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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

However , they seem to be doing quite well compared with traditional banks that face challenges like legacy cost structures and a major lack of operational efficiency. Other countries with a presence include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Tanzania and Senegal. Four years later, it raised $2.5

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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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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl review: A fierce, acerbic Zambian comedy-drama about community

Mashable Tech

The second feature by Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a brilliantly wry film of funeral traditions and familial idiosyncrasies. From there on out, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl sweeps through its mere 99 minutes with clamorous force. What is On Becoming a Guinea Fowl about?

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Worst of Museums for this Decade

Museum 2.0

The number of open jobs is based on the amount of money museums can raise. Djupdraet (@mdjupdraet) December 9, 2019 Instead museums found themselves at the mercy of the next big thing and the whims of tech firms: Being big tech guinea pigs: We end up with unsustainable shiny tech and then just feel used.

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

The Congress exposed some places and issues in severe need of attention, but I fear these are indignations quickly raised, quickly forgotten. They are places outside our daily lives--the Arctic, Papau New Guinea--and are easy, in some ways, to ignore or forget. We talked alongside each other but rarely to and with each other.

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Heat Listed

The Verge

By the early 1920s, Austin was a residential haven for upwardly mobile families, with structures designed by architects such as Frederick Schock and Frank Lloyd Wright. Unbeknownst to McDaniel, he was a sort of guinea pig, one of the first individuals to be put on Chicago’s “heat list.”. Who else was on the list?

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How a fake “Real Oversight Board” is putting pressure on Facebook

The Verge

Last week I wrote about how Facebook’s vast size and monarchic corporate structure had contributed to a steady stream of controversies all summer. The board named its members in May, raising hopes that it would be hearing cases by now. But in July, the board said it would not be operational before the election. Annie Palmer / CNBC).