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

Africa Roundup: CcHubs iHub acquisition Andelas 50M runrate and layoffs Transsions IPO

Kenyas Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after 30M raise led by Goldman

Nigerian data analytics company Terragon acquires Asian mobile ad firm Bizense

African tech took center stage in 2021

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

Kenyan startup Wowzi secures 32 million from 4DX Ventures Andela cofounder to expand across Africa

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

Days after pledging to expand internet Ethiopias government shuts it off

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

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

Operas OPay still plans Africa expansion on Nigerian super app

Kune Food shuts down barely a year after starting Kenya operations

Uber Africa launches Uber Cash with Flutterwave and explores EVs

MARA raises 23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africas portal to the crypto economy

Virridy raises 55M to expand its sensor catalog

mPharma raises 35million in round participated by Tinder cofounders JAM fund Bharti executive

Google sets up 50M fund to invest in African startups

Faster deals less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals

Bluechip an African systems integrator with partners like Microsoft and Oracle is expanding to Europe

South Africas edtech FoondaMate eyes speedy takeoff after 2M funding

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

Naspers Foundry is open for South African startup pitches CEO says

Nigerian onlineonly bank startup Kuda raises 16M

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

SF based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria

MoKo Kenyas home furniture startup raises 65M

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

Umba a digital bank for emerging markets raises 2M Seed funding to expand across Africa

Flutterwaves troubles in Kenya yet to end as second case proceeds

Facebook glitch hides users comments on pages draws mixed speculations

Pangea to unlock diaspora inflows as funding source for African startups

Daily Crunch: PayPal Ventures leads 50M Series B for Egyptian fintech Paymob

Egyptian ridesharing company Swvl plans to go public in a 15B SPAC merger

Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

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

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

Safaricom rolls out Bonga social networking platform to augment MPesa

Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama closes 2M preseed as it scales to new markets

Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with 20M Pepea fund

Kenya fines Baltic fintech Elevings local arm for misleading customers

Startups BRCK and Swvl partner on free WiFi for Kenyan ridehail buses

Partnering with Visa emerging market lender Branch International raises 170 million

Nigerias Okra raises 1M from TLcom connecting bank accounts to apps

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

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

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

BuffaloGrid and Techfugees launch education solar charging initiative for refugees aim to raise 3M

Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

Identitypass an identity verification API for Africa raises 28M seed funding