{"id":1535,"date":"2023-08-09T20:38:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T19:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2023-10-18T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T10:02:49","slug":"koree-adds-to-the-catalytic-africa-beneficiaries-from-francophone-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/koree-adds-to-the-catalytic-africa-beneficiaries-from-francophone-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Koree s’ajoute aux b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires de Catalytic Africa en provenance de l’Afrique francophone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Cameroon-based fintech startup,Koree<\/a>, has secured a \u20ac20,000 investment from the Cameroon Angel Network (supported by ActivSpaces), prompting a 3X matching investment from Catalytic Africa, and joining the list of African early-stage startups that have received a boost from the matching fund to scale their businesses. This makes Koree (a card wallet application addressing the scarcity of spare change in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa) the first women-led startup in Francophone Africa to receive this kind of funding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Objectives and Anticipated Impact\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Actuellement en phase de lev\u00e9e de fonds de pr\u00e9-amor\u00e7age, la startup souligne que ce financement donne confiance \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 des investisseurs qu’elle est d\u00e9termin\u00e9e \u00e0 cro\u00eetre, et avec ces fonds, elle sera en mesure de r\u00e9soudre simultan\u00e9ment la \u00abp\u00e9nurie de monnaie\u00bb en Afrique francophone ainsi que d’habiliter les clients gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un syst\u00e8me de r\u00e9compense incitatif.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Koree's Vision to Transform Retail Payments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u00ab Koree vise \u00e0 transformer le paysage des paiements et du commerce de d\u00e9tail en Afrique francophone subsaharienne en proposant des solutions inclusives pour les clients et les commer\u00e7ants. La startup aborde la p\u00e9nurie de monnaie qui s\u00e9vit dans la r\u00e9gion, ce qui rend les paiements en esp\u00e8ces pour les articles \u00e0 faible co\u00fbt avec des billets de grande valeur presque impossibles. Simultan\u00e9ment, nous avons h\u00e2te d’am\u00e9liorer le pouvoir d’achat de millions de consommateurs africains gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un syst\u00e8me de r\u00e9compense inventif \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 la fondatrice de Koree, Magalie Gauze-Sanga.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Koree, running dual mobile applications Koree<\/a> and Koree Pro<\/a> through the digitization of cash merchant payments, while simultaneously empowering millions of African consumers through an incentive reward system, is committed to creating simple, secure, and reliable payments by providing practical solutions that ensure customers have a remarkable shopping experience. With the unlocked funds from Catalytic Africa<\/a>, the startup plans to apply the extra cash to develop its product offering, build a sales team, and raise brand awareness in its quest to become the market leader in cashback<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Supporting Women-Led Businesses and Co-Investment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Investing in women-led startups has become imperative in today's dynamic startup ecosystem landscape. The Cameroon Angel Network (CAN) recognizes this significance and stands as a beacon of support for such enterprises. Co-investing with CAN through Catalytic Africa in Koree not only empowers women entrepreneurs but also signifies a strong commitment towards promoting diversity, innovation, and sustainable economic growth,\" stated Fadilah Tchoumba<\/a>, Secretary-General, ABAN.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Catalytic Africa est une solution de co-investissement propos\u00e9e par ABAN en conjonction avec AfriLabs qui l\u00e8ve des fonds (subvention, fonds propres ou dette) aupr\u00e8s de divers partenaires institutionnels \u00e0 ajouter \u00e0 une r\u00e9serve. Ce pool sert de fonds de co-investissement pour encourager l’investissement dans les startups africaines viables des hubs d’innovation affili\u00e9s \u00e0 AfriLabs. \u00c0 ce jour, 847 752 \u20ac ont \u00e9t\u00e9 investis par des investisseurs providentiels locaux dans des startups affili\u00e9es aux hubs et Catalytic Africa a d\u00e9ploy\u00e9 822 453 \u20ac sous forme de subventions de contrepartie qualifi\u00e9es, ce qui a conduit \u00e0 un montant cumul\u00e9 de plus de 1,6 million d’euros investis dans des startups africaines \u00e0 travers 13 pays.<\/p>

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La startup fintech bas\u00e9e au Cameroun, Koree, a obtenu un investissement de 20 000 \u20ac du Cameroon Angel Network (soutenu par ActivSpaces), provoquant un investissement de contrepartie 3X de Catalytic Africa, et rejoignant la liste des startups africaines en phase de d\u00e9marrage qui ont b\u00e9n\u00e9fici\u00e9 d’un coup de pouce du fonds de contrepartie pour d\u00e9velopper […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koree.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}