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Cameroon’s Ejara raises $2M to offer crypto and investment services in Francophone Africa

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Growing up in Douala, Cameroon, Chatue-Diop’s family experienced a life-changing experience when France devalued the CFA franc in 1994. So, she partnered with a long-time friend and serial entrepreneur, Baptiste Andrieux, to start Ejara in Cameroon and the larger Francophone region.

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Fidelity, Visa and Kingsway back South African fintech JUMO in $120M round

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The company adds that this number can grow to $40 billion when it expands to Nigeria and Cameroon in 2022. Asides from the expansion into Nigeria and Cameroon, JUMO says it will use the investment to improve and increase the number of financial products it offers to small and medium businesses.

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YC-backed Namibian startup JABU gets $3.2M for its B2B e-commerce and retail play

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Akinin launched a startup to offer digital mortgages but pivoted to a construction company with a presence in Namibia, Zambia and Cameroon. Namibia had huge housing demand at the time. Due to the pandemic, Akinin’s construction company embarked on a COVID relief program to donate food supplies in Namibia.

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Cameroonian crypto and savings platform Ejara raises $8M, led by Anthemis and Dragonfly

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Last October, it had 8,000 users from Cameroon, its first market and others including Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, and Senegal. Cameroon’s Ejara raises $2M to offer crypto and investment services in Francophone Africa. At $10 million, Ejara is one of Cameroon’s most-funded companies (if not the most funded).

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Go Around the Globe with #Storymakers2014

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With one-hour chats in Cameroon, New Zealand, India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Canada and the United States, we have over twelves hours of digital storytelling conversation planned for your listening pleasure. Then join us September 4, 2014 for an amazing, global conversation. South Africa. Topic: What makes a good stor y.

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Molotov starts its international expansion with seven African countries

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First, the service will be available in seven African countries, starting with Ivory Coast where it’s already live, Senegal in January, Cameroon in February, Burkina Faso in March, Tunisia in April, Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo after that.

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Kenyan startup Wowzi secures $3.2 million from 4DX Ventures, Andela co-founder to expand across Africa

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This goal is achievable for the startup, which has successfully conducted campaigns across multiple markets in Africa including Mauritius, Mozambique, Zambia and Cameroon. “We We actually had our first engagement in Cameroon recently after Netflix asked us to work with them in an additional eight countries.

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