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Winning startups at the AfricArena West Africa Summit in Senegal
A successful round of AfricArena’s West Africa Summit took place in Dakar, Senegal’s Radisson Blu Hotel on June 21 to 23. The 3-day ...
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8 Egypt tech startups participating at the Barcelona 4YFN 2021
The 4YFN (4 Years From Now) startup event in Barcelona features hundreds of tech companies drawn from all facets of the tech industry ...
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Lab’ess Launches 8th Promotion of Its Incubation Programme
The social innovation accelerator Lab’ess has just launched the 8th promotion of its incubation program which will support a dozen new social impact ...
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How multi-accelerated Kenyan fintech startup Kwara is building an international operation
Kenyan fintech startup Kwara, which is helping to turn traditional savings cooperatives into modern digital banks, has been taking part in a number ...
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SA: Ed-tech startup Hyperiondev raises 3.5 million series a funding round
HyperionDev, an edtech startup headquartered in Cape Town has raised US$3.5 million in Series A funding to help it expand its offering to ...
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Lagos displaces Nairobi as Africa’s top Startup City, Enugu makes the global ranking for the first time
Lagos has become Africa’s top startup ecosystem. The city ranked 122nd globally, effectively switching places with Nairobi, Kenya, which now ranks 136th globally. ...
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Nigerian prop-tech startup Seso Global raises $600k pre-seed funding round
Nigerian prop-tech startup Seso Global has raised a US$600,000 pre-seed funding round as it bids to build on strong initial traction to challenge ...
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Kenyan e-commerce startup, Sky.Garden has raised $4 million round of Series A funding
Kenyan e-commerce startup Sky.Garden has closed a US$4 million round of Series A funding to accelerate its growth The funding round was led ...
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India’s fintech unicorns eye Southeast Asia expansion
TOKYO — India’s most valuable financial technology startups are entering Southeast Asia, bringing a fresh wave of competition for a slice of the ...
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Visa launches programme for startups, fintech in Bangladesh
Visa, the global leader in digital payments technology, will start a new programme for startups and fintech, a shortened form of financial technology, ...