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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.
- Categories
- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- 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.
- Categories
- WASH
- Region
- Latin America
- Tags
- 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
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- 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
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Trepsi Partners with Bodytech to Democratize Nutrition
Trepsi's AI-powered software with CRM features simplifies the work of nutrition professionals by digitizing the entire consultation process.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Amazon Commits to Invest $26 Billion in India
The financial commitment encompasses fostering startups, creating job opportunities, enabling exports, and empowering individuals and small businesses to compete on the global stage.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Mobile Money Carrier Nagad Becomes First Fintech Unicorn in Bangladesh
Nagad, a mobile money carrier based in Bangladesh, has emerged as a unicorn startup, becoming the fastest in Bangladesh.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- fintech, mobile finance, startups
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Telecom Startup Wiom Secures $17 Million in Series A Led by RTP Global
Wiom will now focus on expanding its footprint to cities throughout India while investing in high-quality talent.
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- Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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