TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Experts told TechCrunch that most recently announced deals were finalized months before macroeconomic challenges — high-interest rates, war, inflation — hit the global VC landscape. “If these global funds pull out and do less, it also means more room for participation from local funds into the extensions or their pre-Series A.”

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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. As fertiliser prices more than quadruple and the conflict in Ukraine compounds global food security challenges, this investment is crucial,” it said. million , including $6.4

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

Many of them consistently draw larger audiences on Audiomack than on Spotify or Apple Music , largely due to the platforms strong presence in local markets. 1 on iOS and Android in Nigeria and Ghana. Audiomack responded to this by striking bundling deals with local cellphone carriers. We’re No.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa’s share of the global population without access to electricity stood at 77% in 2020, according to reports. 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).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines. An interesting instance would be freelancers in Ivory Coast trying to receive payment for services on a global payments platform. This alternative financial infrastructure is one of the largest globally. He also sits on the board of 88mph.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The firm co-led the round with Global Ventures, the MENA-focused VC that has backed the likes of Tabby, Helium Health and Paymob. “I KlashaWire allows small merchants in these six countries to pay their suppliers in their local currencies. Image Credits: Klasha. KlashaCart.

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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. Honors global CMO Guo Rui will temporarily take on the role of CMO for China, previously held by Jiang Hairong.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

The fintech’s new growth strategy follows its plan to power its embedded finance offering beyond its current markets, including Uganda and Ghana, to bridge the financing gap affecting millions of micro, small medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across these markets. [We Image Credits: Pezesha.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It also recently expanded into Nigeria, Ghana and Vietnam, among other markets. In some countries where Pillow has partnered with local, compliant on-ramp service providers, users can also buy crypto with their local fiat currency. It focuses on retail investors, enabling them to start with investments as small as $5.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Andela has been pivotal to placing the continent’s tech talent globally. It’s a one-year program where students take classes for nine months (three semesters) followed by a three-month internship at local tech companies to gain experience. SoftBank sinks $200M into Andela, propels company into unicorn territory.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

NALA , a Tanzanian cross-border payments company that recently pivoted from local to international money transfers, said Thursday it has raised $10 million in a new fundraising round. to Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Ghana. It also struck a deal with Citi Bank Global to manage their F.X. and the E.U., and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

“Our solution is for people in the local market moving into their first market or a company in their fourth market trying to scale their enterprise.” These countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mauritius and Burkina Faso.

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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. Covid showed us that the best form of care is local, it is in the community, and the closest thing in communities are pharmacies. doctors for every 10,000 people against the best ratio of 84.2

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

At the time, the company’s focus was to make it easier for African consumers to purchase products directly from global fashion retailers. Klasha Checkout, which works a lot like Checkout , allows international merchants to collect payments from Africa in local currencies. of global venture funding. Today, it has raised $2.4

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

For one thing, by the first half of 2022, A frica seemed to defy the global venture funding decline after its startups raised $3 billion, double the amount secured over a similar period the previous year; therefore, a twofold increase by December seemed plausible. There was reason to believe so.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

The startup hopes that the Series A funding will drive its presence in 12 countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. While there are various jobs in every facet of life, tech jobs are currently in high demand in the global economy these days.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Cross-border remittances — when people living and working abroad send money back home to friends and family — continues to be a huge part of how those living in developing countries, off the global financial grid, can be helped. on 2020, as parts of the global economy started to claw back growth after a tough 2020 due to Covid-19.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

“For us, our strategy is to build a global team that can think local and execute properly. MaxAB’s acquisition of WaystoCap is the second local cross-border acquisition that has played out in Africa this week. And we figured out that they’re already a perfect fit for that.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

VC firms 500 Global and Unicorn Growth Capital co-led the Lagos-based company’s seed round. The company plans to use the investment to expand within its home market Nigeria — where it operates in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja — and outside to Ghana and Kenya. It saw participation from U.S.-based

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

However, with global sea levels still rising rapidly , biodiversity declining at an alarming rate , and the world’s most vulnerable populations bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, it is clear that the efforts of dedicated environmental nonprofits alone are not enough. From nonprofits like 350.org With a digital-first approach, 350.org’s

