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B2B spend in Africa is a trillion-dollar market, but for many businesses managing expenditures remains a manual task.

The move underscores 500 Global’s multi-stage initiatives

Clayton, who landed on Venture Capital Journal’s 2023 list of Rising Stars, talks about his journey and shares some advice for founders.

We selected 10 companies from Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina and Peru out of 2,011 candidates.

We're also partnering with Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), thus deepening our commitment to the phenomenal founders that have made Egypt one of the most vibrant startup scenes in the Middle East and Africa.

Even in difficult times we see opportunities to build game-changing businesses.

Outsource Monetic Is enabling Mobile Money in Francophone Africa. The Senegalese fintech is piloting KaliSpot, an independent network of ATMs, that gives customers of any bank, fintech, or mobile money service 24/7 access to their money, with an emphasis on financial inclusion.

Excited to announce that 500 Istanbul is rebranding to 500 Emerging Europe!

GameFi has the potential to propel the growth and usage of NFTs by creating incentives for creators and gamers alike.

Based on our experience of past periods of volatility, we want to share suggestions on how founders with pre-product market fit can best prepare for whatever lies ahead.

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500 Global will showcase presentations from eight post-seed companies. 

What do Africa and Southeast Asia have in common? Small enterprises–think mom-and-pop shops–still dominate their economies.

Economic equity lifts all boats, but in today's macroeconomic environment the goal of equal access to resources for the LGBTQ+ entrepreneurial community is harder than ever to achieve--and that’s bad news for everyone.

Founder Ahmed Wadi saw promise in digitizing money circles by circumventing some obstacles.