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All eyes are on Swvl as it starts trading on a SPAC combination

Google sets up 50M fund to invest in African startups

Big Tech on notice as regulators in Africa group to investigate their market conduct

Flutterwave and Ventures Platform CEOs will join us at Startup Battlefield Africa

South Africa has an untouched 10M fund for internet accessibility

Japans SBI Holdings commits 40M to anchor Novastar Ventures future funds

Things are heating up for Costanoa Ventures closes two oversubscribed funds

Tala grabs 145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets

Float wants to provide liquidity to African SMBs in a way never done before

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

Days after pledging to expand internet Ethiopias govt shuts it off

Kenyas insurtech Turaco maintains 1 billion user target as it raises 10M funding

Productive solar technologies draw investors as global offgrid solar sector funding slumps

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

LemonBox brings US vitamins and health products to consumers in China

Sokowatch raises 14M to digitize Africas informal B2B supplychain

Waza comes out of stealth with 8M to power global trade for African businesses

How can US improve its immigration policy We asked immigrant entrepreneurs and tech leaders

These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked

Scientists in Ghana want to fight child pneumonia with beads

Around the World in 3D Printed Buildings

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

Nigerias Haul247 raises funding to scale its logistics platform

Intron Health gets backing for its speechrecognition tool that recognizes African accents

Fintech platform Synapse raises 33M to build the AWS of banking

4DX Ventures and Flutterwave back Francophone Africas CinetPay in 24M round

Dear Sophie: How to maneuver the latest travel bans H1B alternatives

Meet the first wave of speakers enter your startup for The Europas Awards 25 June

Insurtech on the heels of a fintech boom heats up in Africa

African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over 3B after 250M Series D

Stitch gets a 2M seed extension hires Benjamin Dada to lead Nigerian expansion

Nigerias Prospa gets 38M preseed to offer small businesses banking and software services

Bolt raises 50M in venture debt from the EU to expand its ridehailing business

BuuPass raises 13M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa

Kenyan fintech FlexPay is helping shoppers save for future purchases

Kasha raises 21M Series B led by Knife Capital to expand health access platform across Africa

Kenyas Pariti raises 285M led by Harlem Capital to develop startup ecosystems in emerging markets

mPharma a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa

African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments

Ugandan fintech Asaak raises 30million to support acquisition of motorbikes smartphones by taxi operators

Parisbased VC Breega hits first close of 75M Africa fund to back preseed and seed startups

Egypts Pylon gets 19M to scale software for water and electricity distribution companies

TLcom Capital closes 71M Africa fund with plans to back 12 startups

TechCrunchs Startup Battlefield is coming soon to Beirut So Paulo and Lagos

Kenyas Xetova exploring market data gaps in Africa to boost trade insight access

Wave a Stripebacked African fintech valued at 17 billion cut 15 of its staff in June

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

Treepz founder Onyeka Akumah on how to succeed in transportation tech

Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa

Plastic upcycling startup Kubik closes 334M seed to scale production in Ethiopia