TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

The West African region also grew the most in terms of transaction value by 46%, to over $178 billion, and countries like Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast are leading the charge, which presents a vast opportunity for these payment gateway providers, unlike the card payments market where two countries are prominent. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Remittances from abroad reached $45 billion in 2021, with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe leading the list of recipient countries. Startups in Africa raised nearly $5 billion in funding last year but the amount remains meager when compared to the rest of the world. Reports say African startups raised record-smashing $4.3B

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fifteen accelerators from key tech hubs, including Uganda, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania will participate in the program. 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Armed with a new financing model and purpose-built small solar-powered generators and water pumps, Nichols and Ibrahim have already built a network of customers using their equipment to increase incomes by anywhere from five to 10 times their previous levels by growing higher-value cash crops, cultivating more land and raising more livestock.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Swizerland, India, Nigeria, Senegal and other geographies. International fintech remains a key focus at YC Demo Day. Nearly half of the neobanks in this batch are based in the United States, while the remaining are spread across the U.K, just to name a few examples from the latest batch. And this batch supports that realization.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This April, FTX announced a partnership with AZA Finance to roll out African and digital currency pairs and expand trading in nonfungible tokens (they managed to launch the fiat rails for Ghana and Senegal prior to FTX’s collapse). Fintechs like us that have boards with much information and oversight even find it hard to raise money.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ranking gender-related data sources and evidence, policymakers said they most often use government data (79%), international data, such as from the UN (47%) and academic or research institution data (41%). To achieve our aim, we need to understand the needs of one of our main targets – policymakers.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Money raised on crowdfunding sites is estimated to be 91 percent higher than 2011. While this is not strictly nonprofits, charities, or NGOs, ICT for Development has long been an important mission area for the UN and many international organizations. Greater Self-Sufficiency in African Due to ICT for Development. Very heartening.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 19, 2006

The 3rd Annual Artivist Film Festival & Awards ' mission is to strengthen the voice of international activist artists and raise public awareness of global issues. Barbra Streisand. This year's festival is November 9-12, 2006 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California.

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