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Yassir Raises $150 Million Series B to Ramp Up Africa and Global Expansion
Yassir, a San Francisco-based Algerian super-app offering on-demand services and financial services, will use the funding to power its expansion across Africa and the rest of the world.
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- Global
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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
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank’s IFC to Invest $160 Million in Safaricom Ethiopia
The World Bank is investing US$160 million into the Safaricom project to build a new network in Ethiopia.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kippa Reveals $8.4 Million in Funding for Merchants’ Financial Management Platform
Kippa, the financial management and payments platform for Nigerian small businesses, has announced that it has raised $8.4 million in a new financing round.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Augmented Reality for Financial Literacy: An Innovative Approach to Delivering Immersive Customer Education
India's Business Correspondents – i.e., retail agents engaged by banks to provide financial services at locations other than a bank branch – often struggle to learn about the new products and services their banks offer. And though online training has become the new normal during the pandemic, many of these agents find it difficult to complete. Piyush Singh and Rahul Ranjan Sinha at Grameen Foundation India discuss the value of augmented reality in addressing this challenge – and in enhancing online financial education more broadly for underserved customers.
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- Education, Finance, Technology
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Flipkart Invests $116 Million in Fashion Retailer Myntra Amid Challenge From Reliance, Nykaa
The new investment comes as Myntra is facing new challenges, with Reliance's Ajio emerging as a significant competitor in the online fashion market.
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- Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Tanzania Slashes Controversial Mobile Money Levy
The levy charged on sending, receiving money using mobile phones drew criticism for heaping burden on people.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ZirooPay To Tap Africa’s $500 Billion Retail Market With Unique Mobile POS Technology
ZirooPay will leverage its recent funding round to tap into the growing opportunities in Africa’s retail sector.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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