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

Microsoft partners with VCs accelerators to back 10000 startups in Africa

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

YCbacked HRpayroll provider Workpay raises 27M to scale in Africa

Mecho Autotech raises 24M ventures into wholesale spare parts distribution

YCbacked African fintech Cleva founded by Stripe and AWS alums raises 15M preseed

Kenyan fintech Zanifu nabs 1M to bridge MSME financing gap eyes Ghana Uganda expansion

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

Safaricom rolls out Bonga social networking platform to augment MPesa

How a Ugandan prince and a crypto startup are planning an African revolution

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

Flutterwave cleared as Kenyan court okays agencys request to withdraw second case

Nigerias Decagon raises millions to finance and train software engineers

SendSprint by exFlutterwave executive hits market with 5 flat fee for all international money transfers

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

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

Scientists in Ghana want to fight child pneumonia with beads

HelpSelf uses simple AI to help those in legal trouble

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria

Flutterwave CEO addresses alleged misconduct claims in email to employees

LocalGlobe becomes Phoenix Court Group hits 500M first close for new funds adds an Impact twist

Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

The US secretary of state was fired On Twitter

3D Printing in Africa: 3D Printing in Ghana

The 2017 TechCrunch Include Progress Report

Chari a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores raises 5M at 70M valuation

South African startup GoMetro gets 9M for its fleet management optimization software

Riot Games and Konvoy Ventures back games publisher Carry1st in 6M Series A

Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by 8M funding

AI versus SaaS EV charging and a new 250M fund

Israels cybersecurity startups post another record year in 2021

Nigerian agritech startup Releaf secures 42M to scale its food processing technology

Seven Africafocused startups present at Y Combinators Demo Day

Byld Ventures a 15M fund backs fintechs in Africa

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

Nestcoin raises 645M preseed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets

Public FabLab with 3D Printing Center of Excellence Inaugurated in Jordan

Why entrepreneurship in emerging markets matters

Scientists are using solar powered MP3 players to fight diarrhea in the rainforest

Identity verification company Youverify extends seed funding to 25M as it expands across Africa

Nigerian financial management app for merchants Kippa bags 84M in new funding

Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

What we learned from selling a blockchain service to African governments

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

Kenyas Wapi Pay raises 22M preseed for crossborder payments between Africa and Asia

South African voters fear mobile political campaigns will steal their personal info

3D Printing in Africa: Kenya 3D Printing

Can artificial intelligence give elephants a winning edge

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