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South Africa’s first self-service digital rewards and gifting platform launches
wiGroup launched a new self-service digital rewards and gifting platform. Wrapped links South African individuals, SMEs and corporates looking to seamlessly issue digital ...
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Egyptian fintech Kashier raises six-figure seed
Cairo-based fintech Kashier has raised seed investment led by Glint Ventures, it announced in a statement to MENAbytes on Sunday. The startup did not disclose ...
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Facebook launches €4.7m SME grant programme
Facebook has announced that it will provide €4.7m in grants to over 1,000 small businesses in Dublin, Cork and Meath, where Facebook has ...
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Bharti Airtel picks up 10% stake in tech startup Waybeo to scale cloud offerings
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel, earlier in the week said that it picked up 10% stake in tech startup, Waybeo under the Startup Accelerator ...
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EFInA announces Winners of the Fintech4wd Ideathon Contest
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) is pleased to announce the finalists from the recently concluded Fintech4wd Ideathon that challenged innovators to propose ...
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African startups invited to apply for Space-Tech Challenge 2020
Applications have opened for the Space-Tech Challenge 2020, which will identify and develop the most promising new innovators, entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses in ...
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Pan-African software company AirSmat raises $100,000 investment
AirSmat, a Pan-African Software company, has received a boost of $100,000 from Zetogon, a UK-based company, as a pre-seeding investment to help the ...
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Miami-based Marco Financial is launching a revenue-based lending service for Latin American SMEs
Marco Financial, a new Miami-based startup, is looking to take a piece of the roughly $350 billion trade finance market for Latin American ...
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Nigerian API fintech, Mono, raises $500k pre-seed, wants to build Plaid for Africa
Nigerian API fintech startup, Mono, has announced its pre-seed funding of $500,000. Launched in August 2020, Mono enables companies and developers to access ...
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Temasek-backed fintech startup TrueLayer raises US$25m
London-based fintech startup, TrueLayer has raised US$25 million from investors including Temasek, Anthemis, Connect Ventures and Northzone, the company said earlier in the ...