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University of South Australia Launches Industry-Led Bachelor of Digital Business in India
University of South Australia (UniSA) delegation has capped off a successful visit to India with the official Indian launch of its industry-led Bachelor of Digital Business degree.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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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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