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A Mbappé-backed French health insurer just bought this Senegalese startup. Its founders reflect on the journey

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago015 mins

Tanel co-founders Makhtar Diop (left) and Mouhamed Ndoye Alan, the French health insurance company with footballer Kylian Mbappé as an investor, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Tanel, a Senegal-based digital health company founded in 2021 by Mouhamed Ndoye and Makhtar Diop. The transaction also provides an exit for Tanel’s founders and investors,…

Africa: A Senegalese Factory Proves Africa Can Spin Its Own Cotton – Can It Find the Money to Keep Going?

eriinfo.com2 months ago015 mins

Domitexka’s mill in Kaolack has the markets, the know-how and the partnerships to compete globally. What it still needs — like nearly every manufacturer on the continent — is patient capital. The thread comes off the spool white, clean and taut. Inside the Domitexka workshop in Kaolack, the machines are running: raw Senegalese cotton goes…