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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape

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A new report from Endeavor Nigeria reveals that Africa’s digital economy and tech ecosystem is set to experience exponential growth periods. The report is dubbed “The Inflection Point: Africa’s Digital Economy is Poised to Take Off.”. Africa’s digital opportunity.

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Nigeria’s digital payroll platform Bento expands to Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana, to enter six other African markets in 2022

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Bento , Nigeria’s digital payroll and human resource management platform is expanding to Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda with plans to set up operations in six other markets in Africa over the next one year. In its next phase of expansion, Bento is eyeing Egypt, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola and Ethiopia by the end of next year.

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South Africa’s Flow gets funding to automate social media advertising for real estate agencies

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The process used by millions of agents and thousands of property portals globally to reach buyers and sellers on digital channels is highly fragmented. South African startup Flow wants to change how real estate agencies, developers and agents interact with their end customers. million in pre-Series A funding.

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Orda raises millions to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system

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Our software digitizes the process of those who write things in hand and helps them figure out their inventory management and recipe yields.”. Others include expanding its network of restaurants and continuing its pan-African expansion drive (into South Africa and much later, Ivory Coast).

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Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape. Adanian Labs targets idea-phase tech startups, offering them all-round support including capital, advisory and operational backing; building them from the ground up. Africa-wide Growth. How Adanian Labs started.

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Stitch raises $21M for its API infrastructure and embedded finance platform

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On the high level, people moving from cash to digital for the very first time causes more fragmentation. In April 2021, Stitch launched its payments product in South Africa and noticed a 50% month-on-month growth in payments volume the following six months. Image Credits: Stitch.

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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

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Pula , a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a Series A investment of $6 million. The round was led by Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, TLcom Capital , with participation from nonprofit Women’s World Banking.

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