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Senegal’s logistics tech startup Chargel raises $2.5M seed funding

TechCrunch

Image Credits: Chargel Chargel transporters, operating out of Senegal, make deliveries to neighboring countries Mali, Guinea and Mauritania. Chargel plans to expand to an additional country within Francophone Africa.

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Chari, a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores, raises $5M at $70M valuation

TechCrunch

What lies ahead for Chari following this seed round is moving into Francophone Africa; Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Senegal top that list. When Karny is taken into account , the total number of merchants using Chari’s products extends to over 50,000.

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A View from Istanbul

NTEN

Having caught the travel bug years ago as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, Peg went on to train teachers for the Peace Corps in Morocco, Mauritania, Lesotho and Gabon. Peg has international experience in education and training that provides her a unique perspective.

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MaxAB gets an extra $15M, acquires YC-backed Moroccan startup WaystoCap

TechCrunch

” While the acquisition signals MaxAB’s move into Morocco, it also shows the company’s entry into the Maghreb markets — Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, where there’s little or no contest. And we figured out that they’re already a perfect fit for that.”

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How foreign workers helped spur Spain’s rapid economic growth

Fast Company Tech

Snchez toured Mauritania, Senegal, and Gambia last year to promote a temporary work scheme whereby African workers could get legal and safe passage to Spain. Meanwhile, the stream of migrant boats journeying from Africas west coast to Spains Canary Islands has created a humanitarian crisis. Countless die in the attempt.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TechCrunch

May 25, 2023 ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries OpenAI announced in a tweet that the ChatGPT mobile app is now available on iOS in the U.S., Europe, South Korea and New Zealand, and soon more will be able to download the app from the app store.

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