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Akinyemi Akindele studied computer science at the University of Ibadan, where he trained as a Web2 software developer. But he transitioned into blockchain engineering, worked with Binance and EMTECH, and is now solving problems with Web3 at BetDemand.

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KAMPALA, Uganda, April 22, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- OKO, an Insurtech start-up that provides inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa, has closed a Seed investment of $1.2 million. The round was led by by Newfund and ResiliAnce. Mercy Corps Venture, Techstars, ImpactAssets and RaSa also participated in the round. The start-up which currently operates in Mali and Uganda uses satellite data and mobile payments to create automated insurance products for...

OKO secures $1.2-million in seed funding According to reports, the insurtech that provides inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa, will be using the funding to expand its footprint in Mali and Uganda along with other African markets such as the Ivory Coast. Read more Augustin Sayer, partner at Newfund attributes their investment into the insurtech startup to its growing business model that has approximately 7 000 paying customers in Mali and compensated more ...

OKO Raises $1.2M Seed Led By Newfund and ResiliAnce OKO Raises $1.2M Seed Led By Newfund and ResiliAnce OKO has closed a seed investment of USD$1.2 million, and will use part of the funding to strengthen its presence in Mali and Uganda as well as expand its operations to more markets across Africa. 0 2 minutes read OKO team poses for a group photo. OKO secures farmers’ income in emerging countries using automated insurance solutions. (COURTESY PHOTO/OKO) OKO has closed a seed investment of US...

Monday, April 19, 2021 5:08 pm Dr. Philip Jerald Dugan, 84, former director and founder of the Cleveland and Athens Regional Cancer Centers, the Ocoee Regional Cancer Foundation, and a longtime resident of Birchwood, passed away on Friday, April 16, 2021, at home with his family after a courageous one-year battle with MD Syndrome. A native of Los Angeles, Calif., he graduated from Loyala High School in 1954, later graduating with a bachelor of science degree from Loyola University of...

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 8:50 am Dr. Philip Jerald Dugan, 84, former director and founder of the Cleveland and Athens Regional Cancer Centers, the Ocoee Regional Cancer Foundation, and a longtime resident of Birchwood, passed away on Friday, April 16, 2021, at home with his family after a courageous one-year battle with MD Syndrome. A native of Los Angeles, Calif., he graduated from Loyala High School in 1954, later graduating with a bachelor of science degree from Loyola University o...

All the city news you can use. By Jeff Wood - Apr 10th, 2021 01:53 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Laptop. (CC0 Public Domain) Every day at The Overhead Wire we sort through over 1,500 news items about cities and share the best ones with our email list. At the end of the week, we take some of the most popular stories and share them with Urban Milwaukee readers. They are national (or international) links, sometimes entertaining and sometimes absurd, but hopefully use...

You might not want to bank on remote work sticking around. Where there are vaccines, tourists will follow. The myths about the interstate highway system that won’t go away. Remote work is overrated and cities will be back: Jerusalem Demsas interviews Enico Moretti, a labor and urban economics researcher at UC Berkeley, about his assertion that people won’t be working fully remotely in the long run. Moretti says that remote work won’t gut urban centers because the economy creates dense clu...

Lessons from three years covering California’s housing crisis. How the federal government could empower cities. We can create better neighborhoods with small-scale change at the same time as we work on bigger structural shifts. Five lessons from reporting on California housing: Before reporter Matt Levin moves on to a new gig, he shares his five lessons from reporting on California’s housing crisis, including: There are three housing crises, not one; you either believe in market-rate housin...