The phrase super apps has gained currency in recent years, generally used to mean a digital one-stop-shop for a range of services. The likes of Uber and DoorDash have expanded their offerings beyond their core services, while Revolut refers to itself as. a ‘financial super app’ in its marketing, and the recent IPO of Kazakh fintech Kaspi.kz at a valuation of $18bn brought the concept further into the mainstream. It is, however, a pretty vague concept, and one I think merits unpacking further. To do so, I sat down with my colleagues Thomas Rubens and Guy

Yassir, an African super app platform that offers on-demand services such as ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments, has raised $150 million in Series B funding, five times what it raised in its previous priced round last November. The investment was led by BOND, the growth-stage firm that Mary Meeker spun out of Kleiner Perkins in 2018. Other investors in the growth round include DN Capital, Dorsal Capital, Quiet Capital, Stanford Alumni Ventures, and Y Combinator via its Continuity Fund, among other strategic investors