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Orda raises millions to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system

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However, for smaller restaurants — which represent the biggest segment of this $50 billion industry — these systems can be rather expensive and do not adequately cater to their needs; thus, they stick with running operations manually. . million seed investment. The two-year-old startup raised $1.1

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Fintech Roundup: Better.com workers leaving in ‘droves’ in wake of CEO Vishal Garg’s return

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Welcome to my new weekly fintech-focused column. Besides the fact that over 20% of all venture dollars last year went into fintech startups , I am particularly excited about the many ways that this technology is helping boost inclusion all over the world. Besides Esusu, last week saw yet another fintech unicorn being born.

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Eric Schmidt backs former Google exec’s digital family office platform in $90 million funding

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As a product lead at Google, he was in charge of ChromeOS, the company’s desktop operating system. He then headed the Android-maker’s Next Billion Users initiative that made products such as Google Pay in India to serve and onboard the next wave of internet users. Now, he is ready to share what they have been up to.

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Akros Technologies, an AI-powered asset management platform, raises funding from Z Holdings

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million from Z Venture Capital , the corporate venture capital wholly owned by Z Holdings , which also owns the Japanese messaging app Line and internet portal Yahoo Japan. Akros Technologies wants to disrupt the current asset management industry via its AI-driven asset management software platform that mines market data for stocks.

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Nigerian restaurant management platform Orda gets $1.1M, wants to be the Toast of Africa

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The company, which describes itself as a ‘cloud-based restaurant operating system built for African chefs and food business owners,’ had its round led by pan-African investor LoftyInc Capital. Today, it is announcing that it has secured a $1.1 million pre-seed round to scale its software across Africa. Last year, 80% of the U.S.

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KaiOS, the feature phone platform startup, raises a modest $3.4M to train its sights on growth in Africa

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Africa is a particular focus for the investor, and it’s directly backed a number of startups in the region, too, including food supply-chain startup Twiga and fintech Jumo. billion people in the world today without internet access, mostly in developing economies, and mostly because they cannot afford smartphones.

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

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Now, its insurance APIs are suited for businesses in other sectors, including fintech, e-commerce and logistics. Promises include : The company says its KYC/identity platform allows African fintechs and government bodies to capture a “wholistic, end-to-end verification of an individual.” Website : www.tryduplo.com.

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