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Francophone African super app Gozem grabs $5M to expand and offer more services

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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). The startup kicked off operations in Togo in 2018 as a motorcycle ride-hailing service.

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Norebase raises $1M to allow companies start, scale, and operate in any African country

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We aggregate that knowledge and provide one platform that ensures you don’t have to worry too much about trust,” the CEO added. According to Norebase, companies that use its platform can be incorporated in any African country within “a few minutes” and expand to new locations in a week.

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4DX Ventures and Flutterwave back Francophone Africa’s CinetPay in $2.4M round

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.” The Ivorian startup acts as an online and point-of-sale payment solution for merchants to process payment from more than 130 different payment operators — mobile-money, bank cards, wallets — in nine French-speaking African countries: Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Congo, Guinea and Benin.

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Autochek acquires CoinAfrique to grow its footprint in Francophone Africa

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We see many opportunities to unlock value for users across all the categories on our platform and to expand into new countries, and we are looking forward to leveraging Autochek’s market leading loans product and expertise to deliver more transformative experiences for our users,” said Papet in a statement. TLcom and 4DX drive $13.1M

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MaxAB gets an extra $15M, acquires YC-backed Moroccan startup WaystoCap

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Last month, MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, raised one of the largest Series A on the continent , to the tune of $40 million. Store owners can use the platform to purchase goods, request delivery or logistics to move the goods, and access a customer support team.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

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This week have a look at the just completed Open Data for Africa platform and learn more about the brewing open data revolution in the MENA region. The platform has been rolled out to 54 African countries and will support the gathering, access, management and analysis of quality data from African countries.

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

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Founded by Olaoluwa Awojoodu , the company’s agent banking platform, PayCentre Africa, is present in Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo. The San Francisco- and Lagos-headquartered startup will also go for customers who use banks and other digital-only platforms like Kuda, Carbon and FairMoney.

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