TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

In a statement shared with TechCrunch, Smile Identity said it is “actively fulfilling regulatory requirements to finalize the transaction for the [Inclusive Innovation] affiliated entities in Africa.” Document verification and face recognition and matching comprise Smile Identity’s base-level product that works across Africa.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Partech Africa covers equity deals in tech and digital spaces and funding rounds higher than $200,000. It also defines African startups as companies with their primary market, in terms of operations or revenues, in Africa — not based on HQ or incorporation. Ghana came fifth. In 2021, Nigeria retained the first spot ($1.8

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Naked , a South African insurtech company that helps consumers to insure their cars, homes, and valuables, has raised $17 million in Series B funding led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The news follows the Naspers-led $11 million Series A round that the South African insurtech announced in August 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Talk360’s payment platform will integrate “all payment options” in the continent — creating a diverse pool of localized payment options, making it easy for international and local businesses to sell to buyers residing in Africa. South Africa’s Talk360 raises $4M to build single payment platform for Africa.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

“This is the largest batch we have ever funded and it’s about 50% international. As a result, it is not surprising that this is the largest cohort from Africa,” Y Combinator managing director and group arptner Michael Seibel told TechCrunch when asked if any extra factor contributed to the rise in accepted African startups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Last year, the company also said it acquired an international money transfer license with a WorldRemit partnership also in the works. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, and with a large share of its people underbanked and unbanked , fintech is arguably the most promising digital sector in the country.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Africa is the world’s third fastest-growing crypto market, with crypto adoption increasing by more than 1,200% over the last two years. Countries such as Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa are majorly responsible for skyrocketing adoption rates as citizens try to hedge against currency devaluation and build wealth.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Founded in 2018 by Alex Thomson, Sumarie Greybe and Ernest North, Naked is a digital insurance platform covering cars, content, homes and standalone items. Africa’s insurance sector is worth more than $68 billion in annual gross written premiums. This fits in with our focus of backing purpose-driven technology businesses.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

We've got an important question for all the cricket fans out there: How would you like to see Bangladesh, India , New Zealand , Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia , England, and South Africa compete in a ODI tournament? It's going to be an electric few weeks of ODI cricket from the best international sides in the world.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Like many startups playing in the B2B e-commerce space across the continent, Chari digitizes the largely fragmented FMCG sector in Morocco and Tunisia. Chari, a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores, raises $5M at $70M valuation. The Khatabook-esque platform provides credit and bookkeeping services to about 50,000 merchants.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Mehta co-founded Uncover with Jade Oyateru (COO) and Catherine Lee (Advisor) inspired to build a data driven, digital-first, health and wellness brand for the African woman, by leveraging their experience and expertise. Summer International uses social media data to launch new beauty brands. Image Credits : Uncover Skincare.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

The company also claims to have processed volumes now reaching double digits in millions of dollars. But in Africa, Visa and Mastercard dominate the market share; for example, in South Africa, the distribution of cardholders with Visa is 51% compared to Mastercard’s 48%.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

“Despite the challenges that emerged in the second half of the year, 2022 was another year of growth for Africa in terms of total funding raised, number of deals and number of investors involved. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 Most tech observers share Cuvelier’s thoughts on VC activity in Africa.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Startups digitizing B2B e-commerce and retail in Africa continue to grab the headlines after the pandemic paved the way for widespread offline retail and commerce disruption. The Series B funding is coming almost eighteen months after raising $10 million co-led by Partech Africa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Executive parts ways with Better.com : CTO Diane Yu is among employees agreeing to take part in the voluntary separation plan that the digital mortgage lender offered earlier this week, though we report she will stay on as an adviser. . – Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. The startup hopes that the Series A funding will drive its presence in 12 countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens. GOMYCODE utilizes the latter.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Manufacturers use DataProphet at different points on their digitization journeys; data collation and centralization are crucial to kickstart them. and South America. Some of its competitors — which are international, not local — include Braincube and Seebo. “I

