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software. Other prominent use cases include AML checks, customer onboarding and fraud prevention.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

At a time when the global economy has been under pressure, Taptap Send saw business grow eight-fold, the company said. Taptap Send believes that its unique place in the market is that it has built not just the easiest, but the most reliable system to initiate, manage and receive those transfers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will train managers of leading accelerators in Africa over the next two years, to help them establish sustainable business models that commandeer greater influence in their ecosystems. Silicon-Valley based VC firm 500 Global and German’s economic development agency Gesellschaft fu?r

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

“In managing the operations directly ourselves … we went from an asset-light backend distribution software platform to this market-facing platform that was out there delivering goods directly to shops themselves.”. And what started in Kenya soon scaled into neighboring East African markets Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda in 2018.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

It is nearly impossible for businesses in some African countries to receive money from PayPal. Via this partnership, African businesses can connect with the more than 377 million PayPal accounts globally and overcome the challenges presented by the highly fragmented and complex payment and banking infrastructure on the continent.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

These challenges befall millions of micro-retailers across the continent, and Betastore , a B2B retail marketplace for informal retailers, is working to resolve in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal. We plan to enter new markets before the end of the year and to expand to 100 cities across Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2023

While traditionally busy markets like North America and Europe benefited from the explosion in capital, other regions with more nascent startup scenes also saw big gains in their ability to attract funding. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Chargel, based in Senegal, recently raised $2.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

The power grid supply in Africa is erratic and inconsistent, affecting rural and urban households and businesses. For restaurants or neighborhood stores dealing with perishables, frozen foods and beverages, having intermittent electricity inhibits the growth of their businesses. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A region of more than 200 million people using the CFA franc, Francophone Africa is one of the most crypto-friendly markets in Africa. But only a few players are taking advantage of the market, which can make a case as the next frontier for mobile money and investment apps in Africa.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

The concept is ubiquitous in East Africa, but since mobile money is a telecom operators-led initiative, there are technical complexities in creating a unified infrastructure for businesses that need it. The company is led by CEO Nikolai Barnwell , betPawa’s former head of New Markets, Africa. PawaPay , a U.K.-based

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Automotive e-commerce company Autochek has expanded to new markets in Africa after acquiring CoinAfrique, a classified ad marketplace, nearly two months after the Nigerian startup acquired Moroccan auto marketplace KIFAL Auto , marking its foray into North Africa. CoinAfrique classifieds ads marketplace is active in 12 Francophone markets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Partech Shaker , the innovation division of the Paris-based VC firm Partech , has launched an accelerator program christened Chapter54 to help European startups launch in African markets. We are going to help them to reinvent the way they operate their businesses (to enter African markets).”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Briter Bridges, for instance, avoids using geography to define an African startup due to factors contributing to business identities like taxation, customers, IP and management team. Senegal took the fifth spot with $353 million, while Ghana was sixth ($167 million). In 2021, Nigeria retained the first spot ($1.8 or the U.K.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

With other outlets like media publications WeeTracker and Disrupt Africa disclosing different results for the African venture capital market, we compared and contrasted their results last year. Senegal, the region’s top destination for VC funding dropped from $16 million in 2019 to $8.8 Regional and gender diversity check.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Agriculture insurance has traditionally relied on farm business. However, the fact remains that across Africa and other emerging markets, there are still millions of smallholder farmers with risks to their livelihoods that have not been covered.” In the U.S. Pula co-founders and Co-CEOs (Rose Goslinga and Thomas Njeru).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The company also just closed on $14 million in funding to expand its business across Africa. One is access to markets , which alone is a huge source of food waste, and the other is food security because of a lack of stable growing conditions exacerbated by climate change. But growing up, Ibrahim was told stories about East Africa.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

.” The Ivorian startup acts as an online and point-of-sale payment solution for merchants to process payment from more than 130 different payment operators — mobile-money, bank cards, wallets — in nine French-speaking African countries: Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Congo, Guinea and Benin.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. It offers over 30 learning tracks ranging from web development to digital marketing and data science to artificial intelligence. There are a lot of impact and mass market players. GOMYCODE utilizes the latter.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Part of the funding will go toward increasing access to clean energy for off-grid households and businesses in the region. The fund invests in at least half of companies that explicitly address the energy needs of women consumers and entrepreneurs in Africa, and those offering renewable energy solutions to businesses and households.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Appzone, having built both banking and fintech layers, wants to connect individuals and businesses to their services. Other countries with a presence include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Tanzania and Senegal. Before now, Appzone closed a $2 million round from South African Business Connexion (BCX) in 2014.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Packages handled by Jumia Logistics, its delivery business over the Black Friday season, reached 5.3 The e-commerce platform is available in 11 markets across Africa, including Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Morocco. Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya account for most of the online sales on Jumia.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

In February 2020, as the world was shutting down, and as businesses downsized on account of the Covid pandemic, John Kamara was busy establishing another new startup Adanian Labs in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. It may have been a tough period to build a business but they sailed through with their mission. “We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

From hospitality to fleet management : Two brothers in Senegal are putting their hospitality management skills to work helping trucking companies with their logistics. For example, raising funds to scale up sales and marketing efforts might sound great, but what if the business itself has negative unit economics?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

And while the pitches are diverse, some concentrations show key ways that a group of vetted entrepreneurs are thinking about the landscape’s shift in light of finicky venture markets, a downturn, and some public market meltdowns. Swizerland, India, Nigeria, Senegal and other geographies. And this batch supports that realization.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It was the perfect marketing required to onboard several customers in Africa and challenge Binance , the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, for market share. But as FTX and its chief executive undergo criminal investigation, this event will push forward regulatory changes for crypto across various markets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Jumia reaches lowest losses in four years under new management In Q4 2022, Jumia embarked on a streamlining effort that reduced its headcount by 20%, affecting 900 roles across 11 markets. Building supply is the right thing to do, especially in a tough market and macroeconomic context. People want cheaper products and better deals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

According to the accelerator, six new countries home to these companies are making their appearance for the first time : Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Chile, Brazil and Singapore. YC says 16% of the companies in its current list (44 out of 267) are based outside the U.S., compared to its first list, which included just seven non-U.S.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

We are here to talk about the next wave, what are those emerging trends in nonprofit social media marketing. We’re going to talk about Emerging Trends in Nonprofit Social Media Marketing. I am a former development and marketing director. Peace Corps in Senegal in West Africa. I actually loved marketing.

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MARCH 1, 2025

Pedro Aznar, professor of economics with the Esade Business School in Barcelona, said the influx of foreign workers has helped Spain fare far better than Germany, the traditional motor of Europes economy, whose manufacturing industry is in crisis. We had two ways to deal with the challenge, the minister, Elma Saiz, told the AP.

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