TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It currently covers some 20 countries for receiving money, some of the very poorest and/or least developed places in the world including Bangladesh, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Zambia.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

That means if SIV II makes an investment in an IDA country like Senegal and the company doesn’t do well, a portion of the investment will be covered through the structure. Another criteria is to back local founders. This mitigate the risk of these investments, because there is a first loss guarantee.

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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. Healthtech startups across Africa, such as Ivory Coast- and French-based Susu are stepping up to fill this need.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Outside the top four countries, startups from Ghana, Algeria, Tunisia and Senegal raised the most equity funding. Though at the same time, it can open up opportunities for local funds to earn ground and enter better deals,” he added. Partech: Nigeria represented 23% of African tech’s total equity funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

PawaPay handles local operations, compliance, regulatory cover and bank accounts, making it simple to receive payments in a new market. It has become quite obvious that this is a very significant financial infrastructure and there’s a lot of it that’s been missing if you want to work serious volume and businesses on mobile money.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The venture capital scene in Africa has consistently grown, with an influx of capital from local and international investors reaching unprecedented heights in recent years. Senegal, the region’s top destination for VC funding dropped from $16 million in 2019 to $8.8 Regional and gender diversity check. million.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

SMS And Social Change: Lessons From Senegal Terra Weikel, UNICEF. Not Just for Obama: New Media Gets Local Julie Blitzer, Advomatic. The New Mainstream - Journalists Redefining Their Industry Gina Cooper, Cooper Strategies. Digital Protests: Social Media as Activism Ramya Raghavan, YouTube.

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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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The Verge

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Senegal is set to be home to a million new fruit and nut trees by the end of 2020; the country will host the largest number of trees being planted in a single place this year. The foundation partners with other organizations and forest services around the world that plant the trees. That’ll be key to ensuring each young saplings’ survival.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared meetups will bring local nonprofits free digital storytelling workshops in more than 40 cities between August and October. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Dakar, Senegal: Concours de Présentation des Projets. Here at TechSoup, we're big on stories. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 2, 2014

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Dakar, Senegal: L’atelier de mise en place du réseau net2 Dakar. Dakar, Senegal: L’atelier de mise en place du réseau net2 Dakar.

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Tableau

JUNE 13, 2021

When word reached Senegal of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the globe, health practitioners in the country immediately thought back to what happened during the Ebola crisis of 2014.”There While COVID-19 certainly sped up the process for Senegal integrating its approach to health-system data, the idea was already in the works.

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Tableau

JUNE 13, 2021

When word reached Senegal of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the globe, health practitioners in the country immediately thought back to what happened during the Ebola crisis of 2014.”There While COVID-19 certainly sped up the process for Senegal integrating its approach to health-system data, the idea was already in the works.

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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. This is where Appzone has found its sweet spot.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

First, the service will be available in seven African countries, starting with Ivory Coast where it’s already live, Senegal in January, Cameroon in February, Burkina Faso in March, Tunisia in April, Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo after that. Molotov is betting on local partnerships to launch its service in new countries.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

In the interim, the lab is planning on establishing a presence in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Senegal and Ivory Coast, and considering a franchise model to help it fast track its growth. Besides, as multinationals look to Africa for tech talent, it has become important to increase the digital and tech skills locally.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

These are markets where it has distributors or dealers; 13 of them are in sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Koolboks is also eyeing DRC and Ivory Coast as its next offices, Dominic said.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Peace Corps in Senegal in West Africa. From 2018 - 2020, she served as the Director of Communications for the Public Relations Society of America's local Hoosier chapter. I’m happy to send it to you afterwards. So this is really how I discovered the principles of communications and marketing. And I loved writing.

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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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