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Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

TechCrunch

Remittances from abroad reached $45 billion in 2021, with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe leading the list of recipient countries. to $5B in 2021. Startups in Africa raised nearly $5 billion in funding last year but the amount remains meager when compared to the rest of the world.

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Korea’s Pangyo Techno Valley: A Pioneering Hub in the Global Robot Industry

AsiaTechDaily

to develop cooperative robots while Samsung has invested and cooperated with RainbowRobotics (CEO: Lee Jung-ho), which launched HUBO in April this year, the very first humanoid walking robot in Korea. In alignment with this global trend, both large companies and startups in Korea are preparing for the impending changes.