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African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The platform is available in other markets, such as South Africa, Sierra Leone, the UK, Liberia, Gambia and the US, but Shagaya said uLesson has spread in these countries via word of mouth. In August, uLesson introduced offline centers. Nigeria remains uLesson’s largest market by far, said Shagaya.

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MAY 28, 2020

It works offline, according to the Plus Codes website , and the technology is open source under the Apache 2.0 An example of somewhere where a Plus Code could be useful can be found in this BBC article from last year, where a journalist describes the process of giving their address to set up a bank account in The Gambia.

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African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

Google Maps makes it easier to share your location without an address

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