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Founders Factory Africa Closes $114 Million Round to Better Serve Founders in Africa
Accelerators are the lifeblood of the African ecosystem where funding for startups is hard to come by.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Knife Capital Closes $50 Million Fund to Invest in Growth-Stage South Africa Startups
The Knife Fund III comes at a time when growth-stage capital has been hard to come by for South African startups.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation, startups
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Mixi Launches $50 Million CVC to Invest in India’s Entertainment Startups
The company plans to use 30-50 billion yen ($200-350 million) for mergers and acquisitions, and capital and business partnerships globally by FY25.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Kenya’s Lipa Later Partners with Mastercard to Drive Buy Now, Pay Later Solutions in Africa
The strategic partnership with Mastercard aims to unlock new opportunities for consumers and merchants by providing tailored BNPL solutions and enhanced payment capabilities.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Remedial Health Raises $12 Million to Deliver Financial Services for Neighborhood Pharmacies in Nigeria
Across Africa, 85 percent of retail medicine purchases happen at micro-enterprises, typically neighborhood pharmacies.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Amazon Invests $250,000 in the Mexican Startup Kigüi to Reduce Food Waste
The funding through the AWS Impact Accelerator for Latino Founders program provides an opportunity for Kigüi to expand its business and reduce food waste in supermarkets in LatAm.
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- WASH
- Region
- Latin America
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- accelerators, corporations, startups, waste
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Safaricom Gets Approval From Stakeholders to Invest Funds Into Kenya’s Tech Startup Ecosystem
Safaricom’s subsidiaries will focus on seed-stage and growth-stage startups.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- accelerators, startups
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ConfiAbogado Raises USD $1.65 Million to Improve Access to Legal Services in LatAm
The funding for ConfiAbogado represents an opportunity for the digital transformation of the legal sector in Mexico and Latin America.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America