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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

TechCrunch

What it says it does : Building Plaid for insurance in Africa. Promises include : Curacel says it is building the rails to “make it easy and pleasant to get and use insurance in emerging markets and for the next billion Africans.” What it says it does: The company delivers toll-free internet apps. Website : [link].

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Nigerian digital bank Carbon hit $240M in payments processed last year, up 89% from 2019

TechCrunch

There have been rare cases in the past, for instance, when Rocket Internet had to include Jumia’s financials in its yearly reports after going public. The company’s annual reports reveal numbers on gross earnings, profit/loss before and after-tax, net impairment loss, total assets, liabilities, and equity, among others.

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Mexico’s fintech success: How tech is driving the population to banking

TechCrunch

Considering that nearly 40 million people in Mexico (almost a third of the population) are unbanked, fintech has been a necessary vehicle for fresh routes for credit, insurance and remittances. And because many Mexicans have little trust in banks, the transparency of fintech options has played a big part in people adopting the new technology.

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Elmo, Putin, and pigeons: A weird combo highlights a weird week

The Hustle

Elmo checks in with the internet to find it is full of sad people. The internet responded to the little red monster’s X post, which has amassed 198m+ views, with a unanimous “not great.” Hopefully Elmo has good health insurance, because we clearly don’t. Hopefully Elmo has good health insurance, because we clearly don’t.

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How the C-Suite Can Champion Sustainability Across the Enterprise

CIO

In fact, more than 3,200 companies have set science-based carbon targets , and thousands of companies from around the world are pledging to reach net-zero emissions by either 2040 or 2050. As you can see, the list of ideas goes beyond just adding recycling bins in the data center.

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Daily Crunch: Kanye West reaches agreement to acquire social media platform Parler

TechCrunch

Mo money mo climate : Top climate tech deals net nearly $4 billion in Q3, outpacing other industries, Tim reports. Share slide : Shares of Korean internet giant Kakao slide following a fire that damaged its data center and caused service malfunctions, Kate writes. You can sign up here. Ticket to ride just got more expensive : U.S.

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7 Software-as-a-service(SaaS) Solutions in Vogue: 2023 Guide

Openxcell

Software-as-a-solution(SaaS) or cloud-based services are software delivery solutions that allow end users to access software via the Internet and are hosted on remote servers. Since the software is available via the internet, businesses availing the software need not invest in expensive infrastructure to use the software.