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Net Tuesdays around the world: 6 new groups!

Amy Sample Ward

Lomé, Togo. If so, connect with the local organizers to find out about the next events, how to help, and spread the word! Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Asheville, South Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina. Hamburg, Germany. Nairobi, Kenya. Two Net Tuesdays of Note.

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

TechCrunch

These countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mauritius and Burkina Faso. 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

TechCrunch

.” 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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Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

The Verge

There have also been some legislative wins, as when the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court, ruled that a 2017 internet shutdown in Togo was illegal , but it also seems unlikely such actions will actually dissuade governments who feel shutdowns are necessary to hold power.

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Sun King, a provider of solar energy products in Africa and Asia, expands Series D to $330M

TechCrunch

On a much larger scale, Sun King pointed out that since its founding in 2007 by chief executive officer Patrick Walsh and Anish Thakkar , its products have provided light and power to 95 million people throughout its African and Asian markets, including Cameroon, Mozambique, and Togo, three countries it recently expanded into.

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

TechCrunch

Founded by Olaoluwa Awojoodu , the company’s agent banking platform, PayCentre Africa, is present in Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo. Banks and telcos are heavy players, so are some companies like E-Settlement, a holding company for different financial entities.

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SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time

TechCrunch

.” With the $14 million in funding, from investors including Energy Access Ventures (EAV), Électricité de France (EDF), Acumen Capital Partners (ACP) and Dream Project Incubators (DPI), SunCulture will expand its footprint in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Togo and Cote D’Ivoire, the company said. .

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