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Bluejay Raises $2.9 Million to Promote Financial Inclusion in Asia
The decentralized stablecoin protocol aims to create an avenue to develop more stablecoin solutions centered around fiat currencies other than the US dollar.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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XLD Finance Raises $13 Million Pre-Series A Funding Led by Dragonfly Capital and Infinity Ventures Crypto
The funds will be used to enable XLD Finance to scale its product and engineering teams to accelerate its API and product development efforts.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Black-Owned Startups Face Funding Gap in South Africa, Report Says
The report looked at the extent to which “historically disadvantaged persons” (HDPs) were excluded within parts of the digital ecosystem.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Mastercard Strive Community Awards $1 Million to Digital and Data-First Projects to Strengthen Small Businesses
Strive Community has awarded enterprises developing innovative, scalable solutions to strengthen small businesses’ digital capabilities, through its Innovation Fund.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Indonesia’s Pintarnya Raises $8 Million Seed Fund From East Ventures and VVSEAI
Pintarnya, one-stop digital platform for blue collar workers to find employment opportunities in Indonesia, announced a new funding round.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- data, digital inclusion
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M-Pesa Completes Bill Payment Interoperability in Kenya
To boost financial inclusion, Kenya wants to interconnect the various mobile money platforms that are active in the national territory.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pan-African CAIF Fund Closes at $112.8 Million
Tunisia-based multi-asset investment platform AfricInvest and US-based VC firm Cathay Innovation, have completed the final close of their joint Pan-African venture fund.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Cybercriminals Target Africa’s 500 Million Mobile Subscribers
Cybercrime rings are making bank from the pilfered call credits of unsuspecting mobile phone users in Africa.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital identity
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