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South African Digital Identity Startup iiDENTIFii Raises Record $15 Million
Cybercrime within the financial sector is a growing threat to Africa. iiDENTIFii will use this investment to fund its expansion across the continent.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wiocc Secures R540-Million Equity Investment for Expansion in Africa
This investment supports our goal of establishing an integrated, open-access, core-to-edge cloud ecosystem throughout the African continent.
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- Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vendease, a Food Procurement Platform for African Restaurants, Nabs $30 Million Led by Partech Africa and TLcom
The YC-backed food procurement platform has doubled down on the pivot — instrumental to the company’s $3.2 million seed round last October.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Islamic Bank, Africa Development Bank, Others Invest $618 Million in Nigeria’s I-DICE
“Today, Nigeria has five of the seven unicorns in Africa and raised almost $1.4 billion of the total of $4 billion raised by fintech companies across Africa in 2021.”
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Orange Launches 5G Test Lab in Côte D’Ivoire
Orange Côte d’Ivoire has unveiled its Orange 5G Lab, a 5G ecosystem for digital professionals, start-ups and businesses.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Pan-African Crypto Exchange, Yellow Card Secures $40 Million in Series B Funding Round
The round, led by Polychain Capital, brings Yellow Card to $57M total raised, more than any crypto company on the African continent.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan Insurtech Firm Turaco Secures $10 Million Series A Round Fundraise
Turaco, the leading insurtech driving mass market insurance adoption, has announced the close of a $10 million Series A equity round led by AfricInvest.
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- Finance, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bringing Digital Innovation to the Global Art Market: An Innovative Platform Connects International Buyers to Emerging Markets Artists
Business models across all industries are rapidly embracing digital technology. But as Srikaran Masabathula at TapArt explains, the global art market remains stuck in its centuries-old, brick-and-mortar sales and distribution model – a model that perpetuates the age-old inequities in the art world, preventing talented artists from emerging economies from selling their artwork to global art buyers. He explores how TapArt is leveraging digital innovation to address these critical shortcomings and create a vibrant connection between art lovers and artists worldwide.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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