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News Afridigest 1 year ago
How Chowdeck plans to succeed where Jumia Food failed
By prioritizing couriers and everyday local foods, Chowdeck is riding an online food delivery wave that drowned Jumia Food and other early market entrants.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
How companies in Africa are transforming cost centers into cash
Africa-focused innovators can learn from the examples of these three companies that are transforming cost centers into new revenue streams on the continent.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
Generative AI in Africa: How African startups are building for the new AI revolution
Africa-focused innovators should pay more attention to the ongoing AI revolution. Here are five generative AI pioneers making sure Africa participates in the emerging AI economy.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
The business of black soldier flies
Insects might just be the future of food. And one species, the black soldier fly, is the star of the show across Africa & beyond thanks to an almost magical ability to convert organic waste into valuable commercial products.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
Meet the 25 African startups receiving $4M from Google this year
Here are the startups selected to receive $150,000 each in grant funding as part of the 2023 Google for Startups Black Founders Fund: Africa program.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
Venture-scale startups targeting Africa should start with a multi-country mindset
Most African markets are relatively small and many are highly uncertain - a reality that often necessitates geographic expansion; early recognition & preparation is paramount.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
30 African startups that raised VC funding in March
Here's a quick look at the equity fundraising deals announced across Africa's tech ecosystem in March 2023.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
Save now, buy later: an emerging fintech model
SNBL is an emerging business model across Africa and other markets. This post includes a brief interview with one of the practitioners in Africa's SNBL space: Tobi Odukoya, CEO & Co-Founder of CDcare.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
The challenges women leaders face in Africa's tech ecosystem
An expert panel of founder/CEOs provides insight, commentary, & analysis on the challenges women leaders face across Africa's tech ecosystem & opportunities that may be overlooked.
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News Afridigest 3 years ago
27 women founder-CEOs that have raised over $3 million in Africa
Meet twenty-seven women who have raised $3 million or more in VC funding and are both CEOs and founders of tech startups across Africa's tech ecosystem.
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