TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

African merchants encounter many challenges when it comes to international shipping ranging from logistics and customs to hidden and excessive charges. Recent YC graduate Topship is one such startup and it has raised a $2.5 Digital freight forwarders on the continent have grown to tackle these supply chain issues. ” .

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They were holding an international meeting of blindness groups around the campaign to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty in London during the days before the Geneva meeting. My experience with the international publishers was such that I expected there would be a way to work through this issue. I decided to follow through and attend.

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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. He also sits on the board of 88mph. African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Earnipay , a fintech that provides flexible and on-demand salary access to income-earners, has raised $4 million in seed financing led by early-stage venture capital firm Canaan. A few individual businesses have sought to tackle this problem internally and allow employees to access their daily salaries as they work for it.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. It raised $850,000 seed in October 2020. The startup hopes that the Series A funding will drive its presence in 12 countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

based company that connects consumer goods brands to thousands of retailers and help out with distribution, has raised $110 million in new equity and debt funding round as it looks to bring in more retail stores and expand its buy now, pay later service across the continent. TradeDepot , a Nigeria- and U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Last March, the Ghana-founded and New York–headquartered Dash raised $32.8 Before raising over $30 million, Dash initially wanted to raise a quarter of that money, about $8 million, as its seed round. Ghanaian fintech Dash raises $32.8M Kinyua assumes the role of interim CEO.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. African startups nearly raised $1.5 Predictions were made on how much the continent’s startups would raise in December. It wasn’t a bad year, though. billion and $2.8

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JANUARY 21, 2025

Why it matters: These departures have raised questions about Honor’s stability and decision-making capabilities, suggesting potential challenges or strategic shifts that could disrupt operations and hint at deeper internal issues. Li Jian joined Huawei in 2001 and became a member of the board of supervisors in 2017.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Jendaya , a one-year-old startup that acts as a gateway for global luxury brands to the African continent and for consumers in the rest of the world to discover African brands, is coming out stealth, having raised £1 million (~$1.2 Nigeria, Ghana, and the U.S., Ivorian e-commerce startup ANKA, formerly Afrikrea, raises $6.2M

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MAY 20, 2009

The Society for International Development has done it again! Earlier this month, I attended their tremendous annual conference with notable and unforgettable speakers that make you leave the glimmering chandeliers in DC's Omni Shoreham ballroom thinking to yourself, what more needs to be done in international development?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Chipper Cash , an African cross-border payments company, has raised $150 million in a Series C extension round led by Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX. Its services are used across seven African countries — Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. In May, it expanded to the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Kenya-based fintech company 4G Capital , which provides unsecured credit to micro enterprises, has raised $18.5 6 African women CEOs discuss how they raised more than $1M in 2021. International Development Finance Corporation, the Ford Foundation, Kenya’s Co-operative bank and high net-worth individuals.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Analysts say the value of e-commerce in Africa is expected to reach $29 billion next year, yet Africans still find it difficult to make international payments for products online. Today, it has raised $2.4 Next is its mobile application which lets users in Nigeria, Ghana or Kenya send and receive money. million in seed to scale.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Last November, the African cross-border payments company raised $150 million in a Series C extension round led by Sam Bankman-Fried’s now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX. Since its inception, Chipper Cash has raised over $305 million from investors including Deciens Capital, Ribbit Capital and Bezos Expeditions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Remittances from abroad reached $45 billion in 2021, with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe leading the list of recipient countries. Startups in Africa raised nearly $5 billion in funding last year but the amount remains meager when compared to the rest of the world. Reports say African startups raised record-smashing $4.3B

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

It has secured a first close led by International Finance Corporation (IFC) with participation from the Women’s Finance Initiative (WeFi). “We raised from some angel investors, high net worth individuals, so when we the official fund launched, we rolled these select companies into the fund,” Alliy said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The startup has today announced entry of RejaReja, the B2B retail marketplace, into Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, after successful pilot programs, coming about two months after it grew beyond Kenya by launching in Nigeria. MarketForce recently raised $2 million in seed funding.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

