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Baubap offers micro loans ranging from $500 to 5,000 Mexican pesos (US$25 to US$258) through an Android-compatible mobile app. The company says it uses alternative data and a proprietary AI system to assess the likelihood of repayment. It has granted loans to 500 thousand people and expects to exceed 1.5 million in 2023.

Orda, a Nigerian food tech platform that provides a cloud-based restaurant operating system for small, independent restaurants, is announcing that it has secured a $3.4 million seed investment. The two-year-old startup raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding this January, bringing its total funding raised this year to $4.5 million.

Revio, a South African API payment and collections company, which makes it easier for businesses across Africa to connect to multiple payment methods and manage payment failures, is announcing that it has raised $1.1 million in seed funding.

LoftyInc Capital Management, an early-stage African-focused venture capital firm, has announced the final close of its oversubscribed LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 3 (LAF3), which closed out at US$14.3 million.