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Pangea to unlock diaspora inflows as funding source for African startups

Africas ridehail markets are hot spots for startups and VC

Google removes hundreds of Kenyafocused loan apps from Play Store

EV conversion startup Opibus raises 75M to start bus and motorcycle mass production

WHO Africa hosts hackathons offers seed funds to fight COVID19

African financial technology startups move beyond payment services

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

Public transit is driving EV sector growth in Kenya

What we learned from selling a blockchain service to African governments

Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

Kenya suspends Worldcoin scans over security privacy and financial concerns

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

Bosun Tijani talks strategy as CEO of Africas new largest tech hub

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

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

Africa Roundup: TLcom closes 71M fund Jumo raises 55M AWS partners with Safaricom

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

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

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

Did African startups raise 496M 1B or 2B in 2019

As the global venture capital market slows Africa charts its own course

YCbacked HRpayroll provider Workpay raises 27M to scale in Africa

Ivorian startup Afrikrea partners with DHL and Visa to launch SaaS ecommerce platform ANKA

Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO

Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa

Social commerce platform Tushop set for Kenya growth after raising 3 million preseed funding

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

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

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

Ghanaian fintech Float raises 17M seed to power cash flow for commerce in Africa

Kenya fines Baltic fintech Elevings local arm for misleading customers

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

Finclusion raises 20M to build out creditled neobank offering across Africa

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

ImaliPay gets 3M to offer financial services to underserved gig workers across Africa

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

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

Worldcoin plans to resume iris scans in Kenya

Google sets up 50M fund to invest in African startups

African ecommerce startup Jumia files for IPO on NYSE

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Kenyas growth was strongest in Africas VC market Clean tech Ecommerce pulled in most of the funding

2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs China goes digital Nigeria becomes fintech capital

Operas OPay still plans Africa expansion on Nigerian super app

Interswitch to revive its Africa venture fund CEO confirms

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

Catalyst Fund gets 15M from JP Morgan UK Aid to back 30 EM fintech startups

MarketForce partners with Cellulant to expand in five new markets across Africa as it races to cover continent

Africa Roundup: Canal acquires ROK Flutterwave and Alipay partner OPay raises 50M