African fintech Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series D round that tripled the company’s valuation to over $3 billion in just twelve months. In March 2021, the San Francisco-headquartered and Lagos-based startup raised $170 million in a Series
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Biden to lift travel restrictions on southern African countries that were put in place due to Omicron
The restrictions will lift on December 31 at 12:01 a.m. ET, the officials said. News of the lifted restrictions was first reported by Reuters. President Joe Biden ordered the restrictions in late November on the advice of his public health
Biden Administration to End Omicron Travel Restrictions on African Countries
A traveler walks through the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in Philadelphia, Penn., December, 23 2021. (Hannah Beier/Reuters) The Biden administration on December 31 will lift travel restrictions initially imposed on eight southern African nations following the discovery of the Omicron
Biden Administration Imposes Travel Ban on Eight African Nations amid ‘Omicron’ Variant
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in an illustration released by the CDC in Atlanta, Ga., January 29, 2020. (Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via Reuters) Amid the discovery of the new highly infectious “Omicron” variant of the coronavirus, the
Michigan woman must find African caracal cats new home after escape
Until it was captured, a suburban hunt for a 50-pound carnivorous cat named Bam Bam on the loose in Royal Oak, Michigan, dominated the news cycle. Now, however – at least for Bam Bam’s human mom – comes the heartbreak. The exotic cat