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| 29.11.2022 | Novata Launches Framework to Support ESG Integrated Disclosu... | These new metrics help promote greater harmonization and consistency of disclosure of key ESG indica... | esgnews.co... |
| 01.11.2022 | Nigeria: Serena Williams' Investment Shows That Nigeria's Te... | Nigeria is the leading African destination for foreign direct investments in technology startup busi... | allafrica.... |
| 12.08.2022 | Can open-source technologies support open societies? | Introduction
In the 2020 “Roadmap for Digital Cooperation,” U.N. Secretary General António Guterres ... | einpresswi... |
| 16.02.2022 | Leading Academic Institutions Will Receive More Than $40 Mil... | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of five leading academic institutions that will ...... | forbes.com... |
| 02.02.2022 | Data Snapshot: Seed stage deals more than doubled for India ... | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provi... | agfunderne... |
| 23.10.2021 | Digital ID tech is moving fast. #GoodID will ensure it doesn... | Robert Karanja Contributor
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Robert Karanja is a Director of Responsible Technology a... | techcrunch... |
| 07.10.2021 | The woman who went public about Pinterest's workplace proble... | A new handbook for would-be whistleblowers provides key insight about the daunting process.
The proj... | businessin... |
| 01.08.2021 | Former Pinterest whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma talks about why ... | Ifeoma Ozoma Adria Malcolm
Former Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma has become a leading face in the e... | businessin... |
| 01.08.2021 | Former Pinterest whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma talks about why ... | Former Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma has become a leading face in the effort to prevent nondisclos... | businessin... |
| 25.06.2021 | Harambee Youth Accelerator acquires SA hiring app Giraffe | SA-based mobile recruitment platform Giraffe has been acquired by the Harambee Youth Employment Acce... | venturebur... |
| 25.06.2021 | Harambee Youth Accelerator acquires SA hiring app Giraffe | SA-based mobile recruitment platform Giraffe has been acquired by the Harambee Youth Employment Acce... | venturebur... |
| 09.06.2021 | Talent key to helping AI sector unlock ‘huge opportunity’... | What’s next for the UK’s AI sector? That was the question asked at Tech Nation’s recent virtual even... | technation... |
| 30.12.2020 | Sequoia Tops Indian Startup VC Charts In 2020 Amid Massive U... | Despite the pandemic and the lockdown, the growth of Indian startups remained unfettered in 2020. Th... | inc42.com/... |
| 30.11.2020 | Invention Opportunity In Early Learning And Development | AppleTree Early Learning, Washington DC Tom Vander Ark | forbes.com... |
| 30.08.2020 | Techpoint Awards 2020: Complete list of winners and Hall of ... | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: Following GIG Logistics’ request ... | techpoint.... |
| 25.08.2020 | Top 10 EdTech Startups in India | BYJU’S- The Learning App is the brand name of popular Indian EdTech startup Think and Learn Private ... | vcbay.news... |
| 30.07.2020 | Dollars down, deals up as investors change tack: India Agrif... | AgFunder today publishes the latest edition of the India Agrifood Startup Investment Report, its ann... | agfunderne... |
| 24.04.2020 | Bijak nets $12m Series A funding to update India’s ag commod... | Indian agri commodities trading platform Bijak has raised $12 million in a Series A round led by RTP... | agfunderne... |
| 18.03.2020 | Here are the nominees for Techpoint Nigerian Startup Awards ... | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: In accordance with GIG Logistics’... | techpoint.... |
| 23.01.2020 | Omidyar Network Spins Off Education Portfolio Into Independe... | The Omidyar Network is going through changes. Since 2018, the investment and philanthropic vehicle s... | edsurge.co... |
| 31.12.2019 | 10 reasons why 2019 was a hot year for Africa’s tech startup... | Africa’s tech startup scene is doing quite okay. Actually, it’s pretty hot right now.
Even the atta... | venturebur... |
| 31.12.2019 | 10 reasons why 2019 was a hot year for Africa’s tech startup... | Africa’s tech startup scene is doing quite okay. Actually, it’s pretty hot right now.
