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Paymob and Tamara Join Forces to Revolutionise SME Payments in Gulf Cooperation Council Region
Paymob’s forte lies in its secure and versatile payments infrastructure, serving a wide range of merchants in the MENA region.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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AbbeyCross Raises $6.5 Million for Emerging Markets FX Platform
The firm says it can help clients reduce costs and delays, enhance transparency, and provide fair prices to their clients for emerging market payments.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Report: Mobile Money Transactions in Kenya in 2023 Declined for the First Time in 17 Years
It remains uncertain whether the decline in mobile money transactions might impact Kenya's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) given that mobile money agents reportedly handle approximately 60% of the country's GDP.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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YC-Backed African Fintech Cleva, Founded by Stripe and AWS Alums, Raises $1.5 Million Pre-Seed
Aaron Michael, a partner at 1984 Ventures, expressed support for Cleva’s founders, Tolu Alabi and Philip Abel, noting that their product provides a means for Africans to navigate hyperinflation challenges.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2023: Announcing the Three Winners of our Annual Contest
As 2024 gets underway, we'd like to announce the results of NextBillion’s annual “Most Influential Article of the Year” contest. This year's contest featured a strong slate of articles, covering a diverse array of topics ranging from systems change to decarbonization, in sectors that included energy, agriculture, finance and more. We've highlighted the three winners, as selected by our readers, in this article.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Cameroonian Fintech Startup Koree Secures $200,000 Pre-seed Funding
Koree’s solution is aimed at resolving the issue of spare change in cash-dependent economies by offering a card and digital wallet.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2023: Cast Your Vote in our Annual Contest by Jan. 7!
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for NextBillion’s annual tradition: our “Most Influential Articles of the Year” contest. As we've done since 2012, we've selected 12 of our most-read articles from the past year, inviting readers to vote for the ones that influenced their thinking the most. You can vote multiple times — up to once per hour — during the voting period, which will run from Dec. 22 to 11:59 pm on Jan. 7. Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year!
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Bujeti Raises $2 Million to Boost Corporate Card Platform in Africa
The platform simplifies the issuance of corporate cards to employees and contractors, streamlining spending processes.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa