TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

million) in pre-seed funding. Nigeria, Ghana, and the U.S., There’s Jendaya Editorial, showcasing not only the brands stocked through the platform but also key historical and seasonal news aiming to inspire an international audience. for relatives back in Nigeria. and Europe to customers globally.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. What’s a record year of funding without some unicorns? International investors participated from pre-seed to Series E stages. It wasn’t a bad year, though.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2009

(Since Google didn't include a link on the page, I've included a list with links below) I'm curious how they came up with the list - a small committee within Google or did they crowdsource names internally?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

AltSchool, which is now Altitude Learning) has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to scale its efforts, said chief executive Adewale Yusuf to TechCrunch. In 2020, Yusuf toyed with the idea of building a physical campus where he and his team would train software engineers to get international opportunities.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Then, the disparities between venture funding studies were stunningly clear. . Partech Africa covers equity deals in tech and digital spaces and funding rounds higher than $200,000. billion in total estimated funding — $4.65 It’s more than a 250% increase from last year’s total funding of $1.3 billion to $1.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

African merchants encounter many challenges when it comes to international shipping ranging from logistics and customs to hidden and excessive charges. “The world was shutting down, but there was this high demand for stuff and demand for international shipping was going up simultaneously.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The company’s total Series C stands at $250 million but its total funding to date is over $305 million. Its services are used across seven African countries — Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. is responsible for almost 30% of the international remittances to sub-Saharan Africa.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Analysts say the value of e-commerce in Africa is expected to reach $29 billion next year, yet Africans still find it difficult to make international payments for products online. Klasha Checkout, which works a lot like Checkout , allows international merchants to collect payments from Africa in local currencies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $9 million in seed funding to scale its operational presence, recruit talent and expand into new markets. based fund 88mph co-led the round with China-based MSA Capital, with participation from Zagadat Capital, Kepple Ventures and Vunani Capital. He also sits on the board of 88mph.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

The round also included a $5 million debt from Talanton and Verdant Capital Specialist Funds. Pezesha is tapping local and international banking institutions, HNWIs and DeFi for additional liquidity for onward lending. FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked. Image Credits: Pezesha.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

But before that, there was shared optimism that African startups would raise more VC funding last year than in 2021 when the continent, for the first time, passed the $4-5 billion threshold. 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

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. But in 2020, NALA started testing international money transfers after some users expressed interest in moving money from the U.K. and the E.U.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

“This is the largest batch we have ever funded and it’s about 50% international. 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. Yemaachi Biotechnology (Ghana). Amenli (Egypt).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. AfricInvest, through its Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) and French-based development finance institution Proparco, co-led the early-growth round. Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens. This brings GOMYCODE’s total financing to $8.85

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The startup has today announced entry of RejaReja, the B2B retail marketplace, into Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, after successful pilot programs, coming about two months after it grew beyond Kenya by launching in Nigeria. MarketForce recently raised $2 million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

-based company that connects consumer goods brands to thousands of retailers and help out with distribution, has raised $110 million in new equity and debt funding round as it looks to bring in more retail stores and expand its buy now, pay later service across the continent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A few individual businesses have sought to tackle this problem internally and allow employees to access their daily salaries as they work for it. Earnipay founder and CEO Nonso Onwuzulike tried this while running Reaval, a Ghana-based recycling business he started on the side in 2019.

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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 million seed round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The company’s plan to expand its offering across the continent comes in the wake of growing competition from companies such as Uber, which is currently testing a carpooling service in Nairobi, with plans to roll it out in Ghana and Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fifteen accelerators from key tech hubs, including Uganda, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania will participate in the program. Accelerators provide all-round support to early-stage startups, including helping them find product-market fit, funding and access to investors. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Bolt’s Africa regional director, Paddy Partridge, told TechCrunch that the ride-hailing firm has experienced a spike in on-demand transportation services, and that the current drivers — especially in Ghana and Nigeria where “there’s a real shortage of cars” — are not enough to meet this growth.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

When I signed up to participate in the Girl Effect Blogging Campaign, I wasn't sure how I would contribute, but when I connected with Carinne Brody at an International Museum of Women event a couple weeks ago, I knew she would be a wonderful person to talk with us about the connection between girls' education and global health.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

million in Series C funding from global private equity firm Lightrock. The equity funding comes as the fintech plans to roll-out a series of new products and services including new loans that will increase the credit limit from $1,000, and allow longer repayment periods from the current maximum of one month.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

These startups will have access to funding between $100,000 to $250,000 and hands-on technical support. Founders Factory Africa and Netcare to fund 35 health-tech startups. However , startups in Venture Build will be receiving up to $250,000 in funding. This is a change from when the company launched in 2018.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Launched in partnership with the Ford Foundation , which has committed $3 million in matching funds as part of its America's Cultural Treasures initiative , Southern Cultural Treasures is aimed at fostering lasting stability and resiliency among arts communities across the South. November 3, 2021.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Most FTX customers have been unable to withdraw their funds from the platform as the Bahamas-headquartered company goes through bankruptcy proceedings. But because some people look a certain way or tick a certain box, they get all the funding, no governance, no reporting, and no accounting department.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

ICA Fund Good Jobs. There are two fundamental things we love about ICA Fund Good Job’s annual report : The table of contents and the graphics. Pencils of Promise is an international development organization focused on education, and we love their 2018 Annual Report for its simple but informative design. Pencils of Promise.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

2021 was a record year for venture capital fundraising, and fintechs were the largest recipients of funding worldwide, with about 21% of all venture dollars last year going into fintech startups. billion in seed through late-stage venture funding. And damn, out of Ghana this past week, Dash raised a $32.8

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

org is an international movement of people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all. BlocPower , a Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund portfolio company, is a Brooklyn-based climate tech startup that is rapidly greening and electrifying buildings in America’s urban core.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

But I’ve also learned that there are a lot of incompetent investors that are investors simply because of who they know, and a lot of entrepreneurs that aren’t the best in the world who get funded because of who they know. You end up internalizing that bias in your mathematically “objective” decision-making.

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Whole Whale

MAY 10, 2024

ICA Fund Good Jobs There are two fundamental things we love about ICA Fund Good Job’s annual report : The table of contents and the graphics. Pencils of Promise Pencils of Promise is an international development organization focused on education, and we love their 2018 Annual Report for its simple but informative design.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. There are resources, information, training, and funding available in plenty. There is not a shortage of resources. There are solutions. What was that?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2016

In case you missed it, last week was the second annual International Grantmaking Symposium (IGS) , presented by CAF America in partnership with UNDP. CAF America launched the IGS last year around the shared belief that international philanthropy can, and should be, a powerful force in our effort to address the world’s most pressing issues.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. And, at a time when the international women's movement is facing challenges, it would be great to have a reminder that good news is going on, that good work is being done, that progress is happening. Paola Gianturco: My name is Paola Gianturco.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Reports indicate they secured 83% more funding than the previous year, primarily attributed to the record-setting $329 billion U.S. But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. Women-founded companies in the U.S. raised more money from venture capitalists in 2021 than ever.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

and Nigeria-based company, which has built a distributed remote team across Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, says it’s working to democratize Africa’s highly fragmented payment system by leveraging blockchain-based solutions. This is something that we specifically value in our fund and what Bitmama in particular delivers.”. CEO Ruth Iselema.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

million in seed funding, as well as the launch of a cloud-based AI platform — which allows users to build with large language models. . It is looking to expand its team of 33, which is currently spread across nine countries, including Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. Ohio-based startup Mantium has today announced closing $12.75

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