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3D Printing Changing Lives Through Provision of Orthopedic Devices in Togo

Naspers Foundry is open for South African startup pitches CEO says

Helium Health gets 30M backed by AXA IM Alts and 23andMes Anne Wojcicki

Egyptian startup Capiter raises 33M to expand B2B ecommerce platform across MENA

Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

Africa has another unicorn as Chipper Cash raises 100M Series C led by SVB Capital

The latest list of YCbacked companies worth over 150M is the most geographically diverse yet

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

African B2B ecommerce startup Sabi tops 300M valuation in new funding

Treepz founder Onyeka Akumah on how to succeed in transportation tech

African financial technology startups move beyond payment services

Tala grabs 145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets

Kenyas Uncover raises 1M to expand skincare product enterprise across Africa

The other smartphone business

Venture capital global expansion blockchain and drones characterize African tech in 2018

December in Africa: Ghanian healthcare drones and Cameroonian separatist cryptocurrency

Kenyan agtech iProcure raises 102M to grow its input supply network

SF based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria

Africas top angel Tomi Davies eyes startups and coinvestors

Egypts Mylerz raises 96M for its ecommerce fulfillment service eyes Africawide growth

Moniepoint cleared to acquire Kenyan fintech Kopo Kopo

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

Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta cuts 10 of 500person staff

Why Africa had no unicorns last year despite record fundraising haul

RemotePass which helps companies onboard manage pay and retain remote workers raises 55M

Flutterwaves chief on the companys executive hires product focus and IPO plans

IFC leads 17M investment in South African insurtech Naked

Egypts Cartona raises 81M even as investors pull back from B2B ecommerce in Africa

Sokowatch raises 14M to digitize Africas informal B2B supplychain

Jumia reports 30 growth in value of goods sold on its platform during Black Friday season this year

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa

Online grocery startup Pricepally to expand in Nigeria backed by 13M funding

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

Digital bank Umba raises 15M plans to expand into three new African markets

MFS Africa leads 23M seed round in Ugandan fintech startup Numida

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

Ralicap gets backing from global VCs and launches 30M fintech fund for emerging markets

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

Egypts Nawy the largest proptech in Africa lands a 52M Series A to take on MENA

Egypts YFS gets 7M to scale its ondemand logistics and delivery business across MENA

Sierra Leone didnt really use blockchain in their election

ShopZetu raises preseed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya

Big Tech on notice as regulators in Africa group to investigate their market conduct

Trumps travel ban could extend to Africas top tech country Nigeria

Why Nigeria leads the way in YCs participation in Africa

South Africas Envisionit Deep AI gets 165M to expand access to medical imaging

Miferia wants to expand its wholesale inventory marketplace across Latin America

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors