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TechCrunch
APRIL 18, 2022
Zambian card issuing fintech Union54 has raised $12 million in a seed extension round led by Tiger Global. Nigeria is one such market where per Statista , local labels such as Verve, the largest domestic card scheme developed by unicorn fintech Interswitch, control more than half of the market.
TechCrunch
MARCH 2, 2022
Sudo Africa , a fintech that provides a card-issuing API for developers and businesses in Nigeria, has raised $3.7 At some point, we wanted to issue cards and worked with one of the local banks in Nigeria,” said CEO Bakori. Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API.
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TechCrunch
JANUARY 6, 2022
Namibian business-to-business e-commerce startup JABU confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised a $3.2 Its platform connects over 6,000 retailers to local and multinational suppliers — such as Namibia Breweries Limited, ABInBev, Bokomo, Coca-Cola, Namibmills — and digitizes orders, payments and logistics. million financing round.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 25, 2021
In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. This represents nearly four-fold growth over a year ago when its portfolio raised $6 million (and just $3 million in 2018). 2019 saw the local VC firm invest in six companies.
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. mPharma is also present in Gabon where it has a contract with the government to build a drug supply chain infrastructure.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
The company has now raised more than $80 million, and while it is not disclosing its valuation, PitchBook data notes that it is $715 million as of this round (which appears to have closed earlier in the year). At a time when the global economy has been under pressure, Taptap Send saw business grow eight-fold, the company said.
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DECEMBER 16, 2014
More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation.
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