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

TechCrunch

Other countries with a presence include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Tanzania and Senegal. Still, while it might present a problem to other companies, Emetarom says the company has no issue training promising junior talent to grow in expertise. Four years later, it raised $2.5

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Daily Crunch: Andreessen Horowitz backs Synonym’s development of ‘fermentation farms’

TechCrunch

The startup, which currently manages more than 8,000 tons of waste every year, announced today that it has raised $5 million in Series A funding, co-led by AC Ventures and PT Barito Mitra Investama. Runaway train, never coming back : Natasha M reports that Getaway launches a way for you to enjoy and own vacation homes.

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How to plan and run a good web conference

Forum One

A lot of organizations we work with are increasingly using web conferencing to have more productive meetings with staff in the field, share knowledge across projects and programs, and conduct training. Have a guinea pig user log in as a participant so you know what they are seeing and can work out any glitches.

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Worst of Museums for this Decade

Museum 2.0

Maggie Schmidt (@goldfnch) December 6, 2019 The rise in professionalization spurred an increase in museum studies programs, as a way to train future professionals. This complexity highlights the complications we've created around training and hiring. The number of open jobs is based on the amount of money museums can raise.

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Quris combines AI with ‘patient on a chip’ to speed drug development and reduce animal testing

TechCrunch

The company has raised a $9M seed round to go from pilot to production, and an all-star team of backers and advisors are a promising indicator that the approach has fundamental merit. The AI is already being trained with existing and some upcoming drugs, learning what signals from the various sensors mean for the safety of the substance.

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Heat Listed

The Verge

Unbeknownst to McDaniel, he was a sort of guinea pig, one of the first individuals to be put on Chicago’s “heat list.”. But it raised more questions than it answered about the heat list and how individuals like McDaniel found their way onto it. Plus, there’s just so much uncertainty in the technology: What if the data is wrong?

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What You Need to Know About the Largest Vaccine Operation in History

Saleforce Nonprofit

The Alliance aims to raise critical funds for the delivery of more than two billion vaccine doses to the world’s most remote and vulnerable communities, and promote vaccine confidence in Australia. Once the vaccines have finally made it to their destination, doses are delivered to communities and administered by trained healthcare workers.

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