The Next Web

AUGUST 23, 2014

The service solves a universal problem for companies but it happens that it was built in Ghana, where the internet penetration rate is just 40 percent. Less than two years later, it became the first startup from Africa to receive funding from 500 Startups. As of 2013, Dropifi had over 6,000 paying customers in 30 countries worldwide.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Also, a long-overdue pan-African expansion to Ghana and Kenya is top priority. But the wait seems to be over as the company said it’d be going live in Ghana next month with a handful of existing customers from Nigeria and new ones in Ghana.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Africa Health Holdings , a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Valiant Capital, Kepple Ventures and SUNU Capital. Valiant Capital, Kepple Ventures and SUNU Capital.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The UN's culture body, Unesco, commissioned a survey by Ipsos that involved 8,000 people in 16 countries due to hold elections next year, including Austria, Croatia, the US, Algeria, Mexico, Ghana, and India. Read Entire Article

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 8, 2013

My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in (Republic of Ghana) , my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip to England. left in fixed / suspense account in a bank here in GHANA ,he used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

During his time at Accra in 2016, he met Quao, a trained pharmacist in Ghana at a hackathon whereupon talking found out that their interests in medical testing overlapped. Beattie says to TechCrunch that while he saw many exciting new tests in development in the US, he didn’t see the same in Ghana.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Six years ago, it was heavily focused on East Africa, but having pulled out of Tanzania, M-KOPA is present in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana. For Ghana, its newest market, they say it “has grown two times as fast as any of its previous markets.”. The company’s geographical reach has also changed shape.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Rounding up the top five was Ghana with $111 million, displacing Rwanda which was fifth in Partech’s 2019 list. Tidjane Deme , a general partner of Partech Africa, believes Ghana might be next. Ghana, for instance, is already attracting above $100 million. ” Ghana also emerged in Giuliani’s forecast.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Salient surveyed over 80 companies across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, 25% more than the number it tracked in its last report in 2021. Online pharmacy regulations have been launched in Nigeria and Ghana and are in development in Kenya and Uganda.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2011

I've just ended an exciting three week long Africa trip to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. There are so many exciting people and organizations to talk about! One of my very first meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, was with John Kipchumbah (Kipp) and Philip Thigo of the Innovation Program of the Social Development Network.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The company, having raised more than $90 million in total from investors such as Valar Ventures and Target Global, is also planning an expansion outside Africa to Pakistan.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Ghana-based AppCyclers aims to tackle this crisis across Africa via an online marketplace, where individuals and businesses can buy and sell recyclable e-waste. The startup says its mission […]

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

But also really pushing towards what’s possible for business owners in Ghana and Nigeria, who has a smartphone in their pocket.”. OZÉ boasts of a client base of more than 125,000 business owners in Ghana and Nigeria. In Ghana, businesses can accept payments via mobile money or card and a bank transfer or card in Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The funding comes at a time when Farmerline, which has operations across Ghana, is setting up shop in Ivory Coast as it continues its expansion across West Africa. We are thrilled to support Farmerline Group and smallholder communities across Ghana and Ivory Coast.”. The new funding brings the total amount raised in the round to $14.4

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The startup told TechCrunch that it will use the funding to enter Ghana and Egypt by the end of the first quarter of 2022, and other additional markets in Francophone, East and Southern Africa by the close of the same year. Nigerian mobility tech startup Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Since its Nigerian launch in 2019, PalmPay has expanded to Ghana, serving over 5 million users, per information on its website. That’s why it made the push into Ghana. There’s a gamut of services for consumers that include no-fee payment options, low-cost transfers, bill payments, rewards programs, and discounted airtime.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Last March, the Ghana-founded and New York–headquartered Dash raised $32.8 By March of 2022, five months after its first seed tranche, Dash’s total processing volume topped $1 billion and had acquired a million users from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, Boampong told TechCrunch in the March interview. Kinyua assumes the role of interim CEO.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

But even with these additional features tailored to a Nigerian audience, Mono is going after other markets like Ghana and Kenya, first mentioned by the CEO in May. Mono has delivered on only Ghana, for now, piloting with a few banks and fintechs such as Oze and Tranzo.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

Many of the publishers do provide us with permissions do not have global rights, and limit the availability of these books to certain jurisdictions • We first launched international Bookshare in India and have more than 1000 members there, as well as permissions agreements with more than ten publishers in India • We have recently concluded agreements (..)

