Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Africa

Visa-backed African unicorn Moniepoint tackles remittances. But is it late to the game?

When Visa invested in Nigerian fintech Moniepoint earlier this year, it didn’t just validate the newly minted unicorn — it signaled a bold...

America’s European allies are attempting to pry their unspent cash back from USAID

3 European allies supplied countless dollars that the United States was expected to invest for low-income nations. Then the Trump administration and Elon Musk's...

YC-backed food supply startup Vendease restructures employees salaries

Y Combinator-backed Nigerian food procurement startup Vendease has changed its employee pay structure and is seeking fresh capital, TechCrunch has learned. This...

Ivory Coast is losing United States help as al-Qaida and other extremist groups are approaching

With its tomato spots and grazing livestock, the Ivory Coast town of Kimbirila-Nord barely appears like a cutting edge of the worldwide battle versus...

Ronald Reagans child takes chance at Trump for cozying approximately Russia: I believe he would be mourning

Former President Ronald Reagan's child Patti Davis took objective at President Donald Trump throughout a look on CNN, stating that her daddy "would be...

Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech

African venture capital firm Equator has raised $55 million for its first fund, which will back climate tech startups through one of the...

Gozem nets $30M to expand vehicle financing, digital banking in Francophone Africa

Since its launch in 2018 as a ride-hailing service in Togo, Gozem has steadily expanded across French-speaking West Africa, integrating a wide range...

A decades-old rocket-propelled grenade eliminates 2 young children who discovered it in the Cambodian countryside

A rocket-propelled grenade thought to be more than 25 years of ages eliminated 2 cousins, a lady and a young boy both 2 years...

USAID employees rush for responses after Trump pulls practically all of them off the task around the world

U.S. help staffers all over the world are rushing Wednesday for responses and beginning to leave families or pull their kids from school after...

WHO primary asks nations to press Washington to reassess its withdrawal

The World Health Company chief asked worldwide leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump's choice to withdraw from the U.N....

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