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

TechCrunch

mPharma is also present in Gabon where it has a contract with the government to build a drug supply chain infrastructure. Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures. Patients in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia, where mPharma has a presence, now have access to the virtual services.

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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

TechCrunch

Other existing investors include Silicon Valley backer Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital, Shravin Bharti Mittal of the Bharti Global Limited, Social Capital and Golden Palm Investments. s development finance institution, last year. It also enjoys backing from Helena Foulkes , former president of CVS, the largest pharmacy retail chain in the U.S.,

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Report: Conflict Has 114 Million People Displaced

The NonProfit Times

Photo from CIVICUS The world’s civic space is in its worst state since the nonprofit CIVICUS started its global coverage in 2018. Global military spending rose a record US $2.2 Gabon and Niger had military coups in 2023, completing a “coup belt” that stretches coast-to-coast across Africa, according to the report’s authors.

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