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Nigeria’s digital payroll platform Bento expands to Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana, to enter six other African markets in 2022

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In its next phase of expansion, Bento is eyeing Egypt, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola and Ethiopia by the end of next year. Bento , Nigeria’s digital payroll and human resource management platform is expanding to Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda with plans to set up operations in six other markets in Africa over the next one year.

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

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And what started in Kenya soon scaled into neighboring East African markets Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda in 2018. Yu believes Sokowatch is now ready for a rebrand as it enters its next growth phase — moving from an East African player to a pan-African one. However, the recent entry into Ivory Coast and Senegal somewhat forced its hand.

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

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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. Google’s third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems.

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Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

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All the aforementioned startups are founded in Kenya, but others from Ethiopia and Somalia will be supported during the pilot phase, with plans to scale to five more countries including Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe over the next one year. Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained.

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Kenyan B2B e-commerce platform Marketforce cut about 9% of staff in reorganization strategy

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In an email sent from Marketforce CEO Tesh Mbaabu and obtained by TechCrunch, the layoffs were a part of a reorganization strategy in Kenya, one of its five markets which include Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. . Mbaabu confirmed the news on a call with TechCrunch, adding that the company let go of 54 people.

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500 Global, GIZ establish bootcamp for accelerators in Africa to help them define sustainable business models

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Fifteen accelerators from key tech hubs, including Uganda, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania will participate in the program. We believe that the next phase of this evolution will be led by home-grown accelerators, like the ones joining BAM,” said Dieng.

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

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They include Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. We are confident of Pula’s potential for growth in spite of the pandemic and look forward to partnering with them as they execute the next phase of their journey,” he said in a statement. million farmers.

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