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Also, we work together with government subsidy programs since they’re also interested in protecting their farmers.” Its clientele includes the likes of the World Food Programme and Central Bank of Nigeria as well as the Zambian and Kenyan governments. “With our latest funding, now is the time to break into new ground.
million in pre-seed funding. The fintech landscape, as described by Bakori, is one where while startups create silo interfaces that allow their customers to send or receive funds between themselves, issues always arise when global financial systems come into play. Union54, despite being based in Zambia, has customers across Africa.
We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. The Challenge ran for six weeks through December 5th. We did very well, and with the Skoll Foundation’s matching support, each gift to our campaign more than doubled its impact.
The financing was led by the Steele Foundation for Hope , a nonprofit organization that says it’s focused on finding and funding lasting solutions for some of “humanity’s hardest challenges.”. Zenysis currently provides its software to governments and partners in nine countries across Africa, South America and Asia.
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So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. That means that 70% of almost all the money given in this country other than government money is coming from people sitting down and asking face-to-face, or on Zoom calls in some kind of face-to-face setting. Plus, it’s super competitive. I’m sorry.
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