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The investment was led by Ed Brakeman, a senior managing director at Bain Capital and Hans den Bieman, founder and ex-CEO of Mowi, one of the largest salmon businesses globally. And using data, we have built the most efficient operation globally at half the capex of current global leader,” Rehmann told TechCrunch via email. “We

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We want to encourage capital into African women-led businesses, and to support a high number of existing local and global investors to invest more capital in this market,” Impact Room CEO and founder Blantern told TechCrunch. Impact Rooms is backed by US-based investment group Global Blockchain Ventures (GBV).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The founders draw on prior experience building API products for local markets in the past. We might not wait long as Okra is currently in beta in Kenya and South Africa, and Mono is planning an expansion into Ghana and Kenya before the end of the year. He left a year to Smile Identity, a San Fransisco-based identity API company.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2006

blog is to facilitate networking, collaboration & the sharing of information and ideas about global and local issues. Check out her global mosaics gallery. The photo above is from Ghana. T he main purpose of the blog, according to the "about" page, is: The purpose of the OneWorld U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

By the time he left, three years after, Bundle was only live in Nigeria and Ghana with less than 100,000 active users. Bundle’s numbers might not seem impressive from a global standpoint. Still, it is when compared with its peers in Africa as no local crypto platform serving just Africa has reached a million customers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Kuda claims to have up to 5 million users, more than thrice the number it had last August during its $55 million Series B round , money it raised to enter into other African countries like Ghana and Uganda this year. a move the company says is part of a major global expansion drive. . From an administrative point of view, Kuda’s U.K.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

billion raised by web3 startups globally last year, $60 million of that went to U.S.-based Born in Accra, Ghana, he moved with his family to Los Angeles at the age of three. He’s already part of a somewhat rarified club. Per Crunchbase data, only 1% of all VC funds were allocated to Black founders last year; out of the $21.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

of Africans are insured , which is less than half the global average of 6.3%, making it the least insured continent in the world. It is used by over 100 companies, including banks, fintechs, logistics and e-commerce platforms across eight African markets: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Morocco and Egypt.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

CEO Tunde Kara , in an interview with TechCrunch, said Vendease plans to use the investment to deepen operations, consolidate its presence in eight cities across Nigeria and Ghana (the company recently expanded to the latter), move into new markets and build new products to increase customers’ efficiency. And that’s what keeps us going.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Barcelona-based company has invested up to €25 million ($30 million) by bringing its food delivery service to six African countries — Morocco, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria. Earlier this year, it launched operations in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana before expanding to Tema, another Ghanaian city last month.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

FFA is an extension of the Founders Factory organisation that has invested in more than 130 companies globally. These startups, mainly from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, have collectively raised more than $7 million during and after the program. This is a change from when the company launched in 2018.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Its platform is active in 10 African markets; however, it fully supports six countries — Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia, where more than 100 banks and mobile money accounts are available for customers to use. Mobile money is more used in Kenya than anywhere else globally. Nigeria and Kenya.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Promises include : beU delivery says it offers a “great selection of local restaurants and door-to-door food delivery” that allows customers to have their favorite food from the “comfort of their homes or offices.” Team size : 300. Location : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Bloom’s offering allows Sudanese to save in U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Globally, about 60% of air cargo is flown in the belly hold of passenger flights which is one reason why to an extent, shipping air cargo is more straightforward to start than ocean cargo. ” Late last year, merchant groups from Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya invited Topship to gauge the possibility of launching in their respective markets.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But from a purely geographical standpoint, five are based in Nigeria, one each are from Kenya and Ghana, and one, though Africa-focused, is Geneva-based. Globally, banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms, such as Unit and Treasury Prime, have helped newly launched businesses scale to thousands of customers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

In Ethiopia, she did organizational capacity building work for a local network of NGOs. The tools can be useful for in-country connections, in local languages, or north-south connections. In Ghana people are interested in knowing about new tools, because they need to stay in touch with what???s Through my blog I see what???s

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Also, don’t forget to mark your calendar for the upcoming TC Sessions: Robotics event, which will feature such guests as Amazon’s VP of global robotics and the director of Carnegie Mellon’s robotics institute. Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones can be a challenge for small businesses — much less local governments.

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