Even the attac... | venturebur... |
| 30.12.2019 | 10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019 | Fintech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African fintech startups ... | venturebur... |
| 30.12.2019 | 10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019 | Fintech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African fintech startups ... | venturebur... |
| 27.09.2019 | Techfestival Questions The Ethics, Sustainability And Future... | TECHFESTIVAL 2019Christian Bang | forbes.com... |
| 20.09.2019 | Picterra Lands New Funding to Democratize Geospatial Mapping | | startuptic... |
| 19.09.2019 | Raising funding in Africa? Here are 12 venture capitalists y... | If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a tech startup founder who is looking to raise venture ca... | venturebur... |
| 19.09.2019 | Raising funding in Africa? Here are 12 venture capitalists y... | If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a tech startup founder who is looking to raise venture ca... | venturebur... |
| 23.08.2019 | Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists? | Who would you turn to if you were a SA tech startup looking for venture capital (VC)?
South Africa’s... | venturebur... |
| 23.08.2019 | Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists? | Who would you turn to if you were a SA tech startup looking for venture capital (VC)?
South Africa’... | venturebur... |
| 24.07.2019 | Paytm ties up with fintech startup Clix Finance for India’s ... | An increasing number of India’s populace and small businesses from its rural hinterlands are coming ... | kr-asia.co... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup lands... | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an... | venturebur... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup lands... | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an... | venturebur... |
| 25.03.2019 | Lessons Learned From the First Edtech Startup Competition in... | Even before the largest refugee crisis since WWII, governments across the Arab world have been strug... | edsurge.co... |
| 24.03.2019 | What the World Can Teach the US About Education Technology | Some of the conclusions may not come as a surprise in the Omidyar Network’s report on what works in ... | edsurge.co... |
| 13.03.2019 | Here’s what you need to know about Omidyar’s $300m fintech f... | Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network has spun out its financial inclusion initiative unit t... | venturebur... |
| 13.03.2019 | Here’s what you need to know about Omidyar’s $300m fintech f... | Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network has spun out its financial inclusion initiative unit t... | venturebur... |
| 12.03.2019 | Just under two days left to apply for Cities Alliance innova... | Innovators working on solutions that could improve tenure security, property and land rights in Afri... | venturebur... |
| 12.03.2019 | Just under two days left to apply for Cities Alliance innova... | Innovators working on solutions that could improve tenure security, property and land rights in Afri... | venturebur... |
| 08.03.2019 | Nigeria’s OneFi secures $5m debt facility for its Paylater m... | Lagos based finance company OneFi today announced that is has secured a $5-million debt facility fro... | venturebur... |
| 08.03.2019 | Nigeria’s OneFi secures $5m debt facility for its Paylater m... | Lagos based finance company OneFi today announced that is has secured a $5-million debt facility fro... | venturebur... |
| 13.02.2019 | CEO of Rappler, a media company critical of the Philippines ... | There’s serious concern around press freedom in the Philippines after Maria Ressa, the CEO of indepe... | techcrunch... |
| 11.02.2019 | Everything you need to know about SA’s tech startup ecosyste... | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an... | venturebur... |
| 11.02.2019 | Everything you need to know about SA’s tech startup ecosyste... | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an... | venturebur... |
| 16.12.2018 | Omidyar Network Co-leads $4M Series A for Vyng | Vyng, an LA-based company focused on transforming how conversations start on mobile, announced it ha... | citybizlis... |
| 19.10.2018 | Pakistani Startup Tez Financial Services raises $1.1 Million... | Tez Financial Services, the first fully digital Non-Bank Microfinance Company (NBMFC) focused on ser... | techjuice.... |
| 18.10.2018 | SafeTraces Raises Further $10m for Series A from Bunge, S2G ... | Food safety and traceability technology startup SafeTraces has raised $10 million in extra Series A ... | agfunderne... |
| 10.10.2018 | Are Facebook, Twitter, and Google ready for the midterms? | Two years ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said “it was a pretty crazy idea” to think that foreign ... | venturebea... |
| 29.09.2018 | Ne-Yo wants to make Silicon Valley more diverse, one investm... | Dressed in a Naruto t-shirt and a hat emblazoned with the phrase “lone wolf,” Ne-Yo slouches over in... | techcrunch... |