When a girl receives an education, she stays healthy, HIV negative, marries when she chooses, and raises a healthy family. From October 4-11, Tara is asking bloggers to raise awareness about The Girl Effect by writing about it on their blogs. You may have seen The Girl Effect videos. If you haven't, check them out at GirlEffect.org.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Victory Farms , an aquaculture startup and farm for tilapia fish comprising hatcheries, nursery ponds and deep-water cages, has raised $5 million in new funding. After completing his MBA program, he got to work on a three-month aquacultural project in Ghana, which ultimately led to a three-year role where he became CFO of an Accra-based farm.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fifteen accelerators from key tech hubs, including Uganda, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania will participate in the program. 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The startup, which provides multiple products for the cross-border commerce space in Africa, raised this new financing from a group of international investors co-led by American Express (AMEX) Ventures, the strategic investment group of American Express. Lagos and San Francisco-based Klasha has received an additional $2.1

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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. Kuda, the African challenger bank, raises $55M at a $500M valuation. down the line.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

When Andela launched in 2014, it built hubs in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to source, vet and train engineers to be part of remote teams for international companies. It also tested satellite models in Egypt and Ghana as substitutes to physical hubs. We did that and it’s been an amazing experiment,” Johnson added.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

But despite my privilege, I’m also confident that my Black heritage made it more difficult for me to raise venture capital. Today — and the data proves this — if you are a white male, you have an unfair advantage when looking to raise venture capital. At the time, I didn’t even know that raising venture capital was a possibility.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

These startups, mainly from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, have collectively raised more than $7 million during and after the program. But though fintech has caught on well with both local and international investors, the same cannot be said for health tech and agritech. billion raised by African startups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Tobias Eigen from Kabissa presented at the Web2fordev: Remixing the Web for International Development. A Few Self-Financed Learning Journeys Sam Mayfield has launched a new blog called Sam Land to raise money for and document his trip to Ghana in November. He also shares the key points of his presentation here.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

million: we raised X which equaled Y and resulted in Z. Based in Bangladesh, BRAC is one of the largest international development organizations in the world, and their 2018 Annual Report uses innovative design elements to present their numerous programs and initiatives in an accessible way. International Rescue Committee.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

Her data point, according to Crunchbase data, was that in the two weeks leading up to her post, a total of 51 fintech companies across the globe collectively had raised $1.1 That was down about 63% from the prior two-week period, during which 80 companies raised just shy of $3 billion. . fintech companies raised $2.76

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This April, FTX announced a partnership with AZA Finance to roll out African and digital currency pairs and expand trading in nonfungible tokens (they managed to launch the fiat rails for Ghana and Senegal prior to FTX’s collapse). Fintechs like us that have boards with much information and oversight even find it hard to raise money.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It could take the form of revenue, or OKRs, or raising a healthy family, or committing to self-care. . The government of Ghana has doubled down on aligning with the SDGs and has produced incredible outputs and outcomes while bridging important partnerships with other countries and major global corporations.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

An organization in London raised five times its original fundraising goal on a particular project. A nonprofit raises more than five times its original goal. . British children’s rights nonprofit AfriKids sent two of its staff members to a recent International Fundraising Congress in the Netherlands.

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Whole Whale

MAY 10, 2024

They clearly show how they raised X which equaled Y and resulted in Z. BRAC Based in Bangladesh, BRAC is one of the largest international development organizations in the world, and their 2018 Annual Report uses innovative design elements to present their numerous programs and initiatives in an accessible way.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Ghana’s Float initially launched as Brex for Africa but later pivoted to offering the same credit features with more emphasis on software and less on cards; Boya, on the other hand, plans to execute on both fronts using overdrafts. YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M Location: Accra, Ghana. Unlike the U.S. Website : [link].

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

organization that fights for the rights of the world’s children, sent staff members to a recent International Fundraising Congress in the Netherlands. As a result, they funneled their learnings into a matching gift campaign and raised more than five times the campaign’s projected fundraising goal. . AfriKids , a U.K.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

raised more money from venture capitalists in 2021 than ever. On the bright side, founding teams counting both women and men as members raised 17% of VC investments in Africa in 2021. Women-founded startups in Africa to have raised $100 million or more are led mainly by white CEOs. Women-founded companies in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

In the latest development, one such company, Bitmama , has raised a pre-seed extension of $1.65 and Nigeria-based company, which has built a distributed remote team across Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, says it’s working to democratize Africa’s highly fragmented payment system by leveraging blockchain-based solutions. CEO Ruth Iselema.

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