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Payment platforms paydirekt, Giropay and Kwitt merge under Giropay brand
Giropay has announced the merging of online payment methods paydirekt, Giropay and Kwitt. The goal is to harmonise the payment methods for customers ...
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Swvl co-founder and CTO Ahmed Sabbah leaves the company to start a consumer fintech
Ahmed Sabbah, the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Swvl has announced in a social media post that he is leaving the ...
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7 African tech startups secure backing from $2m Jua Fund
Seven African tech startups have secured backing from the US$2 million Jua Fund, which will also provide them with mentorship and advisory support. ...
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DigiLab Africa mentorship and incubation program 2021 for African creatives
Digital Lab Africa (DLA) is calling on African artists, producers, designers, startups, collectives, students and entrepreneurs, from the creative and cultural industries, to ...
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Banking services startup Koho raises CAD 70 million
Canada-based Koho has secured CAD 70 million in Series C financing, which put its post-money valuation at around CAD 300 million. The startup ...
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Global on-demand delivery startup Glovo is on its way to Nigeria
Glovo, a Spain-headquartered on-demand delivery platform will be launching in Nigeria soon. The Spanish unicorn present in 200 cities across the world refers ...
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Ghanian health startup mPharma launches in Ethiopia
mPharma, the Ghanaian startup that manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers announced that it has entered Ethiopia through a franchise ...
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Nigerian startups Autochek, Okra partner to offer car loans to customers
Nigerian startups Autochek and Okra have partnered in order to offer users of the former access to digital car loans facilitated by the ...
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Pegasus Tech Ventures and Japanet launch new $50M fund to bring global startups to Nagasaki
Pegasus Tech Ventures, a firm that helps corporations launch startup investment funds, announced a new partnership with Japanet. Japanet, one of Japan’s largest ...
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10 promising Portugal-based startups to watch in 2021
Portugal’s startup scene has been slowly but steadily growing over the last few years. Lisbon and Porto take the spotlight as the main ...