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How African startups raised investments in 2020

TechCrunch

Mauritius-headquartered companies received $110 million while African startups headquartered in the U.K. Due to unfriendly regulations, business and tax conditions, Nigerian startups are increasingly incorporating their startups abroad and other African countries like Seychelles and Mauritius. Those in South Africa claimed $119.7

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Norebase raises $1M to allow companies start, scale, and operate in any African country

TechCrunch

In an interview with TechCrunch, CEO Onayemi, a lawyer by profession, said the idea for Norebase came after various conversations on how his clients and colleagues in tech could leverage AfCFTA for their businesses. In addition, Norebase upsells on other services as long as they abide by regulatory and compliance requirements.

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Congratulations and welcome to the 2021 Tableau Ambassadors

Tableau

Twelve countries are even getting their first ambassador ever: Azerbaijan, Chile, Finland, Kenya, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, and Sweden. Social Ambassadors go above and beyond to drive thought-provoking conversations about data in social media. They have wide-ranging backgrounds, too.

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Congratulations and welcome to the 2021 Tableau Ambassadors

Tableau

Twelve countries are even getting their first ambassador ever: Azerbaijan, Chile, Finland, Kenya, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, and Sweden. Social Ambassadors go above and beyond to drive thought-provoking conversations about data in social media. They have wide-ranging backgrounds, too.

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Colossal says creating woolly mice is a ‘validation step’ for de-extinction and could help eradicate diseases

Fast Company Tech

Lamm said he initially reached out to George Church, the father of synthetic biology, about an idea for a different company, but that conversation quickly turned to the beginnings of Colossal. I just said, George, if you had one project with unlimited capital, what would you do? Lamm recalled.

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Dispute between founders and board leaves Capiter in arrears to employees and creditors

TechCrunch

“During that same period, investors infused millions of dollars of capital in two tranches (over and above the Series A that was raised last year) based on the progress of these conversations and the traction of the business. the holding company initially based in Mauritius and now in Abu Dhabi.

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EV conversion startup Opibus raises $7.5M to start bus and motorcycle mass production

TechCrunch

Founded in 2017 by Gardler, Filip Lövström and Mikael Gånge, Opibus has over the years specialized in auto conversions, and is now moving to full electric vehicle manufacturing, starting with motorcycles and public commercial vehicles, all while developing charging and energy solutions. .