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Sudanese fintech Bloom nabs $6.5M, backed by Y Combinator, GFC and Visa

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Bloom , a Sudan-based fintech that offers a high-yield savings account and adjacent digital banking services, has raised a $6.5 They say the platform has been launched in Sudan but declined to give specific numbers of customers actively using the product. Our product is live in Sudan. million seed round.

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Sudan’s first YC-backed startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth

TechCrunch

And more importantly, from Sudan. So why Sudan? “We So Sudan is interesting for three reasons. We know it has had some economic challenges since then after the secession of South Sudan. Further market research highlighted that East Africa was the perfect place for the team to start.

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How to better support girls globally?

Fast Company Tech

For example, our new report shows that 221 rape cases in Sudan against children have been recorded since 2024 began. Violence like Khadi and Sally enduredas well as child marriage, lack of menstrual hygiene, and teenage pregnancyare some of the barriers girls and women around the world face.

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Could this rare bean be the solution to the global coffee crisis?

Fast Company Tech

The farmer had never grown coffee in her village in western South Sudan, but now hopes a rare, climate-resistant species will help pull her family from poverty. Native to South Sudan and a handful of other African countries, including Congo, Central African Republic, and Uganda, excelsa is also farmed in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

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Sudan Activist Conference Call: What You Can Do to Make a Difference in Darfur

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In an effort to understand why the violence there is still happening, and what I can do to help, I've called in for two of the monthly conference calls for Sudan Activists produced by ENOUGH , the Genocide Intervention Network , STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition , and the Save Darfur Coalition.

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The Reckoning

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The current president of Sudan is a good example of the challenge. Ambassador to the UN during the Bush Administration, is quite direct about why he opposes the court today as he did then. The ICC is still in its infancy: one of the challenges the movie brings up is the inability to get most of its indictees into the court.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Though many of the countries we work in are talked about in the news (DR Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan), some aren’t as well-known (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Nigeria) and we often need to explain why operating in these countries is important.