The Big 5 Daily: 13th March, 2020

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Drum roll! Nigerian automobile company, JET Motor has secured $9 million research funds. The funds will be utilized in manufacturing Africa’s first Electric Vehicles (EVs).

Next, Opera is set to launch a datacentrein South Africa. ThecentrewillprovideOpera users in South Africa with better user experience for Opera desktop and mobile browsers.

Did you hear? Fintech platform, Chipper Cash has secured $6 million seed round. The startup will leverage the funding toexpandits services to South Africa.

Also, Patricia, a fintech platform based in Nigeria has launched Patricia Card, a Bitcoin ATM card. The first of its kind card in Africa will grant Patricia usersaccessto swift financial services.

Finally, Identity and Background verification startup,Youverify, has secured$1.5 million investment round. They will leverage the funds toboostits technology and scale its business development across Nigeria and Africa.

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