Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives.

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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. Akinin launched a startup to offer digital mortgages but pivoted to a construction company with a presence in Namibia, Zambia and Cameroon.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We want to encourage capital into African women-led businesses, and to support a high number of existing local and global investors to invest more capital in this market,” Impact Room CEO and founder Blantern told TechCrunch. This in addition to helping 1,000 startups raise funds.

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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. According to the company, these suppliers receive payments in their dominant currency in three days.

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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

JUNE 29, 2022

By the end of the one-year venture building program, the startups should have launched a product, onboarded, and had repeat customers, have a defined revenue model, and have raised or are in the process of closing seed funding. “We The venture studio is planning on building a fund that will target startups in the growth stage. “We

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Tableau

JUNE 13, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, PATH had received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to increase the strength and data capacity of Emergency Operations Centers —facilities that are activated in times of crisis to coordinate a response across a range of stakeholders.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In one development of that theme, today, Taptap Send — one of the startups building tools to manage these money transfers — is announcing $65 million in growth funding as it continues its mission to enable remittances specifically to the most overlooked countries.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

As highlighted this March and reiterated in the interview, Bloom’s founders say this seed round will help the Sudanese- and Dubai-based startup execute its expansion plan across the Anglo-East African region such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. A few competitors in the region include YC-backed Fingo, Koa and Finclusion.

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Tableau

JUNE 13, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, PATH had received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to increase the strength and data capacity of Emergency Operations Centers —facilities that are activated in times of crisis to coordinate a response across a range of stakeholders.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Foundations and NGOs want to know how to take the best bits of successful investments—the “best practices”—and use those tactics to spread social good across different locales. How can the sector find out about projects in need of funding? But it’s not that easy.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. Where they’re like, “No, I want my funds designated for this very specific thing, and you have to do it?” Steven: Donor is saying I don’t really care where the funds go, you know, you pick. Plus, it’s super competitive.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

It's really designed to make sure that all solutions are both emerging from the local community and tailored to the community's needs, and are developing the leadership skills of the most promising and emerging leaders at the same time. The "collaborative project planning process" is a mouthful. He had no idea where his family went.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 23, 2025

But the winner of the $50 million grand prize is low tech: spreading rock dust on small, low-income farms in India, Zambia, and Tanzania. The startup handles everything, sourcing rocks from local quarries and working with local crews to apply the product to fields. Now, it will use the XPrize funds to scale up.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

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.”. They receive financial help and support from external partners and organizations like the Global Fund, USAID and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

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