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FinTech Accelerating Digital Transformation of Banking in Africa

The Startup Magazine

FinTech players are increasingly becoming an important part of the fabric of Africa’s financial services ecosystem and the leading banks on the continent are now more urgently seeking to harness technology innovations, collaborate with FinTech start‐ups, and create a platform to scale much faster – to make digital financial services pay.

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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

The last few months have been an unprecedented time for entrepreneurs and startup founders on the market. Tech scale-up has been a massive driver for the local startup ecosystem, and non-VC or angel investing is also a growing market here. As of 2020, the country was ranked as the second most innovative globally.

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SXSW Startups: Pawame Powers Africa

Austin Startup

A finalist in Payment and FinTech Technology category, Pawame is lighting up rural communities in Africa with clean, affordable and reliable solar home systems. Two is to reach up to 20,000 new households, including expanding into one, maybe two new markets outside Kenya. and we can’t do it by ourselves. In the U.S.,

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MyDawa: Revolutionizing Healthcare with AI

ReadWriteStart

Because of this significant investment, Alta Semper Capital is launching its operations in the digital healthcare market in Africa for the very first time. The purpose of the collaboration is to make the most of the substantial commercial opportunities that will be presented by Africa’s anticipated consumer spending of $2.1

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Spotting Opportunities; The Startup Journey of Catherine Mandungu

The Startup Magazine

She realised the revenue operations market was booming, especially within the tech industry, and therefore wanted to explore what is largely an untapped market within the UK and Europe. Certainly, early on, with no marketing, no partnerships, Catherine did as many online events and networking as possible. These goals are.

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Starting Up In Singapore (Part I) – Product/Market Fit

YoungUpstarts

Once the answer is found, the entrepreneur needs to do serious research on the market he/she will be addressing. Product/Market Fit. To me, the Market is the most important followed closely by the Team who can execute, navigate and conquer that market. Startups in this category start off in their home markets (i.e.

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Burning Platform: Enterprise Software in Emerging Markets

deal architect

In the 71st episode of Burning Platform, we host Hyther Nizam, President, Middle East and Africa for Zoho. Let me start off by saying I became a fan of Zoho way back in 2006 after this session with the CEO,

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