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Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama closes $2M pre-seed as it scales to new markets

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Despite African governments’ inconsistent stance on cryptocurrencies, these countries house most of the continent’s crypto and blockchain startups. Chief executive officer Ruth Iselema founded the Africa-focused blockchain payments startup in 2019. Adam Umar is the company’s CTO, while Akinbola Asalu is the COO. CEO Ruth Iselema.

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Tribal Credit, which provides credit cards to startups in emerging markets, raises $34.3M

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The B2B payments space has seen an explosion in demand, and investor interest, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses try to figure out how to pay each other digitally. Tribal Card is a business Visa card that allows users to create physical and virtual multi-currency cards. All B2B startups are in the payments business.

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Mercuryo raises $7.5M for crypto-focused, cross-border payments after crossing $50M in ARR

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The London-based company describes itself as “a crypto infrastructure company” that aims to make blockchain useful for businesses via its “digital asset payment gateway.” Mercuryo , a startup that has built a cross-border payments network, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round of funding. billion in April 2021.

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Does everyone want to be a landlord, or what?

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Via email a spokesperson told me: “Kids can earn virtual coins, experience points, and engage with real-life money lessons through dynamic graphics, story-driven gameplay, and animations on their cell phones or tablets — taking the principles of gamification and applying them to one of the essential skills they’ll need for their entire lives.”

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Check out our partner roundtable topics and speakers at Disrupt

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Web3, Crypto, Blockchain: Unlocking Prosperity for Tech and Creative Industries in Africa , with Brylan Donaldson, CEO and co-founder at 7th Ave, and Guled Yousuf, web3 angel investor and product lead at DeFi Pulse. Scaling Responsibly: Walking the Talk on ESG and DEI , with Margaret Glover-Campbell, COO at Virtual Gurus.

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Daily Crunch: Twitter backpedals on CEO’s promise, permanently bans user who tracked his private jet

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As I write this, I am also enjoying a virtual “holiyay” celebration with my fellow TechCrunchers. You can bet on this : Blockchain has faced its fair share of challenges this year, between crypto winter and other scandals, Mike writes, but it seems to be finding its stride in the sports betting market. PDT, subscribe here.

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Role of AI In Hiring Software Engineers

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Also read: Common virtual recruiting pitfalls and how to avoid them. This candidate data can be stored in the cloud using reliant blockchain technology. B2B SaaS companies like XOPA , a Singapore-based AI recruitment platform, announced $4.2 Components of an AI recruitment strategy for software engineers.