TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Its platform connects over 6,000 retailers to local and multinational suppliers — such as Namibia Breweries Limited, ABInBev, Bokomo, Coca-Cola, Namibmills — and digitizes orders, payments and logistics. And JABU — profiting from owning its supply chain — is making efforts to digitize its physical cash collection processes via wallets.

Namibia 141

Namibia Africa South Africa Cameroon 141

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Founded by Kiaan Pillay , Natalie Cuthbert , and Priyen Pillay , Stitch wants to provide full API access to financial accounts across Africa starting from its first market, South Africa. The founders draw on prior experience building API products for local markets in the past.

Africa 117

Africa API South Africa Kenya 117

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%.

Issue 137

Issue Global Africa Zambia 137

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.

South Africa 90

South Africa Africa Fund Zimbabwe 90

TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

This is a gap that Talk360 is looking to bridge as it creates a new payment platform that will integrate all available payment options across Africa. This product, it says, will open up businesses to the largest pool of localized payment options in Africa.

Africa 95

Africa South Africa Platform Build 95

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The general perception of insurance on the continent has been bland for years, and its penetration rate, except South Africa, is subpar. Per a McKinsey study in 2018, Africa’s insurance market stood at a 3% penetration rate; with South Africa excluded, it was 1.12%. The local investors involved are all founders.

South Africa 96

South Africa Nigeria Accessibility Africa 96

TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape. Africa-wide Growth. 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.

Africa 97

Africa South Africa Nigeria Kenya 97

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.

Africa 145

Africa Nigeria Marketing Kenya 145

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. Last October, the YC-backed company acquired Moroccan ledger book Karny.ma.

Tunisia 95

Tunisia Morocco Service South Africa 95

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.

Raise 99

Raise South Africa Africa Kenya 99

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Micro and small businesses in emerging markets still struggle to access digital payments for several reasons. The plan for the company is to provide merchants with access to accounts, cards, local payment networks and lending. and the UAE in their local currencies — dollars, pounds and dirhams, respectively.

Saudi Arabia 95

Saudi Arabia UAE South Africa Bangladesh 95

TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

From Onayemi’s point of view, the growth of Africa’s digital economy revolves around gains in six segments: education, payments, logistics, transport, identity, and trade. These countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mauritius and Burkina Faso.

Africa 139

Africa Nigeria Burkina Faso Companies 139

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Africa’s beauty and personal care market is growing accelerated by its growing young and fashion conscious population, increasing spending power, and urbanization. Niche local brands are also emerging to offer tailored beauty and skin care products. Image Credits : Uncover Skincare.

Africa 122

Africa Product Kenya Raise 122

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“We want to encourage a high percentage of capital into regions outside the four main markets (South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria) as much as we can. The Impact Rooms team is currently spread across the world with some of its experts in Kenya , Zambia, Ghana, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Australia, US, UK and Switzerland.

South Africa 81

South Africa Puerto Rico Impact Africa 81

TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

The startup hopes that the Series A funding will drive its presence in 12 countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. Image Credits: By 2030, it is predicted that the number of youths — people between the ages of 15 and 24 — in Africa will increase by 42%, according to the UN.

Africa 98

Africa Tunisia Saudi Arabia South Africa 98

TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

So far, the company partners with media buying and advertising agencies and works with over 100 local and multinational brands across Africa, the Middle East and South America in the automotive, healthcare and technology industries. Fergany also said Convertedin is eyeing South Africa and India too. “We

Saudi Arabia 104

Saudi Arabia America Raise Offline 104

TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

There are two kinds of restaurants where the majority of our focus is on — the bukkas [local restaurants] and the small restaurants, for instance,” Orda co-founder and CEO Guy Futi told TechCrunch in an interview. With its cloud-based software, Orda wants these businesses not to rely on manual ways of managing their businesses. .

Africa 118

Africa Management Platform South Africa 118

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Per reports , major regional exchanges in Africa have raised over $80 billion in equity capital markets and $240 billion in debt capital markets. While local retail apps such as Bamboo and Chaka offer U.S. That was the year MTN Ghana, a local telecom operator, went public in the West African country after raising about $237 million. “I

Accessibility 89

Accessibility Marketing Ghana Africa 89

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.”.

