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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

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The startup has now set out to activate more mutti pharmacies to widen its reach and to build out its tech-infrastructure as it readies itself for the next phase of growth after raising $35 million in Series D round. mPharma is also present in Gabon where it has a contract with the government to build a drug supply chain infrastructure.

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

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Social enterprises like One Acre Fund, startups like Apollo Agriculture, and agribusiness giants like Flour Mills and Export Trading Group are also among Pula’s clients. “With our latest funding, now is the time to break into new ground. Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds. million farmers.

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Leta, a Kenyan supply chain and logistics SaaS provider, raises $3M to scale in Africa

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In its expansion phase, backed by a $3 million pre-seed funding, the startup looks to tap some of the biggest distributors and e-commerce players in Ghana, and later Nigeria, to grow beyond Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Google’s third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems.

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Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

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Adanian Labs targets idea-phase tech startups, offering them all-round support including capital, advisory and operational backing; building them from the ground up. The venture studio is planning on building a fund that will target startups in the growth stage. “We It makes equity investment of up to $120,000 in these startups.

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How data enabled Senegal to respond to COVID-19 while continuing to fight malaria

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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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How data enabled Senegal to respond to COVID-19 while continuing to fight malaria

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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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