Nigeria’s digital forwarder Topship raises $2.5m in a seed round led by Flexport
Nigeria’s Topship aspires to be a ‘Flexport for African SMEs’.
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Nigeria’s Topship aspires to be a ‘Flexport for African SMEs’.
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