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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

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Pula is solving this problem by using technology and data. They include Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. Thus, they are often neglected from financial protection against climate risks like flood, drought, pestilence and hail. million farmers.

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Leta, a Kenyan supply chain and logistics SaaS provider, raises $3M to scale in Africa

TechCrunch

In its expansion phase, backed by a $3 million pre-seed funding, the startup looks to tap some of the biggest distributors and e-commerce players in Ghana, and later Nigeria, to grow beyond Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. said Darshan Chandaria, CEO of Chandaria Capital.

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Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

TechCrunch

The startup ecosystem was growing but I could not fail to notice the problem of accelerators. Adanian Labs targets idea-phase tech startups, offering them all-round support including capital, advisory and operational backing; building them from the ground up. It makes equity investment of up to $120,000 in these startups.

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