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Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M

MAXng raises 7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria

Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Fluterwave 35M Sendy 20M

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

Africa Roundup: DHL invests in MallforAfrica Zipline launches in US Novastar raises 200M

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

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services

Africa Roundup: Zimbabwes net blackout Partechs 143M fund Andelas 100M raise Flutterwaves pivot

Local venture capital fund formation is on the rise in Africa led by Nigeria

Kenyabased agritech Apollo raises 40 million in Softbankled round joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative CDC

Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

MFS Africa collects 100M to expand its digital payments gateway across the region

Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to 143 million

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

Daily Crunch: 2 months after launching So Paulobased payments startup Yuno raises 10M

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

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

Samasource raises 148M for global AI data biz driven from Africa

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

MoneyHash gets 3M to build a superAPI for payment operations in Africa Mideast

MallforAfrica goes global Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC France explains its 76M fund

Nigerias Teesas secures 16M to expand across Africa and launch tutor marketplace

Africa Roundup: Jumias IPO DHL launches Africa eShop Cathays 168M VC fund ConnectMed acquired

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

Nigerian edtech startup Teesas secures 16 million in preseed round to launch tutor marketplace expand in East Southern Francophone Africa in 2022

Kenyan foodtech startup Kune raises 1M preseed for its readytoeat meals service

Norrsken opens East Africa startup fund and hub in Kigali

Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya

Goldfinch raises 25M from a16z to power its DeFi lending protocol for borrowers in developing countries

MKOPA raises 75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets

Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa

Nigerian mobilitytech startup MAX bags 31 million in Series B round set to expand across Africa build EV infrastructure

Sudans first YCbacked startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth

Antler East Africa closes 135M fund to invest in earlystage startups

Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Flutterwaves 35M and Sendys 20M

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

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

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

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

Novastar Ventures becomes 200M African VC fund after 108M raise

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

Kenyan B2B ecommerce platform Marketforce cut about 9 of staff in reorganization strategy

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

Kenyan lowcost ISP Poa Internet secures 28 million in round led by AfDBbacked Africa50 plans to link region with cheap limitfree connectivity

Africa Roundup: Yamaha backs MAX Founders Factory and Norrsken support startups inside Ethiopias tech scene