Senegalese cloud communication startup LAfricaMobile has added US$2.2 million to its Series A funding round, taking the total to US$6.8 million as it bids to lead in AI-powered communication across Francophone Africa.
Founded in 2014, LAfricaMobile allows clients to carry out large-scale communication campaigns using mobile technologies like SMS, USSD, voice, WhatsApp, airtime and text-to-speech.
Disrupt Africa reported earlier this year the startup had raised a US$4.6 million Series A round, led by Janngo Capital, and it has now added another US$2.2 million to that round from French public investment bank Bpifrance and other private investors.
LAfricaMobile will use the funding to accelerate R&D initiatives and AI integration, as well as for regional expansion. With nearly 100 million transactions, LAM has connected more than 20 countries and over 100 enterprise clients.
