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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

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The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. The students are generally post-high school, but have no access to further education or training. The organization focuses particularly on women and students in rural areas. Art and Media. Environment.

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Naspers co-leads $14.5M extension round in mobility startup WhereIsMyTransport

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South African-founded startup WhereIsMyTransport is one such company filling that gap for now. million Series A extension to continue its expansion across emerging markets; the company already has a presence in South Africa and Mexico. Today, i t is announcing a $14.5 According to Naspers, the size of its check was $3 million.

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South African crowd-solving startup Zindi building a community of data scientists and using AI to solve real world problems

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And the South Africa-based crowd-solving startup has done that over the last three years they have been in existence. Among other notable private and public organizations that have tapped Zindi include Microsoft, IBM and Liquid Telecom UNICEF and the government of South Africa. Photo Credits : Zindi.

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

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When he came home to Tunis, he met many students who wanted to build products like him each summer. The startup hopes that the Series A funding will drive its presence in 12 countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. Students on the platform go through two types of programs.

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African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

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The startup first launched by providing a product pack of SD cards and dongles with pre-recorded videos for K-12 students. It added quizzes and a homework help feature to connect students with tutors from universities. Surprisingly , uLesson kept growing despite K-12 students going back to school.

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Zeraki, a Kenyan edtech providing digital solutions for school admin, raises $1.8M

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Zeraki data analytics system helps schools to better manage students’ data. We plan on first moving into the entire East Africa community and then exploring the Anglophone region,” said Nyangolo. Zeraki then embarked on building the data analytics system to help schools to better manage their students’ data.

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Google to offer 40,000 developer scholarships in Africa; continues accelerator program

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According to the statement released by the company, Google will give full scholarships (with certifications in Android and cloud development) to the top 1,000 students (beginner and intermediate developers) at the end of the training. It currently has more than 120 communities across 25 African countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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