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

That was the year MTN Ghana, a local telecom operator, went public in the West African country after raising about $237 million. “I Nigeria is a silo, same with Ghana, Kenya and South Africa etc. The fintech, launched in 2020, is eyeing capital markets in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and Egypt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. In 2008, I raised money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. At that time I made a blog and raised $2,000 using Chipin.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

The startup has expanded beyond Nigeria and claims that merchants from the West African country, as well as Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Rwanda, can use its platform to move freight in and out of their countries. For instance, Ghana’s Jetstream offers a similar service and raised $3 million two months ago.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Patients in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia, where mPharma has a presence, now have access to the virtual services. Starting in Ghana, they are initially only dispensing over-the-counter medication, but with plans to include prescription drugs in the near future.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This summer while leading a young women STEM study abroad program in Ghana she facilitated Tableau for Teaching workshops with students and faculty at the University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(Kumasi). Dunaway has taken a leading role in helping academics jump-start their learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Feeding America Boys and Girls Clubs Smile Train CARE, Mothers Matter World Wildlife Fund, Natural Capital Project Mobile Creches Prajwala HEAL Africa African Institute for Mathematical Sciences The Mango Tree National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Harlem Children's Zone Save the Children, Latin America focus Reporters Without Borders Witness (..)

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Adisa told TechCrunch that BPS has grown from a single utility in Nigeria to four utilities in two countries, including Ghana, covering more than 8 million customers (residential and businesses). Bim Adisa (CEO). BPS’ business model entails working with its clients as partners over the long term, and not just to sell products, said Adisa.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Emtech has now moved into production following the successful pilot in Ghana last year. Emtech’s collaboration came shortly after Ghana established a fintech and innovation office in May 2020, as the regulator sought to “understand and supervise [the sector] effectively”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

After that, Twiga will look at other markets — Cote d’Ivoire, DRC Congo, Ghana and Nigeria. Hitting these targets would set Twiga up for a bigger fundraise sometime next year, according to Njonjo. Njonjo adds that Twiga’s expansion into Nigeria might involve some M&A action.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Its services are used across seven African countries — Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. The company will roll out the service to users in Ghana, South Africa and Kenya before the end of the year. This year, the company began to make strides outside the continent. In May, it expanded to the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

These applications came from 19 countries (including 14 African countries) and Yusuf said the company received the most entries from Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and Botswana. . 10,000, almost ~$20) to participate in AltSchool’s software engineering program, which starts in April.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Ghana came fifth. Senegal took the fifth spot with $353 million, while Ghana was sixth ($167 million). Partech : Its 2020 report had Nigeria on top, with Kenya, Egypt and South Africa rounding up the top four. In 2021, Nigeria retained the first spot ($1.8 The Big Deal : Nigeria topped African VC investment destination at $1.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Zipline made a name for itself first in Rwanda and then in Ghana, where it delivered blood, vaccines, life-saving medications and other essential supplies using autonomous electric drones. This latest round has vaulted the company’s valuation to $2.75

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

These countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mauritius and Burkina Faso. According to Norebase, companies that use its platform can be incorporated in any African country within “a few minutes” and expand to new locations in a week.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

The company claims to be handling over 10 million transactions on its rails per week, with beta operations in 10 African countries — Cameroon, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Last year, West Africa recorded 198 million mobile money accounts compared to East Africa’s 293 million.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Numida plans to extend loans to an additional 10,000 businesses, to hit its 40,000 target, within the next 18 months, a goal that will be brought closer by its entry into two new African markets (selected from Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, or Kenya). Ghana’s fintech Fido raises $30M to roll out new products and expand across Africa.

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TechNode

JANUARY 21, 2025

During his time at Huawei, Li Jian was an R&D algorithm engineer, representative of the Nigeria and Ghana offices, president of the West Africa region, president of Europe, and president of the Americas. Li Jian joined Huawei in 2001 and became a member of the board of supervisors in 2017.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It also recently expanded into Nigeria, Ghana and Vietnam, among other markets. The startup’s largest user base is in Nigeria, and it also has a major presences in India, Ghana and Vietnam, and growing user bases in Brazil, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.

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