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How to better support girls globally?

Fast Company Tech

Recently, on March 8th, International Womens Day was recognizeda moment that originally sprung from a movement to fight against child labor and sweatshop working conditions. Female genital mutilation still occurs Last month, I traveled to Senegal to see UNICEFs work firsthand. Further, FGM in Senegal hit its lowest point in 2023.

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Wave, a Stripe-backed African fintech valued at $1.7 billion, cut 15% of its staff in June

TechCrunch

Wave, an African fintech that offers mobile money services in Senegal and Ivory Coast, laid off about 15% of its workforce last month. The company, which operated a stealth launch two years prior in Senegal, has since raised over $290 million in equity and debt capital funding to date. Germany, Nigeria and the U.K.

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Senegalese logistics and delivery company PAPS raises $4.5M led by 4DX Ventures and Orange

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PAPS , a Senegal-based logistics and delivery company, is filling this gap in its region by offering customers various logistics services. million pre-Series A round to expand its tech-enabled logistics solution across the Francophone region. Today the company is announcing that it has raised a $4.5

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Sequoia Heritage, Stripe and others invest $200M in African fintech Wave at $1.7B valuation

TechCrunch

Francophone Africa has its first unicorn, and if you’ve been following tech on the continent, you will be very unsurprised to hear that it’s coming from the world of fintech. and Senegal-based mobile money provider, has raised $200 million in Series A round of funding. Wave , a U.S. ” Going up against incumbents.

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Reports say African startups raised record-smashing $4.3B to $5B in 2021

TechCrunch

Partech Africa covers equity deals in tech and digital spaces and funding rounds higher than $200,000. African tech took center stage in 2021. Other sectors include health tech (8%), logistics (7%), education (5%) and clean tech (5%). Senegal took the fifth spot with $353 million, while Ghana was sixth ($167 million).

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

TechCrunch

Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria.

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500 Global, GIZ establish bootcamp for accelerators in Africa to help them define sustainable business models

TechCrunch

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 has been investing in companies in Africa for a decade and continues to be excited about the growth of the African tech ecosystem.

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