Category Archives: africa

Nigeria’s Termii raises $1.4M seed led by Future Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures

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Ideally, it is expected of every business to reach its customers effectively. However, that’s not the case as limiting factors that hinder proper digital communication come into play at different growth stages. Termii, a Nigerian communications platform-as-a-service startup that solves this problem for African businesses, announced today that it has closed a $1.4 million seed round. […] Continue reading Nigeria’s Termii raises $1.4M seed led by Future Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures→

How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

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According to Startup Genome, Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list […] Continue reading How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets→

How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

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According to Startup Genome, Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list […] Continue reading How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets→

Two new but separate Ebola outbreaks flare up in Africa

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The World Health Organization is rapidly responding to a pair of new Ebola outbreaks in Africa. The two unrelated outbreaks, in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have both appeared in locations previously connected to Ebola flare-ups.Continu… Continue reading Two new but separate Ebola outbreaks flare up in Africa→

“Spectacular” new species of orange bat discovered in West Africa

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Scientists working in the West African country of Guinea have discovered a new orange-furred species of bat. The rare discovery came while conducting field surveys in the isolated Nimba Mountain range.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Bat… Continue reading “Spectacular” new species of orange bat discovered in West Africa→

First ever video taken of long-lost species rediscovered in Africa

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A long-lost species has now been rediscovered alive and well. The Somali sengi, a small, insect-eating mammal that hasn’t been seen in over 40 years, has turned up in East Africa, with researchers snapping the first-ever photos and video of them in the… Continue reading First ever video taken of long-lost species rediscovered in Africa→

Religious, political leaders in Togo allegedly targeted with NSO Group spyware

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The list of people allegedly targeted by NSO Group surveillance software is growing by the day. Religious and political opposition leaders in Togo were targeted last year with spyware developed by Israeli software surveillance firm NSO Group, according to security researchers at University of Toronto Munk School’s Citizen Lab. Like many of the company’s past actions, the alleged NSO surveillance in Togo used Facebook’s WhatsApp to target religious clergy and politicians, Citizen Lab researchers said. The effort was part of a broader hacking campaign that targeted thousands of WhatsApp users with NSO Group spyware in 2019, according to Citizen Lab. NSO Group has repeatedly said that its software is only sold to law enforcement or intelligence agencies in order to target terrorists and criminals. But the revelations about surveillance in Togo are just the latest allegations that NSO Group spyware has enabled surveillance of political opponents and other perceived government […]

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Alphabet’s internet balloons take on first commercial task in Kenya

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After a long series of test runs and stints serving disaster-struck populations in Puerto Rico and Peru, Alphabet’s internet-beaming Project Loon balloons have taken on their first commercial task. The company has now deployed the high-flying communica… Continue reading Alphabet’s internet balloons take on first commercial task in Kenya→

Contentful raises $80M Series E round for its headless CMS

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Headless CMS company Contentful today announced that it has raised an $80 million Series E funding round led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, Salesforce Ventures and a number of other new and existing investors. With this, the company has now raised a total of $158.3 million and a Contentful spokesperson tells me […] Continue reading Contentful raises $80M Series E round for its headless CMS→