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Norebase raises $1M to allow companies start, scale, and operate in any African country

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His experience from this activity, coupled with working as a technical adviser to the vice president’s office in Nigeria a couple of months back, led him to launch Norebase , a trade tech startup that has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round.

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Francophone African super app Gozem grabs $5M to expand and offer more services

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Gozem , a super app that provides a host of services — including transport, e-commerce and financial services in Francophone Africa — has raised $5 million in Series A financing, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. It follows the $7 million raised in previous seed rounds via three tranches from investors such as U.S.

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Nigerian digital bank Yep! raises $1.5M pre-seed for its ‘financial super app’ play

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Founded by Olaoluwa Awojoodu , the company’s agent banking platform, PayCentre Africa, is present in Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo. a “financial super app” with payments, remittance and banking features, is announcing that it has raised $1.5 Today, Yep! , What gives Yep! For now, Yep!

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MaxAB gets an extra $15M, acquires YC-backed Moroccan startup WaystoCap

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Last month, MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, raised one of the largest Series A on the continent , to the tune of $40 million. The company subsequently raised a $3 million seed round. MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B food and grocery delivery startup, raises $40M for expansion.

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Autochek acquires CoinAfrique to grow its footprint in Francophone Africa

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Already, Autochek has rolled out its operations in Ivory Coast and Senegal following the acquisition, with more markets set to be activated, including Benin and Togo, as the auto marketplace expands. The company, which in October last year raised $13.1 Autochek expands to North Africa after acquiring Morocco’s Kifal Auto.

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SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time

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Armed with a new financing model and purpose-built small solar-powered generators and water pumps, Nichols and Ibrahim have already built a network of customers using their equipment to increase incomes by anywhere from five to 10 times their previous levels by growing higher-value cash crops, cultivating more land and raising more livestock.

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Ivorian fintech Julaya gets $5M to become banking partner for businesses in Francophone Africa

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The company, which facilitates B2B payments for businesses in Francophone West Africa, mainly via mobile money channels, has raised a total of $7 million in the financing round. . Ivorian fintech Julaya raises $2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa. Byld Ventures, a $15M fund, backs fintechs in Africa. “I

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