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

MARCH 2, 2022

And in a bid to continue providing affordable and accessible healthcare for its customers in Ivory Coast, Senegal and Cameroon, the Ivorian startup is being backed with $1 million in pre-seed funding. The equity raise saw participation mainly from angel investors, as the company also raised $1.2

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The Verge

OCTOBER 23, 2020

A year after YouTubers launched a campaign to raise enough money to plant 20 million trees, the campaign is in a critical phase: planting the trees and ensuring their survival. By December, they had surpassed their goal of raising $20 million dollars, enough to plant 20 million trees. Image: Arbor Day Foundation. million planted.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In addition to trading on the platform, these customers used FTX to convert their local currencies to dollars and gain yield on savings. However, following the events of the past two weeks that brought about FTX’s tumble, many of them, including local celebrities signed as brand ambassadors, have been left bemoaning their decision.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

But issues around pricing, flexibility to innovate and a lack of local tech support always come up. “We started Appzone with the intention to build out innovative local solutions for banking and payments on the continent,” CEO Obi Emetarom told TechCrunch. Four years later, it raised $2.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

By the end of the one-year venture building program, the startups should have launched a product, onboarded, and had repeat customers, have a defined revenue model, and have raised or are in the process of closing seed funding. “We So, we have a short program to help them raise,” said Kamara. Not just one,” said Kiwia.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

The sustainable cooling company, which offers accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has raised $2.5 Koolboks has raised $3.5 Koolboks will deploy the capital to expand across Nigeria, including building the team to support its growing B2C business and constructing a local assembly facility.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Peace Corps in Senegal in West Africa. And it’s a huge driver of online fundraising, and also just awareness raising. So during Suicide Prevention Month, there was a campaign called Seize the Awkward, and they ran a three-day Twitch event to raise awareness and raise funds, where people on Twitch that were doing live streams.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health. “It was a source of access to air quality information independent of local monitoring networks.

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