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P1 Ventures Closes $25 Million of its Second $50 Million to Back Early-stage Startups
According to Hajjar, P1 Ventures is motivated to deviate from the norm and support the underdogs because it comes from a relatively small economy.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Citi Grants $6 Million in Debt to Colombian Fintech Sempli
This transaction falls under the Scaling Enterprise program, backed by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the Ford Foundation.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- financial inclusion, fintech, lending, MSMEs
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Brazilian Payments Firm, EBANX, Expands into 8 New African Countries
Besides Africa, the fintech firm also revealed its plans for further expansion across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ant Group Introduces Ten Asian E-Wallets to China to Boost Cross-Border Mobile Payment
In total, these payment methods reach a population of over 175 million in Southeast and East Asia.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- fintech, mobile finance
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Brazilian Startup Nagro Raises $49 Million
In total, Nagro has granted over $60M in credit to more than 5,000 rural producers and farmers.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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MyZoi Raises $14 Million to Bolster Financial Inclusion Among Low-Income Migrant Workers
myZoi aims to use the funds raised to expand its inclusive and differentiated proposition for the underbanked and their families.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Ugandan Fintech Asaak Acquires Flexclub Mexico as It Expands to Latin America
Asaak joins Nigeria’s Paga as one of the few African tech companies to expand to Latin America.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Anchor Closes $2.4 Million to Scale Banking-As-A-Service for African Businesses
Anchor charges users for accessing the platform, but also takes a cut of every billable transaction.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa