Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following the disputed re-election of the sitting Kenyan president. The election controversy became the pretext for ethnic clashes that displaced hundreds of thousands of people and claimed the lives of more than 600, some in grisly fashion. Congratulations!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

However, a change-point is in the offing as insurtechs like the Kenya-based insurtech Turaco introduce new technologies and products that are disrupting the market. Kenya’s MotiSure rides on micro-payments to drive personal mobility insurance growth. International startups shrug off US insurtech meltdown.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

There, she started Kilimo Salama , as a micro-insurance program for more than 200,000 farmers in Kenya and Rwanda. They include Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. million farmers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In 2014, Tala first launched its mobile application to offer credit and collateral-free loans to consumers in Kenya but has since expanded to the Philippines, Mexico and, more recently , India. Upstart and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), two investors in the round, are critical to this next phase of growth for Tala.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

On the platform, Raise customers can also automate due diligence, set valuations, track employee stock vesting and make routine documentation for licenses and government documents in Nigeria and Kenya. . The next phase of growth, according to Coleby, will be onboarding Series A and growth-stage companies onto the platform.

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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. We believe that the next phase of this evolution will be led by home-grown accelerators, like the ones joining BAM,” said Dieng.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

In an email sent from Marketforce CEO Tesh Mbaabu and obtained by TechCrunch, the layoffs were a part of a reorganization strategy in Kenya, one of its five markets which include Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. . Kenya’s MarketForce raises $2M, plans to focus on its B2B retail marketplace RejaReja.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

In 2015, founder and CEO Daniel Yu launched Sokowatch in Kenya as an asset-light platform and a marketplace for distributing fast-moving consumer goods from suppliers to retailers. And what started in Kenya soon scaled into neighboring East African markets Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda in 2018.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The startup has now set out to activate more mutti pharmacies to widen its reach and to build out its tech-infrastructure as it readies itself for the next phase of growth after raising $35 million in Series D round. All these while increasing access and affordability to quality medication.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

MarketForce , the retail B2B and end-to-end distribution platform founded in Kenya, has raised $40 million in Series A funding for its merchant inventory financing and expansion across Africa. This latest round (equal amount of debt and equity) brings the total funds raised by MarketForce to date to $42.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Compelled to offer more value to startups, the co-founders launched Adanian Labs in Kenya, joining other players, like Nailab , in the space. Adanian Labs targets idea-phase tech startups, offering them all-round support including capital, advisory and operational backing; building them from the ground up. Image Credits: Adanian Labs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

SeamlessHR , a Nigeria-based company that wants to help African businesses “leverage the continent’s greatest asset: abundant human capital” with its cloud-based human resources (HR) and payroll software, has raised $10 million in Series A funding for its next phase of growth and regional expansion.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

However , the new funding will allow the company to test this out as it prepares to launch in new markets, including Egypt, Ghana and Kenya, where mobile money is prominent. fintech with operations in Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya. O’Mahony, on the other hand , was the former head of operations for Tola Mobile, a U.K.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

After spending some time in Kenya (where he was now used to paying via mobile money and rarely cash), he noticed that businesses relied heavily on manual bookkeeping and didn’t have software to record their cash and mobile money transactions. Gotter said the five-month-old startup is testing its platform with 30 merchants.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Futi said Orda has witnessed tremendous adoption among small restaurants in its two markets, Nigeria and Kenya, and claims the startup might have reached product-market fit already. “We’re seeing fast-paced growth in Nigeria and Kenya with a retention rate of above 95%,” Futi added. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

With this new fundraising, the company plans to tap into the wealth of experience from some of its new investors like Oviosu and Serunjogi who have also taken local companies into expansion phases. A notable example is Kenya’s Africa Talking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

We're still in the early stages of social media as in the early days of the web and online fundraising , so, we are in the "it's hype, and not going to last" phase. Some of the new tools now being launched to create a single profile that can be used across social networks will as analysts predict make social networks like air.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In its expansion phase, backed by a $3 million pre-seed funding, the startup looks to tap some of the biggest distributors and e-commerce players in Ghana, and later Nigeria, to grow beyond Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

BII will have offices in powerhouse markets like Nigeria, Egypt, and Kenya and offer equity and debt financing to projects in these countries. However, it becomes hard to ignore some of these businesses as they enter growth-stage phases and need more capital—most times beyond what venture capital firms can provide—to scale.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The initial investment phase will run for three years. Madica said it is also keen on reaching underserved markets in the continent, outside the well-established hubs of Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. This is part of its push to ensure a pan-African reach by supporting local, and women founders.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It is looking to expand its team of 33, which is currently spread across nine countries, including Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. ” Sevey said Mantium is also preparing to enter a phase where it will create impactful meaning applications beginning next year — as it moves to connect “things with AI”. “So

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The continent’s $115 billion digital economy is in its early phases. Much of the growth so far has been concentrated in four key markets: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Egypt. For instance, 33% of individuals use the internet compared to a global average of 63%.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

“When we first started, we were focused on phase one of our strategy, which came from our knowledge about ride-hailing drivers because of our careers at Uber,” Ruzane said to TechCrunch. Kenya and Nigeria, on the other hand , have a different automotive value chain. and Japan.

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CauseVox

JULY 10, 2024

The Origin of Shower Strike In 2010, founder Sarah Evans visited Kenya and saw the devastating effects of dirty water. During the recruitment phase for peer-to-peer fundraisers, the ability to easily update and rearrange content ensured that the most compelling stories were always front and center.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

The platform has been rolled out to 54 African countries and will support the gathering, access, management and analysis of quality data from African countries.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

” A large chunk of early-stage deals fall apart in the due diligence phase. Smith stepped in for Federico for the second fund, and Federico has since moved to Kenya where he now has a more passive role in terms of day-to-day involvement. “And I think it’s also just a huge vote of confidence.”

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Kindful

MARCH 4, 2021

If your organization isn’t in a growth phase this year (and let’s be honest, most of us aren’t), you can still point to specific needs. They shared with the community that they wanted to install six new gardens in Kenya this year. They will see the building go up, the program get off the ground, or the new position be hired.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

So, to help these ideas come to life, our next phase will focus on working directly with farmers and those in the field to get their feedback, and shape a useful, scalable, sustainable solution. These ideas are just the start. In order to make them successful, we need the input of those using a potential solution. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

For those not familiar with that term, program management includes representing the owner or the nonprofit at every step of the development process from, you know, land acquisition, going through due diligence, design, preconstruction, and the construction to move in phase. . So feasibility study is an important part. . ” .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

BasiGo , a Kenya-based EV started, closed $4.3 million in seed funding to provide clean mass transit vehicles in Kenya. Joby has also begun Federal Aviation Administration conformity testing as it seeks type certification for its aircraft and enters the “implementation phase” for the first time. million seed raise. In-car tech.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Our next phase is really a massive expansion - our vision is to link over five million women within three years into one of the largest action networks for women in the world, and have a communications infrastructure that really unites the women's movement. There are a lot of things that are different from the start up phase.

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