TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

“What’s more, our interactions with customers and potential customers have shown us that the real problem we are tackling isn’t the ease of issuing cards– rather, it’s much broader than we could have imagined.” Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Aminu Bakori and Kabir Shittu , founders of Sudo Africa, told TechCrunch that the opportunity to build Sudo was due to a problem they faced while attempting to issue cards at their previous startup: a mobile wallet system allowed users to aggregate existing financial institutions into a single platform and perform transactions. “At

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

Its offers a “high-yield” savings account, free FX and adjacent digital banking services so customers can save in a stable currency, the dollar, and spend-as-they-go in local currencies. The problem that we think is most pervasive is consumers’ inability to protect the value of their wealth.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives. To do so, we definitely need your help.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Microtraction revealed that it accepted over 500 applications from startups in Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, and Mauritius in its first full year of operation. 2019 saw the local VC firm invest in six companies. 2019 saw the local VC firm invest in six companies. Though, just eight of those companies got investments.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Impact Rooms offers well-rounded solutions for startup problems, from ensuring that they are investor-ready and are matched with the right investors, to raising capital. The Impact Rooms team is currently spread across the world with some of its experts in Kenya , Zambia, Ghana, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Australia, US, UK and Switzerland.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Digital Dumpster Fire: Tips to Handle Social and Online PR Problems ( Communications Networking Lunch). Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Lusaka, Zambia: Girls in ICT Day (Girls with Disabilities in ICT). Covina, California: Monetization of Content. Friday, April 14, 2017.

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