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Kenyan E-commerce Startup Sky.Garden Raises $4 Million Series A Funding Round
Sky.Garden, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for mobile commerce that is built specifically for African businesses, has closed a US $4 million round of Series A funding to accelerate its growth.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Gokada Launches Super App, Passes $100 Million in Annualised Transaction Value
Gokada has evolved to become a leading food delivery, parcel delivery, and last-mile e-commerce fulfillment solution.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Architect Capital Launches with $100 Million to Provide Asset-Based Financing to Technology Companies in the U.S. And Latin America
Architect Capital, an asset-based lender to early-stage technology businesses, announced that it has launched with over $100 million to provide non-dilutive or less-dilutive financing solutions to high-growth and technology-enabled businesses.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Analysis: Women Can Add $14.57 Billion to E-Commerce in Africa, According to IFC Research
The e-commerce market in Africa could grow by more than $14.5 billion between 2025-2030 according to an IFC report published yesterday.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Yalo Raises $50 Million to Build ‘C-Commerce’ Services for Chat Apps Like WhatsApp
Facebook has long been working on raising WhatsApp’s profile as a channel for businesses to interact with (and sell to) their customers.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Global
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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
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- South Asia
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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
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- South Asia
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Amazon, Safaricom Explore Enabling M-Pesa Wallets on Amazon
Kenyan telecom Safaricom is discussing the use of its mobile money service M-Pesa on Amazon’s eCommerce platform, Bloomberg reported.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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