| 18.09.2018 | Here are the eight Kenyan startups selected to pitch at Seed... | Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected the eight Kenyan star... | venturebur... |
| 18.09.2018 | Here are the eight Kenyan startups selected to pitch at Seed... | Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected the eight Kenyan star... | venturebur... |
| 07.09.2018 | Nigerian fintech Paga raises $10m in round led by Global Inn... | Nigerian mobile payments company Paga has raised $10-million in a Series-B funding round led by Lond... | venturebur... |
| 07.09.2018 | Nigerian fintech Paga raises $10m in round led by Global Inn... | Nigerian mobile payments company Paga has raised $10-million in a Series-B funding round led by Lond... | venturebur... |
| 12.08.2018 | Omidyar Joins $20M Series A for Wonderschool | Wonderschool (www.wonderschool.com) today announced $20 millionin Series A financing led by Andreess... | citybizlis... |
| 12.08.2018 | First Round Joins $20M Series A for Wonderschool | Wonderschool (www.wonderschool.com) today announced $20 millionin Series A financing led by Andreess... | citybizlis... |
| 10.08.2018 | Only 40 per cent of India’s 390 Mn internet users transact o... | In spite of having the second-highest number of active Internet users in the world, India has only 1... | entrackr.c... |
| 07.08.2018 | Spruce Raises $15.6M Series A-1 From Bessemer | Spruce, a national title insurance and escrow company, has raised $15.6 million in new venture capit... | citybizlis... |
| 16.07.2018 | Moving From Financial Access To Health | Over the past decade, the push for financial inclusion has united governments, companies, technology... | techcabal.... |
| 26.06.2018 | Seedstars, Omidyar Network to launch Seedspace in Dar es Sal... | Seedstars, the Swiss-based organisation that supports startups in emerging markets, has announced th... | venturebur... |
| 26.06.2018 | Seedstars, Omidyar Network to launch Seedspace in Dar es Sal... | Seedstars, the Swiss-based organisation that supports startups in emerging markets, has announced th... | venturebur... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ec... | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepr... | venturebur... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ec... | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepr... | venturebur... |
| 01.06.2018 | ‘Playing patient investor, Omidyar has not made many exits f... | Philanthropic impact investor Omidyar Network has invested close to $1.3-billion* in non-profit and ... | venturebur... |
| 01.06.2018 | ‘Playing patient investor, Omidyar has not made many exits f... | Philanthropic impact investor Omidyar Network has invested close to $1.3-billion* in non-profit and ... | venturebur... |
| 23.05.2018 | Nigerian fintech startup, Lidya raises $6.9m Series A to exp... | Share this article:
Lidya, a financial services platform focused on improving access to credit for s... | techpoint.... |
| 17.04.2018 | ‘Investor’s share in Giraffe funding round valued at R10m to... | SA startup Giraffe announced today that it has closed a second funding round, with a lead investor p... | venturebur... |
| 17.04.2018 | ‘Investor’s share in Giraffe funding round valued at R10m to... | SA startup Giraffe announced today that it has closed a second funding round, with a lead investor p... | venturebur... |
| 09.04.2018 | Holberton raises $8M for its full-stack engineering school | Over the course of the last few years, the Holberton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Engineering h... | techcrunch... |
| 16.03.2018 | The Third Age of credit | Nik Milanovic Contributor
Nik Milanovic is a fintech and financial inclusion enthusiast, with a deca... | techcrunch... |
| 15.01.2018 | Rappler, a new media organization critical of the Philippine... | Rappler, a high-profile new media news organization in the Philippines, is facing closure after the ... | techcrunch... |
| 22.12.2017 | Beyond Design Thinking: Why Education Entrepreneurs Need to ... | For the last few years, design thinking has been in vogue. I’ve worked for three years as a member o... | edsurge.co... |
| 22.12.2017 | Beyond Design Thinking: Why Education Entrepreneurs Need to... | For the last few years, design thinking has been in vogue. I’ve worked for three years as a member o... | edsurge.co... |
| 08.11.2017 | Seedstars CEE Summit in Kyiv to showcase the region’s best s... | On December 5, 6 and 7, the Ukrainian capital will play host to the second edition of Seedstars CEE ... | uadn.net/2... |
| 01.11.2017 | Palo Alto nonprofit Benetech wins a $42.5M Dept. of Educatio... | Jim Fruchterman, founder of Palo Alto-based nonprofit Benetech, was very relieved when, at the end o... | techcrunch... |
| 18.10.2017 | SafeTraces Raises $6.5m Series A for Traceability Tech Led B... | San Francisco-based traceability technology SafeTraces has raised $6.5 million in a Series A round l... | agfunderne... |
| 12.09.2017 | Reid Hoffman on evolving product-market fit and sizing up ta... | Shripriya Mahesh Contributor
Shripriya Mahesh is a partner at Omidyar Network.
