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Cameroonian crypto and savings platform Ejara raises $8M, led by Anthemis and Dragonfly

TechCrunch

Ejara , a Cameroonian fintech offering an investment app that allows users to buy crypto and save through decentralized wallets, has raised $8 million in Series A investment. . Last October, it had 8,000 users from Cameroon, its first market and others including Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, and Senegal.

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

Casual discussions were steeped in government policies, national literacy rates, and worldwide attitudes towards science. The Congress exposed some places and issues in severe need of attention, but I fear these are indignations quickly raised, quickly forgotten. And these conversations weren't exclusive to the program events.

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A ‘thorn forest’ once covered 1 million acres in the Rio Grande Valley. This man is trying to bring it back

Fast Company Tech

While driving by the facility, which sits in front of a drainage basin, Dale had a thought: Why not also plant a small thorn foresta shady place that would provide respite from the sun and promote environmental literacy while managing storm runoff? That may sound like a lot of seed, but its only sufficient to raise about 150,000 seedlings.

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