Baobab+ secures $5 million from impact investor Symbiotics
The company, co-founded in 2015 by Alexandre Coster and specialising in selling solar kits in Africa with mobile payment facilities, continues to raise funds.
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▪ Baobab+ secures $5 million from impact investor Symbiotics
▪ The company, co-founded in 2015 by Alexandre Coster and specialising in selling solar kits in Africa with mobile payment facilities, continues to raise funds.
▪ https://www.africabusinessplus.com/en/812634/baobab-secures-5-million-from-impact-investor-symbiotics/
Baobab+ recently secured $5 million from Symbiotics, the Swiss-based experts in financing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging countries.
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