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Andela which builds engineering teams tapping African talent goes fullyremote and opens to the wider continent

Cameroonian crypto and savings platform Ejara raises 8M led by Anthemis and Dragonfly

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria

The Station: A new selfdriving car startup Inside Teslas V10 software Liliums big round

Waymos Boris Sofman and TuSimples Xiaodi Hou to join us at TC Sessions: Mobility 2020

Moove raises 105M to scale its vehicle financing product across Asia Europe and MENA

FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer selfsovereign IDs to Africas unbanked

Conduits crossborder payments expand from LatAm into Africa with 6M round

Partnering with Visa emerging market lender Branch International raises 170 million

Why SPACs arent targeting African startups

Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

South Africas Flow gets funding to automate social media advertising for real estate agencies

Lessons from MPesa for Africas new VCrich fintech startups

To protect the future of the internet USled tech diplomacy must change tack

Africas top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO

South Africas FlexClub raises 12M partners with Uber Mexico

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises 138M Series A

Lori Systems wins Best of Show at Startup Battlefield Africa

Kenyabased fintech 4G Capital to scale lending after raising 185M from Lightrock

How emerging technologies can create a more equitable world

African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises 30M backed by Jeff Bezos

Kotani gets 2M preseed to help African workers send money home via crypto without the internet

South African payments startup Yoco raises 83M Series C backed by Dragoneer

Daily Crunch: Porsche announces plans to build a global network of EV charging stations

BRKZ a constructiontech startup eyeing MENA emerges from stealth with 8M

Egypts Nawy the largest proptech in Africa lands a 52M Series A to take on MENA

Taptap Send gets 134M for a nofee money transfer service aimed at priceconscious emerging market users

Yassir pulls in 150M for its super app led by BOND

Nigerian digital bank Carbon hit 240M in payments processed last year up 89 from 2019

Dont miss out on tickets to Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

Jiji acquires Cars45 as it looks to build a future outside classifieds

Egypts Khazna banks 16M for its financial super app and expansion into Saudi

Byjus targets global expansion for its digital education service after raising 540M

African genomics startup 54gene lays off 95 as COVID testing business struggles

Daily Crunch: Twitter board OKs Musks 44B buyout describes sale as best path forward

Do you need another app to discover beautiful places when you travel

Kenya turns to its mobilemoney dominance to stem the spread of COVID19

Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa

Ralicap gets backing from global VCs and launches 30M fintech fund for emerging markets

Flutterwaves troubles in Kenya yet to end as second case proceeds

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Akowe wants to fix Africas broken certificate system with blockchain

Backed by Schmidt Futures Cloudline raises 6M to take aerial autonomy green and mainstream

Kenyan techenabled logistics platform Amitruck raises 4 million embarks on Uganda Tanzania expansion

Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

Eksab gets 3M to scale its fantasy football platform across MENA and Africa

Marieme Diop and Shikoh Gitau to speak at Startup Battlefield Africa

SendSprint by exFlutterwave executive hits market with 5 flat fee for all international money transfers

As YC retreats from Africa alumni launch accelerators to fill the gap

Africas top mobile phone seller Transsion lists in Chinese IPO