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Weather-focused IBISA raises seed round to back its microinsurance solutions for low-income small farmers

TechCrunch

Since being founded in 2019, the company has worked with partners in the Philippines, India, and Niger. . “We work with mutuals, insurers, microfinance institutions, research institutions, farmers and breeders associations and governments,” its site explains.

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Nigerian digital bank Yep! raises $1.5M pre-seed for its ‘financial super app’ play

TechCrunch

Founded by Olaoluwa Awojoodu , the company’s agent banking platform, PayCentre Africa, is present in Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo. Banks and telcos are heavy players, so are some companies like E-Settlement, a holding company for different financial entities.

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Hold my calls

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Last weekend I met Canadian filmmaker Sylvain l'Esperance, whose wonderful documentary about life in the Niger Inland Delta region of Mali was showing at the Toronto Hot Docs film festival. To we technologically inclined folks this may seem obvious, but not everyone sees it.

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Ally Shares Her Experience in Program

ASU Lodestar Center

My name means River; it is the capital and largest city in the West African country Niger. posted by Niamey Thomas Class 12 Public Ally. My name is Niamey Thomas. My name represents the essence of power, strength and peace, which I try to embody every day. I am Black and Mexican and I am a creator.

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

Tech Soup

In partnership with Orange France and Emmaus International, Clic Vert has developed electronics recycling and refurbishment workshops in Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Madagascar, and Togo to organize the collection and repair of used mobile phones.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

What started out as a personal art project has grown into a global community project that has created over 800 handmade cards carrying voices to and from the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Costa Rica, Niger, Namibia, America, Haiti and Afghanistan.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

Other hard-hit countries will include Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sudan, and Niger. In India, the most populated country in the world, some 600 million people will feel unprecedented heat outside this niche. The Arctic is predicted to be practically ice-free during summertime.

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