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

NALA , a Tanzanian cross-border payments company that recently pivoted from local to international money transfers, said Thursday it has raised $10 million in a new fundraising round. In that time, NALA built a mobile money service in East Africa and scaled it to more than 250,000 users. and the E.U., country, probably France.”.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The startup, which provides multiple products for the cross-border commerce space in Africa, raised this new financing from a group of international investors co-led by American Express (AMEX) Ventures, the strategic investment group of American Express. Lagos and San Francisco-based Klasha has received an additional $2.1

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

million pre-seed funding to scale its operations within Africa; one of the fastest-growing mobile phone market in the world. The Venture Catalysts, V&R Africa, Grenfell holdings, and SOSV, participated in the round, as did family offices and angel investors from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and India.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. Desired outcomes of the event included: For all to understand African challenges and how international electronics and refurbishment standards apply to African conditions. and Weeelabex.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

Digital privacy management is an area that takes considerable resources to whip into shape, and most SMBs just aren’t equipped for it. EU lawmakers recently unveiled plans for “A Europe fit for the Digital Age.” Cillian Kieran is CEO and co-founder of Ethyca , a New York-based privacy company. “A

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Digital Media and Learning Conference. Digital Media and Learning Conference. Digital Media and Learning Hub / Irvine, CA / $175. International Fundraising Conference - IFC 2016. Social Value International / Atlanta, GA / $225. South Africa / $250. South Africa. State/Local. 10/13/2016.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

The group stage is settled, with India, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa securing their spots in the knockout rounds. This ODI takes place at the Dubai International Stadium. Australia in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy for free from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. India will meet Australia in the first semi final.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2021

Part of the new round will be use to apply for financial licenses in Singapore, Hong Kong and South Africa, and partner with banks and financial institutions, like payment gateways. “We dollar liquidity, tools to conduct trade in digital fiat currencies. XREX’s last funding was a $7 million seed round in 2019.

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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. It’s literally a no-brainer. He also sits on the board of 88mph. African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The lack of interoperability between African currencies is primarily behind why a Kenyan business owner who wants to pay an invoice to another business owner in South Africa with either shillings or rands ends up using the dollar — the currency that powers almost 80% of Africa’s bilateral trade.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Australian startup, which builds a livestock management platform for ranchers and farmers, wants to digitize farm records and the meat production process from the cow to the consumer and drive the industry’s animal and environmental welfare transparency. Additionally, AgriWebb has partnerships in Brazil and South Africa, Webb said.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. Carol’s social enterprise in Nairobi employs over 100 students working to proofread books for our Bookshare digital library. Interviewed several candidates for executive positions at Benetech. Enough said!

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

The Uber Files, which were originally shared with The Guardian and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , show a company that has knowingly broken laws, gone to extreme lengths to avoid justice, secretly lobbied governments, received aid from top politicians and exploited violence against drivers to drum up business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” He started off with a great story about what a tribe in South Africa does when someone in their community does something bad. Lee Rainie from the Pew Research Center, gave a talk and shared some stats on “ Our Digital Life: What the Research Shows.”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The link need to be like so: Africa. Gulu, Uganda: Adobe Spark Digital Storytelling. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Amnesty International ran detailed forensics on 67 smartphones to look for evidence that they were targeted by Pegasus spyware — and 37 of those phones tested positive. Amnesty International has actually released a tool that can be used for analysis, and you can read our guide on how to use it here. How worried should I actually be?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Tebogo Mokwena , co-founder and CEO, Akiba Digital. Klasha is a technology company that allows international merchants such as H&M or Zara to receive payments online in local African currencies and money methods. to improve cross-border commerce in Africa. Tebogo Mokwena, CEO, Akiba Digital. Yes absolutely!

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Digital Agriculture Product Manager, World Food Programme Digital Transformation Unit, Nairobi. Casper has 12 years of experience in managing scalable digital solutions in developing countries. Senior Humanitarian Climate Crisis Advisor, Save the Children International. Casper Stryndom. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Emma Visman.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. region in southern China is the poster child of digital dumps and bad electronics recycling. The e-Waste Association of South Africa ( eWASA ) is building a network of e-waste recyclers and refurbishers in the country.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2014, Micromax poached Samsung’s country head for mobile and digital imaging Vineet Taneja and appointed him the CEO. ” The four founders are said to have different qualities that helped the company compete against global brands in India and international markets. million in 2016, according to IDC data.

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