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How to better support girls globally?

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Female genital mutilation still occurs Last month, I traveled to Senegal to see UNICEFs work firsthand. Sally’s disability is the result of FGM, which over 2 million girls and women in Senegal have experienced. Despite challenges, we are making progress in Senegal and all over the world.

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Sequoia Heritage, Stripe and others invest $200M in African fintech Wave at $1.7B valuation

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and Senegal-based mobile money provider, has raised $200 million in Series A round of funding. ” In 2018, the product was piloted as Wave in Senegal but it was still within the Sendwave ecosystem. In June, the telecom operator stopped users in Senegal from purchasing Orange airtime via Wave’s mobile application.

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

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We realized that there were so many inefficiencies, and that the logistics sector in Senegal was so fragmented, but we felt that technology could help. This year we are opening up the platform to more shippers in Senegal. And that is how their logistics tech startup, Chargel , was born. “We

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Wave, a Stripe-backed African fintech valued at $1.7 billion, cut 15% of its staff in June

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Wave, an African fintech that offers mobile money services in Senegal and Ivory Coast, laid off about 15% of its workforce last month. The company, which operated a stealth launch two years prior in Senegal, has since raised over $290 million in equity and debt capital funding to date. Germany, Nigeria and the U.K.

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Senegalese logistics and delivery company PAPS raises $4.5M led by 4DX Ventures and Orange

TechCrunch

PAPS , a Senegal-based logistics and delivery company, is filling this gap in its region by offering customers various logistics services. Additionally, the logistics company has a relay network of hubs close to its clients that act as delivery points. Today the company is announcing that it has raised a $4.5

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Sokowatch rebrands to Wasoko as it raises $125M Series B from Tiger Global and Avenir

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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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Kenya’s HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

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HotelOnline said it is planning an aggressive expansion across Africa, where it currently has over 6,000 clients spread across 27 countries, by tapping HotelPlus’s reseller network, and the growing hospitality industry — which is recovering strongly from the ravages of the pandemic.