TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The business opportunity for remittance is lucrative despite digital lenders vying for less than 20% of the international money market dominated by traditional offline players. in average transaction fees, digital senders like NALA pitch themselves to customers as platforms with the best rates and lowest prices. and the E.U.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

The fintech’s new growth strategy follows its plan to power its embedded finance offering beyond its current markets, including Uganda and Ghana, to bridge the financing gap affecting millions of micro, small medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across these markets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

When companies create digital payments-facing solutions for African countries outside Nigeria and South Africa, building around mobile money is key. There are various payment gateways facilitating payments for businesses in Africa, like Flutterwave , DPO Group, Yoco , MFS Africa and Paystack. It’s literally a no-brainer.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a presence in six African countries — Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Liberia, Kenya and Uganda — Helium Health has signed more than 500 healthcare facilities. million in VC funding, has facilitated over 200,000 doctor appointments while enabling healthcare providers to generate approximately $130 million in billings.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Autochek was previously present in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Morocco. The company earns by charging a fee to dealers listing on its platforms, in addition to a loan facilitation commission from banks. New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Last year, Klasha’s consumer product allowed users in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya to create virtual cards, fund with their respective currencies and send and receive money. Klasha makes revenue via sales commissions and subscriptions merchants pay to use the platform for analytics. Image Credits: Klasha.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Stephen Deng, the co-founder and partner of DFS Lab, a firm that invests in digital commerce startups, serially compared the 2016 Southeast Asia funding landscape to where Africa might be in 2021, at $3 billion. Digital payments gateway MFS Africa is one of Africa’s few corporate investors and acquirers. billion and $2.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

This technology allows people to send and receive money, pay for bills and buy data offline, and reports say more than 90% of digital transactions in sub-Saharan Africa are performed on its rails. . Telcos and banks dominate this mass market, providing the tech infrastructure that facilitates these code-based transactions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We might not wait long as Okra is currently in beta in Kenya and South Africa, and Mono is planning an expansion into Ghana and Kenya before the end of the year. It will be interesting to see how competition and collaboration play out when they expand outside their markets. “Unlike the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Digital payments gateways, on the other hand , have a unique use case, particularly when they can help people use their basic bank accounts to make payments. At the time, most fintechs and banks did not recognize the need for using bank payments to facilitate online transactions. Ozow is one such player.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

We are committed to actively advocating for clear and consistent science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a 1.5°C With a digital-first approach, 350.org’s Bentley Motors’ new digital platform is a crucial component of its goal to become a leader of sustainable luxury mobility.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Ghana’s Float initially launched as Brex for Africa but later pivoted to offering the same credit features with more emphasis on software and less on cards; Boya, on the other hand, plans to execute on both fronts using overdrafts. ” Founders : Henry Mascot started a company in 2017 to help hospitals digitize records.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

The photographs above were taken on the last day of Blogher, at the Unconference on Sunday morning facilitated by the talented Kaliya Hamlin who blogs about unconferences here. Of course, we pulled out the digital camera because we're experiential learners and started to explore the ideas with hands-on practice. mobile posting.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Tebogo Mokwena , co-founder and CEO, Akiba Digital. My current investor pool, which was led by women at Greycroft and Seedcamp, invested because of the opportunity of solving a problem continent-wide and the prospect of facilitating cross-border commerce through modern technology. Tebogo Mokwena, CEO, Akiba Digital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition includes a "Knowledge-networking" category designed to take good ideas and circulates them widely, taking full advantage of the Web's potential for collaborative thinking. GINKs is a knowledge network promoting the use of ICTs in development in Ghana.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

In the creative writing space, Google’s PAIR and Magenta teams developed a novel prototype for creative writing, and facilitated a writers' workshop to explore the potential and limits of AI to assist creative writing. The app is available to English speakers 18+ in Australia, Canada, Ghana, India, New Zealand, the UK, and the US.

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