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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. As trade within Africa already relies on road freight transport, this growth is set to further grow the demand for trucking services. Moustapha says Chargel did over $1.2

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

TechCrunch

They never noticed such in Morocco before that, but it became evident after going back to the North African country that local mom and pop stores needed such service. The platform provides credit and bookkeeping services to about 40,000 merchants and now serves as Chari’s strategy to provide payment facilities.

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

TechCrunch

WaystoCap took its cross-border services to Ivory Coast and Togo, and at some point, was processing over $3 million worth of transactions per quarter. That business model got WaystoCap into Y Combinator’s Winter batch in 2017, making it the first company accepted from Morocco. The company subsequently raised a $3 million seed round.

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A View from Istanbul

NTEN

We talked about the importance of a stable and secure technology infrastructure and the work that we do to ensure stability for 110 Managed Services customers. 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.

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

TechCrunch

August 10, 2023 The ‘custom instructions’ feature is extended to free ChatGPT users OpenAI announced that it’s expanding custom instructions to all users, including those on the free tier of service. and GPT-4, to interact with software and services online, allowing it to “autonomously” perform tasks.

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How foreign workers helped spur Spain’s rapid economic growth

Fast Company Tech

Spain is driven by services, in particular its buoyant tourism sector. New arrivals often take service jobs, construction, farming, fishing, and home care and cleaning. Spaniards just dont want to work in the service sector. Foreigners do typically lower-wage jobs that many Spaniards dont want. Since then, things have changed.

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