TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Bloom , a Sudan-based fintech that offers a high-yield savings account and adjacent digital banking services, has raised a $6.5 based VCs Global Founders Capital (GFC) and Goodwater Capital and UAE-based early-stage firm VentureSouq. Visa is taking the lead as a first mover in digital payments in Sudan. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The firm co-led the round with Global Ventures, the MENA-focused VC that has backed the likes of Tabby, Helium Health and Paymob. “I And in turn, give the rest of the world access to African consumers on the ground who want and need these goods globally.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We want to encourage capital into African women-led businesses, and to support a high number of existing local and global investors to invest more capital in this market,” Impact Room CEO and founder Blantern told TechCrunch. Impact Rooms is backed by US-based investment group Global Blockchain Ventures (GBV).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

It is this missing connection that Emtech , a central bank digital infrastructure provider, is looking to fill through its digital regulatory platform, which aims to fast-track the reach of fintech products to market. Already, CBDCs are taking off in Africa, with Zambia and Kenya being the latest countries to test their viability.

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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. African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines. This alternative financial infrastructure is one of the largest globally. It’s literally a no-brainer.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

And importantly , this is the group that demonstrated their confidence and desire to really solve what is a global problem,” said the CEO. First, around product development, the team is eager to build next-generation digital renewable energy. He describes the system as an epicentre of energy provisioning. ” More than 1.5

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. Supporting them is not only essential to the global community’s food supply, but also to the day-to-day well-being of the communities in which they work and live. Why Small-Scale Farmers? Casper Stryndom.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Other existing investors include Silicon Valley backer Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital, Shravin Bharti Mittal of Bharti Global Limited-an Indian Conglomerate, Social Capital and Golden Palm Investments. The tech startup plans to use its network of pharmacies to build what they describe as a digital primary care service.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Patients in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia, where mPharma has a presence, now have access to the virtual services. mPharma’s Mutti Online Pharmacy is now among the handful of exclusively digital pharmacies, including Kenya’s MyDawa, with operations in Africa.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We are primarily focused on expanding across Africa in 2022 and in other emerging markets globally,” Wowzi co-founder and CEO, Brian Mogeni, told TechCrunch. “We This a new form of digital marketing that pivots from the norm of using celebrities for marketing campaigns.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Other existing investors include Silicon Valley backer Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital, Shravin Bharti Mittal of the Bharti Global Limited, Social Capital and Golden Palm Investments. It plans to use its network of pharmacies to build what it describes as a digital primary care service that will offer all-in-one diagnostics services.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Governments were slowly waking up to the emergency, creating organizations like the Global Fund, one of the largest global health partnerships on the planet, but companies were still fast asleep. At that time, (RED) spoke at length about investments in global health systems, the importance of antiretroviral drugs, and so on.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

These global leaders are coming from the United Kingdom, Uganda, Florida, and DC. Portland, Oregon: Digital Inclusion: Why Access for All Matters More than Ever. Los Angeles, California: Digital Activism: How Much Can You Really Accomplish? Lusaka, Zambia: Website Building and Designing Using WordPress for Nonprofits.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Nigeria leads the way again with five startups, while Egypt has four, Morocco has two, and Kenya, Ghana, Zambia and South Africa each have one. Africa has the lowest insurance penetrations globally. Another digitizing-informal-retail-stores play, this time from Nigeria. Union54 (Zambia). Amenli (Egypt). Chari (Morocco).

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Tableau

JUNE 13, 2021

Global Head of the Tableau Foundation. Rather than trying to manage health issues in siloes, PATH is focusing on working with in-country partners to grow disease monitoring digital health capability in the broadest possible sense. . “If Neal Myrick. Kristin Adderson. June 13, 2021 - 5:55pm. June 13, 2021.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape. In a period of two years, Adanian Labs has grown beyond Kenya, by establishing a presence in Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa and Nigeria – some of the biggest startup and tech hubs in Africa. How Adanian Labs started. Africa-wide Growth.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The mix of positives such as a fast-growing population–the youngest globally–, solid smartphone penetration, increasing crypto adoption, and negatives like low GDP per capita across board and unemployment makes Africa the next ripe ground for web3. What WeChat did in China, Jambo will do in Africa.

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Tableau

JUNE 13, 2021

Global Head of the Tableau Foundation. Rather than trying to manage health issues in siloes, PATH is focusing on working with in-country partners to grow disease monitoring digital health capability in the broadest possible sense. . “If Neal Myrick. Kristin Adderson. June 13, 2021 - 5:55pm. June 13, 2021.

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