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South African startup Talk360’s seed funding hits $7M after new backing

TechCrunch

The company plans to use the new funding to launch a pan-African payment platform next year and grow its VoIP market share. The app has active users in more than 170 countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. “We seed funding. The company said its internet calling app has connected 2.3

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This pan-African freelance platform is the first Zimbabwean startup backed by Techstars

TechCrunch

The accelerator, which has accepted only a handful of African startups, included one from Zimbabwe in this class. Quite a number of international and local freelance websites exist to meet these needs. As peculiar to most African startups, funding has been hard to come by for the team. Roger Roman (co-founder).

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Mosqitter’s machine murders mosquitos with much mirth

TechCrunch

It is hoping to start scaling up manufacturing in the local areas where the machines will be most needed, including Italy, India and Zimbabwe. A business-focused version costs $1,150, and there’s a large-scale version available for $2,100, which is focused on parks, local municipalities, and larger areas.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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South Africa’s Talk360 raises $4M to build single payment platform for Africa

TechCrunch

This product, it says, will open up businesses to the largest pool of localized payment options in Africa. Meanwhile, the startup is also looking to expand its international calling operations across Africa after closing a $4 million seed funding round, led by HAVAÍC.

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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. Build a school in Zimbabwe. Tip: to reach local media, check out our post on how to Write a Press Release for Your Nonprofit.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

We make a huge effort to disseminate our news locally via radio partnerships, and other satellite partnerships, so that the people in the communities we serve are benefiting from our news first. It is great when people know that their money is going directly to the journalists, directly funding somebody's life and somebody's well being.