TechCrunch
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Union54 , the first Zambian startup backed by Y Combinator, has gotten another major venture capital firm on its term sheet: Tiger Global. Tiger Global declined to comment on the investment. Tiger Global had invested in Nigerian startups Jobberman, Cheki and Wakanow, and South African e-commerce company Takealot this past decade.
TechCrunch
MARCH 15, 2021
That might be a thing of the past for some businesses as African payments company Flutterwave today is announcing a collaboration with PayPal to allow PayPal customers globally to pay African merchants through its ‘Pay with PayPal’ feature. Going by this partnership, we can expect the majority of them to be global plays.
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The Next Web
DECEMBER 31, 2013
Charity:water’s latest campaign for 2014 is focused around donating to the people of Malawi, Africa. Content partnerships (with media sites such as Upworthy) are largely responsible for charity:water’s brand awareness. A video released on December 23 garnered 4K YouTube views in just three hours.
TechCrunch
APRIL 27, 2022
This investment in Sun King marks an incredible inflection point for the global off-grid solar industry,” said Walsh. Countries like South Sudan, Burundi, Chad, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Tanzania are among the least electrified in the world and could benefit from clean energy technologies.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 26, 2022
The commitment is contained under the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact , by leading energy buyers, suppliers, equipment manufacturers and governments, representing a global effort to accelerate the uptake of carbon-free electricity as a way of averting the perilous effects of climate change.
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. Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures. mPharma is also present in Gabon where it has a contract with the government to build a drug supply chain infrastructure.
Tech Soup
JUNE 4, 2014
Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. Through the creation hope-giving projects that serve the most vulnerable in Malawi, the organization connects U.S.-based The two girls met at Hope Village Orphan Care Center in Malawi.
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