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Sudan’s first YC-backed startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth

TechCrunch

Its offers a “high-yield” savings account, free FX and adjacent digital banking services so customers can save in a stable currency, the dollar, and spend-as-they-go in local currencies. The quartet graduated from Russell Group universities and, alongside early joiners, have worked at Amazon, Meta, IBM, Uber, Goldman Sachs and Barclays.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

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Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives. And we have even more improvements in our development pipeline. As toolmakers, our ultimate impact is measured by what our users create with our products.

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Nigerian startup Klasha gets an additional $2.1M for its cross-border commerce play

TechCrunch

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. This investment is AMEX Ventures’ first in an African startup.

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Enterprise escalator Impact Rooms rises to prepare African startups for growth and investment

TechCrunch

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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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

Find your closest NetSquared group. Or, you can apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Vancouver, British Columbia: Luminate Online Discussion Group — Ask Anything. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Lusaka, Zambia: Girls in ICT Day (Girls with Disabilities in ICT).

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Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

TechCrunch

In a period of two years, Adanian Labs has grown beyond Kenya, by establishing a presence in Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa and Nigeria – some of the biggest startup and tech hubs in Africa. The group succeeds the first cohort of 12 startups, which included eCoBba , Paylend and AfyaRekod , all three co-founded by Adanian Labs founders.

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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

TechCrunch

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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