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All eyes are on Swvl as it starts trading on a SPAC combination

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

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

Ivorian ecommerce startup ANKA formerly Afrikrea raises 62M preSeries A

Beacon Power Services raises 27M to improve electricity access for subSaharan African cities

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

In Nigeria PalmPay waives fees and creates 100M COVID19 payout fund

Nigerian agritech Releaf gets more capital as it launches new tech for food processing

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

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Swvls 100m acquisition of Smart Bus startup Zeelo is off amid tech stocks slump

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

Nigerian fintech Grey gets backing from Y Combinator

Daily Crunch: Tata Group releases super app that bundles 11 consumer services

Get your tickets to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

Congolese Fintech Startup Shaking Up Global Finance

Fintech Farm nabs 74M to launch neobanks in Nigeria and other emerging markets

Extra Crunch roundup: Livestream ecommerce growth marketing interviews CEO for a day

Nigerias Termii to launch mobile app and scale customer engagement business with new funding

What is Andela the Africa tech talent accelerator

South Africas FinanceGPT simplifies financial analysis set to interface in local languages

Nigerian digital bank Carbon hit 240M in payments processed last year up 89 from 2019

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

Nigerias Sendbox raises 18M to provide ecommerce fulfilment for small merchants

Kushki an Ecuadorbased fintech raises 86M to build financial infrastructure in Latam

IFC leads 17M investment in South African insurtech Naked

Nigerias Helium Health acquires Qatars Meddy in rare AfricaGCC deal

Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec step down as Jumia coCEOs

Gameball raises 35M to scale its CRM platform for consumer brands

Daily Crunch: Indias Central Bank says cryptocurrency may even be worse than Ponzi schemes

Smartphone recommerce startup Badili raises 21M preseed funding

Developing countries need to wake up to the risks of new tech

Nigerias Remedial Health gets QED backing in 12M round

South African Defense Company Using Digital Manufacturing and 3D Printing to Build Surveillance and Attack Aircraft

Jolla hits profitability ahead of turning ten eyes growth beyond mobile

Hear about investing in African tech at Disrupt SF with Marieme Diop Wale Ayeni and Sheel Mohnot

Workers that made ChatGPT less harmful ask lawmakers to stem alleged exploitation by Big Tech

Dont miss out on tickets to Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

Egypts Flextock closes 325M in the largest preseed yet in MENA

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

Olympus US hack tied to sanctioned Russian ransomware group

Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana

OffGridBox raises 16M to charge and hydrate rural Africa with its allinone installations

Virridy raises 55M to expand its sensor catalog

South Africa has an untouched 10M fund for internet accessibility

PalmPay raised 100M Series A last August claims to have 5 million users

This factory of factories helps hardware startups solve real problems in Kenya

3D Printing in Africa: 3D Printing in Ghana

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Satgana appoints Anil Maguru as partner to back climatetech startups in Europe Africa