African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B – TechCrunch

The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector. Today we behold another unicorn: African payments…

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Former head of the World Resources Institute has a new role leading Bezos’ $10 billion Earth Fund – TC

The $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund has a new chief executive and it’s Andrew Steer, the former head of the World Resources Institute — an organization that Bezos described as…

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Preply raises a $35 million Series B as demand for language learning grows – TechCrunch

Preply, a tutoring marketplace for language learning, has raised a $35 million Series B co-led by Full In Partners and Owl Ventures, an edtech fund that has backed Byju’s and…

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