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Indonesia’s Transfez Raises Seed Funding to Venture Into B2B Money Remittance Sector
Transfez allows users to transfer money across 50 countries in 26 currencies at a cost that is 'up to 10x cheaper than banks'
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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HER Digital Academy Announces First Fully Online Global School for Women to Launch Careers in Tech
HER Digital Academy is helping women across the world upskill and re-train individually, while also partnering with workplaces to build accelerator programs for startup founders
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Global
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- accelerators, startups
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E-Commerce Enabler Great Deals Closes $30 Million Series B Funding to Build Automated Fulfilment Centre in Philippines
Great Deals offers digital marketing, content creation, storefront management, web design, business analytics and customer service
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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African Fintech Startups Still Face Major Funding Gaps
The number of early-stage deals among African fintech startups is increasing, but the average size of the deals remains low compared to that of other regions, and funding gaps persist at the early stages, according to a new report on the industry in emerging markets.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia’s Internet Start-Ups Gojek and Tokopedia Announce Merger
Indonesia ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek on Monday announced its merger with e-commerce player Tokopedia to form the GoTo Group.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: How Digital Payment Systems Can Boost Bangladesh’s Push to Meet the SDGs
As we grapple with the challenges presented by the pandemic, Bangladesh continues to clock impressive growth and is in fact an outlier in the global economic scenario.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- digital payments, fintech, SDGs
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South African Edtech Company, iXperience, Secures $2.5 Million in Series A Funding
South African edTech startup, iXperience (iX), has secured $2.5 million in Series A funding to enlarge its team, grow its innovative tech platform, unveil programs across various markets, and build its global strategic partnerships division.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- edtech, impact investing, startups
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Cameroon’s Maviance to Digitise Payments Across Central Africa With $3 Million Funding
Per recent reports, the $3 million investment was solely from MFS Africa, an African fintech company that connects mobile money systems to banks and other financial institutions.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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