Africa 98

Africa Tanzania Uganda Build 98

TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

KlashaCheckout allows merchants outside Africa to collect payments from six countries on the continent — Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa and Kenya — and get paid in G20 currencies like dollars, pounds or euros.

Nigeria 99

Nigeria Africa Kenya South Africa 99

Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Here’s your monthly update from the world of NetSquared Local. What Is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact.

Netsquared 52

Netsquared South Africa Portland Philadelphia 52

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Digital Media and Learning Conference. Digital Media and Learning Conference. Digital Media and Learning Hub / Irvine, CA / $175. State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. State/Local / #2016PSWAC / @southwestfdns.

Conference 111

Conference Calendar Nonprofit DC 111

TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

clients “have some sort of global operations.” “Now, if you use Brex, you can actually operate as if you were a local company with a local card.” seed round And elsewhere Digital wallet for insurance Marble bags $4.2M. with support from Dwyane Wade and Baron Davis Black-owned tech firm Greenwood acquires digital banking rival.

Brazil 116

Brazil Raise South Africa Local 116

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

South Africa 67

South Africa Platform Service Africa 67

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Cloudy day : Google’s first cloud region in Africa launched in South Africa. Annie and Tage write that this move “allows for the localization of applications and services” and for businesses to more quickly deploy capabilities — for example, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics.

Africa 98

Africa Google South Africa Green 98

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. PawaPay handles local operations, compliance, regulatory cover and bank accounts, making it simple to receive payments in a new market. It’s literally a no-brainer.

Africa 129

Africa Mobile Money Raise 129

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.

Marketing 95

Marketing Africa South Africa Turkey 95

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The average penetration rate for insurance in Africa is between 3% to 5%. South Africa makes up a large bulk of it; without it, the continent is on a 1% to 2% rate even with other developed technology and financial markets like Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt. million seed round to provide insurance services for Egyptians.

Egypt 98

Egypt Raise Africa South Africa 98

TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

His win came when the global appetite for Amapiano, a style of house music that emerged in South Africa , and Afrobeats, a popular music genre that originated from Western Africa , had increased exponentially. For now, we’re going to still stay at a collective. But when it’s time to grow, I’ll need nobody to tell me.

Artist 122

Artist Music Africa Award 122

TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

It covers Uber’s operations across 40 countries when Uber was still run by co-founder Travis Kalanick, who took an aggressive approach to bringing the ride-hailing service into cities around the world, even when doing so would break local laws and taxi regulations.

Files 99

Files History France Czech Republic 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I was very fortunate that in October 2004 in South Africa, there was a meeting of social change market places that was convened, and I met Buzz Schmidt, Founder of GuideStar. It is now almost customary that at every workshop, a leader emerges from the group who offers to create a local NGO WhatsApp group.

India 97

India NGO Profit Nonprofit 97

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.

Discussion 115

Discussion Raise Africa Fund 115

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. Gulu, Uganda: Adobe Spark Digital Storytelling. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Sunday, September 3, 2017.

Story 59

Story Tanzania Benin United Kingdom 59

TechCrunch

AUGUST 28, 2022

Companies (like digital mortgage lender Better.com) couldn’t keep up and had to go on a hiring spree to meet all the consumer demand. Digital mortgage lender Better.com conducted its first of four layoffs in the past nine months on December 1, 2021. This led to a boom in business for startups catering to home buyers. Then 2022 came.

United Arab Emirates 96

United Arab Emirates San Francisco Saudi Arabia Paypal 96

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

What are ways of translating early warning dashboards captured at the global level into local action? 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. Casper Stryndom.

Hunger 52

Hunger Global Impact Support 52

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Feeling overwhelmed?

Netsquared 54

Netsquared San Francisco Tanzania United Kingdom 54

TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Micromax Informatics once had a firm grip on the local mobile phone market in India, for a time passing stalwarts like Samsung, icons like Apple and many more to be the biggest handset maker of them all. In 2014, Micromax poached Samsung’s country head for mobile and digital imaging Vineet Taneja and appointed him the CEO.

India 95

India Mobile Phone Marketing 95