TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

But only a few players are taking advantage of the market, which can make a case as the next frontier for mobile money and investment apps in Africa. Ejara has more than 8,000 users from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea and Senegal, as well as French-speaking Africans in the diaspora (Europe, Asia and the U.S.),

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

However, the recent entry into Ivory Coast and Senegal somewhat forced its hand. Wasoko allows retailers from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ivory Coast and Senegal to order products from suppliers via SMS or its mobile app for same-day delivery to their stores and shops via a network of logistics drivers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The company, which facilitates B2B payments for businesses in Francophone West Africa, mainly via mobile money channels, has raised a total of $7 million in the financing round. . In 2019, West Africa reported the most live mobile money services in any region, with 56 million active accounts. million monthly.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

CinetPay , a payment gateway that allows e-merchants and merchants to accept mobile money and other forms of payments in Francophone Africa, has secured $2.4 “But the cost that we make is that in Francophone Africa 80% of the population have a mobile money account. million in seed funding. million in transactions monthly. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2023

TechCrunch recently covered a $4 million round for Shuttlers, which we described as a “Nigerian shared mobility company.” Chargel, based in Senegal, recently raised $2.5 We know that deals are still getting done in Africa.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Togo- and Singapore-based company received investment from AAIC, Thunes (TransferTo), Momentum Ventures (SMRT), Innoport Ventures (Schulte Group), CMC Ventures (National Express) and Liil Ventures (Mobility ADO). This way, individual users can exchange cash for mobile money via the Gozem app. “

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

Google will offer the scholarships — created in partnership with tech talent companies Pluralsight and Andela — to developers spread across mobile and cloud development tracks. It expects to also select startups from additional countries, including Egypt, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda, for this sixth cohort.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Across sub-Saharan Africa 303 million people, about 28% of the population, are connected to the mobile internet, according to the 2021 GSMA mobile economy report , and this number is expected to rise to 40% in three years’ time.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Already, Autochek has rolled out its operations in Ivory Coast and Senegal following the acquisition, with more markets set to be activated, including Benin and Togo, as the auto marketplace expands. Autochek expands to North Africa after acquiring Morocco’s Kifal Auto. The company, which in October last year raised $13.1

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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

JANUARY 21, 2022

and Senegal-based mobile money service provider, Tugende; a Ugandan mobility-tech company; and Trade Depot, a Nigeria and U.S.-based Chapter54 is targeting startups in growth stage with some sizable traction in the countries they operate in across Europe. based company that connects consumer goods brands to retailers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

A typical Koolboks unit works as a refrigerator, freezer, or lighting, as it comes with two LED light bulbs and USB ports for charging mobile phones. They make payments through their mobile phones or a POS agent close to their shops; they get tokens entered as codes into the fridge, proceeding to use it for a certain period.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

It went live with its mobile and internet banking service in 2016 and launched an instant card issuance product in 2017. Other countries with a presence include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Tanzania and Senegal. In 2011, the company launched its first core banking product targeting microfinance institutions.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Last year the EEGF invested in Baobab+ and Yellow, both offering pay-to-own solar energy solutions, and Redavia, which designs and installs mobile solar farms for businesses. Baobab+ has operations in Mali, Senegal, Madagascar and Côte d’Ivoire, and is planning to enter Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo markets.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Chari operates as a mobile app allowing small retailers to order products from partnering FMCG multinationals and local manufacturers and get them in less than 24 hours. What lies ahead for Chari following this seed round is moving into Francophone Africa; Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Senegal top that list.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of making websites viewable on mobile phones, using mobile phones more in the workplace, cloud computing, social media fundraising, foundations and Microsoft donations, greater self-sufficiency among NGOs in developing countries, and some cutting edge things like hackathons.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa. And according to its website, only 12 African countries can send and receive money on the platform, but to varying degrees.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

According to Partech, fintech represented 25% of total African funding raised last year, with agritech, logistics & mobility, off-grid tech, and healthtech sectors following behind. 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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Rounding up the top five: cleantech (15%), logistics (12%), mobility (8%) and e-commerce (5%). Other sectors have experienced substantial growth and gained a meaningful share of the equity funding activity this year: Cleantech (18%), e/m/s commerce (13%), enterprise (11%) and mobility (4%) complete the top-five list.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In addition to connecting their mobile money accounts and accessing crypto, users could also make cross-border transactions via stablecoins. Last October, it had 8,000 users from Cameroon, its first market and others including Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, and Senegal.

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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. It is eyeing a pan-African presence by 2025 as it races to help build 300 companies over the next five years. AI and Blockchain.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Optimizing Your Communications for Mobile | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). Mukono, Uganda: Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Friday, August 11, 2017.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Peace Corps in Senegal in West Africa. They’re probably on mobile, maybe they’re on iOS. They know what’s going to resonate with their audience, and get them motivated, and get them mobilized. And then WordSwag is one of my absolute favorite mobile apps to create these kind of graphics. . I use Buffer.

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