More posts by this co... | techcrunch... |
| 01.09.2017 | Six finalists stand chance to each win R500 000 in SAMIP Inn... | Newly launched South Africa Media Innovation Program has opened a call for applications for its SAMI... | venturebur... |
| 01.09.2017 | Six finalists stand chance to each win R500 000 in SAMIP Inn... | Newly launched South Africa Media Innovation Program has opened a call for applications for its SAMI... | venturebur... |
| 14.08.2017 | Early Learning Faces Obstacles and Inequities—Here's How Edt... | Remember the days when Farmer Eddie taught youngsters what the pig and cow says by pulling the See '... | edsurge.co... |
| 09.08.2017 | DreamBox Learning’s CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson on startup str... | Shripriya Mahesh Contributor
Shripriya Mahesh is a partner at Omidyar Network.
More posts by this co... | techcrunch... |
| 08.08.2017 | Tinkergarten Raises $5.4M Series A | Tinkergarten, the leading provider of outdoor early childhood education, today announced that it has... | citybizlis... |
| 08.08.2017 | Omidyar Network Joins $5.4M Series A for Tinkergarten | Tinkergarten, the leading provider of outdoor early childhood education, today announced that it has... | citybizlis... |
| 19.07.2017 | Mighty Networks founder Gina Bianchini on building a busines... | Shripriya Mahesh Contributor
Shripriya Mahesh is a partner at Omidyar Network.
More posts by this co... | techcrunch... |
| 21.06.2017 | Founder’s Corner: Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff on growing a b... | Shripriya Mahesh Contributor
Shripriya Mahesh is a partner at Omidyar Network.
More posts by this co... | techcrunch... |
| 09.05.2017 | The real promise of regulatory technology | Kabir Kumar Contributor
Kabir Kumar is a director at the philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Netwo... | techcrunch... |
| 22.04.2017 | Suyo Receives Investment from Omidyar Network | Suyo, a Medellin, Colombia-based startup enabling low-income families in Latin America to secure the... | finsmes.co... |
| 12.03.2017 | Omidyar Network and the Anti-Defamation League are launching... | With hate crimes reportedly on the rise across the country and online, the Anti-Defamation League is... | techcrunch... |
| 16.02.2017 | Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: Wilbur-Ellis Invests in A... | Verizon has acquired Skyward, a drone operations management platform. Last year Skyward partnered wi... | agfunderne... |
| 14.02.2017 | Investing in GoodBusiness | Ted Rheingold Contributor
Ted Rheingold is a profit-from-purpose entrepreneur. He was the founding C... | techcrunch... |
| 13.02.2017 | Omidyar Network Invests In Landmapp | Omidyar Network announced today that it has invested in Landmapp BV, an Amsterdam-based property rig... | citybizlis... |
| 25.01.2017 | BudgIT raises $3 million grant from Omidyar Network and Gate... | Share this article:
According to our investigations, there are indications that BudgIT has raised sl... | techpoint.... |
| 25.01.2017 | India: NowFloats Technologies gets $10m funding from Iron Pi... | Premium
Hyderabad-based NowFloats Technologies, which helps local businesses create and manage SEO o... | dealstreet... |
| 10.01.2017 | New $27M Fund Launches to Research AI for the Public Interes... | The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network, co-founder of LinkedIn and partner at G... | finsmes.co... |
| 10.01.2017 | Omidyar, Hoffman create $27M research fund for AI in the pub... | eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are among the backers of a new $27 ... | techcrunch... |
| 02.01.2017 | Citymart Raises $500K in Funding | Citymart, a Barcelona, Spain and NYC-based civic tech platform, raised $500k in funding.
Omidyar Net... | finsmes.co... |
| 08.12.2016 | Why edtech startups need to build for overlooked communities | Shannon Farley Contributor
Shannon Farley is co-founder and executive director at Fast Forward, a te... | techcrunch... |
| 13.11.2016 | What Asia Can Learn From Africa To Succeed in Fintech For Un... | Facebook is currently considering acquiring mobile money giant M-Pesa in Kenya.
One month ago Visa p... | fintechnew... |
| 02.11.2016 | Kenyan startup Ushahidi launches a crowdsourced campaign to ... | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The ... | techcrunch... |
| 31.10.2016 | Rappler Receives Investment from Omidyar Network | Rappler, a Pasig City, Philippines-based social news network, received an investment from Omidyar Ne... | finsmes.co... |
| 30.09.2016 | The Nigerian Startup Ecosystem Reference Book | Share this article:
Over the past eight years, the Nigerian technology sector has recorded some leve... | techpoint.... |
