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Are poison pills really that bitter

Kasha raises 21M Series B led by Knife Capital to expand health access platform across Africa

The Democratic Republic of Congos electronic voting machines worry security experts

Tofino Capital reaches first close of 10M fund to back startups in frontier markets

Startup Battlefield returns to SubSaharan Africa this December

Meet TechCrunch in Nigeria and Ghana this week

Interview with Malika Khodja on Women in 3D Printing

Sendy conducts second round of layoffs 20 of its remaining staff affected

Ghanas Complete Farmer which connects farmers to global food buyers raises 104M

The MIT Media Lab controversy and getting back to radical courage with Media Lab student Arwa Mboya

Global Processing Services adds 100M to its coffers to grow its embedded finance and API payments platform

Egypts Paymob closes 185M Series A to expand payments services across MENA

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

WorldCover raises 6M round for emerging markets climate insurance

South African startup Qwili gets 12M to scale its app and lowcost NFCenabled smartphone

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

Pangea to unlock diaspora inflows as funding source for African startups

Twiga lays off 33 of its staff disbands inhouse delivery and introduces logistics marketplace

Mantium raises 1275M in seed funding launches cloudbased AI platform

Africa Roundup: Goldman leads 30M Twiga raise China grows tech influence Jumia weathers lockupexpiry

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa

Backed by Greycroft Klasha gets 24M to improve crossborder commerce in Africa

Roam unveils new EV bus model to tap Kenyas mass transit sector

Homegrown African VCs emerge to fill in the gaps foreign investors cannot

Ivorian ecommerce startup ANKA formerly Afrikrea raises 62M preSeries A

Nigerian B2B ecommerce platform Omnibiz raises millions to gain and retain retail customers

Why SPACs arent targeting African startups

Egyptian fintech Paymob raises 50M led by PayPal Ventures and Kora Capital

Kenyas Lawyers Hub gains traction helping startups meet regulatory compliance

Investors are pouring money into Latin Americas logistics and shipping businesses

TLcom Capital managing partner Maurizio Caio on African unicorns valuations and exits

Social commerce startup Kapu by exJumia executive comes out of stealth with 8M funding

Breaking down Frances new 76M Africa startup fund

Mecho Autotech gets 215M to expand vehicle maintenance and repair services in Nigeria

PayGo solar startup Yellow raises 14 million to scale in africa

The intensifying battle for Africas burgeoning tech landscape

LetsTransport raises 135M to digitize and improve lastmile logistics in India

Kenyas HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

Tiger Global and Greycroft back Nigerian investment app Bamboo in 15M round

CoCreation Hubs edtech accelerator puts 15M towards African startups

NowNow raises 13M seed plans to scale its ecosystem of financial products across Africa

A look back at the year that the SubSaharan African startup scene found its stride

MaxAB the Egyptian B2B food and grocery delivery startup raises 40M for expansion

Startups should read this checklist before they go whale hunting for big partners

Naspers coleads 145M extension round in mobility startup WhereIsMyTransport

Lee Fixels Addition leads 6M seed round in Egyptian fintech Flash

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

South African talent marketplace OfferZen gets 52M to deepen European expansion

Techstars raising 150 million for new accelerator fund

Asset financiers to the rescue as Bolt plans to signup 200000 new drivers in Africa to meet growing demand for ridehailing services