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African digital bank Tyme raises 250M round led by Nubank at 15B valuation

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

Nigerian fintech Hervest wants to bring financial inclusion to more African women

LetsTransport raises 135M to digitize and improve lastmile logistics in India

Egypts Flextock closes 325M in the largest preseed yet in MENA

Kenyas president signs new law to police digital lenders apps have six months to apply for licenses

Solar based ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

3D Scanning Helps Crabby Scientists Gather Data

Kenyan VC firm FrontEnd Ventures unveils fund to back local founders

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Emtech to advance its regtech and CBDC stack solutions with 4M led by Matrix Partners India

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

African web3 startup Nestcoin declares it held its assets in FTX lays off employees

Nigerias Sendbox raises 18M to provide ecommerce fulfilment for small merchants

Shekel Mobility a B2B marketplace for auto dealers in Africa raises 7M led by Ventures Platform and MaC VC

Mercury restricted a number of accounts linked to African startups and didnt exactly say why

Nigerias ThankUCash secures 53M to build infrastructure for cashback deals and BNPL services

Kenyan fintech FlexPay is helping shoppers save for future purchases

Climate tech VC Satgana closes first fund that targets earlystage startups in Africa Europe

Stripes former growth lead helps African diaspora invest in startups real estate

Uber tests shared rides in Africa as UberPool stays shut in US Canada

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

Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

Ivorian ecommerce startup ANKA formerly Afrikrea raises 62M preSeries A

Nigerian athome lab testing platform Healthtracka gets 15M backed by female VCs

Kenyas Ilara Health gets 42M backing to expand clinicsupport services

Sam Altmans Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto

Norrsken Foundations hub opens in Rwanda to house 1000 entrepreneurs by next year

Why SPACs arent targeting African startups

MoneyHash which provides single access to payment services in MENA banks 52M

Bolt raises 709M at an 84B valuation to expand its transportation and food delivery super app

Visa takes a swipe in fintech builds new online marketplace

Farm to Feed is cutting food loss and creating data platform to better farm outcomes

African logistics startup Lori Systems raises Series A led by Chinese investors

Afropolitan raises millions from Balaji Srinivasan and others to build a digital nation

Nigerias internet regulator releases draft to regulate Google Facebook TikTok and others

New rules for digital lenders in Kenya aim to weed out bad actors while bolstering sector growth

MFS Africa acquires GTP for 34M as it looks to issue prepaid cards to its clients

Last year was a tough period for African growthstage startups and 2024 presents a mixed bag

As the head of Helios new VC arm Wale Ayeni sees value in frontier markets

SoftBank sinks 200M into Andela propels company into unicorn territory

Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups

Hence secures 18M seed to grow its legal services sourcing technology

Contactless Payments Market Analysis Growth Size Share Trends Forecast to 2025 by Gemalto NV Ingenico Group Verifone Systems Inc

TLcom and 4DX drive 131M seed round to scale Autocheks platform across Africa

Nigerian digital bank Yep raises 15M preseed for its financial super app play

The Folklore Group secures 17 million launches fashion B2B ecommerce platform

Nigeria is becoming Africas unofficial tech capital

Egypts booming startup scene is becoming the gateway to MENA

ExNetwork International execs raise 6M for Enza an African fintech serving banks