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Analysis: Transformation of India’s Digital Economy: The Rise of Developers and Open Source
With contribution from developers, open source is flourishing in India, but what does this explosive growth mean? What is the economic impact of a thriving developer community? Read on to find out.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Nigerian Mobility-Tech Startup MAX Bags $31 Million in Series B Round, Set To Expand Across Africa, Build EV Infrastructure
Nigerian mobility tech startup Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (MAX) is planning to enter more markets across Africa as it races toward formalizing the continent’s transportation sector after securing $31 million in Series B funding.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Dump Diamonds for Digital? Botswana Bets on Tech
Phatsima has also built an organisation that trains thousands of young girls in robotics, coding and entrepreneurship programmes.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Silicon Valley Law Firm Sees Surge in Africa Startup Fundraising
The Palo Alto, California-based firm helped Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company backed by Jeff Bezos, raise an additional $150 million in a Series C this month.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Precision Agriculture Platform Fasal Raises $4 Million From 3one4 Capital, Others
The company will use the funds to expand their business across India and Southeast Asia, strengthen their full-stack services, and ramp up hiring for sales and marketing, agronomy, and technology teams.
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- Agriculture
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- South Asia
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- agriculture, agritech, funding, impact investing, tech, technology
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Healthcare Startup Africa Health Holdings Lands $18 Million Series A Funding to Roll-Out Tech-Enabled Services
Africa Health Holdings, a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Aplazo Takes in $27 Million To Increase Adoption of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ in Mexico
Four months after securing a $5.25 million seed round, Mexican buy now, pay later startup Aplazo is back with an even bigger round to expand adoption of the payment plan approach across that country.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Airtel Africa, UNICEF Partner to Enhance Digital Learning in Nigeria, 12 Others
Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African multi-million dollar partnership to scale-up digital learning for school children in Nigeria and 12 other countries in Africa.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digitization, EdTech, education, partnerships, scale, tech, technology
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