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Betastore gets 25M to solve stockouts financing challenges for informal retailers in West and Central Africa

South Africa has an untouched 10M fund for internet accessibility

Facebook revamps its business tool lineup following threats to its ad targeting business

One extra week to apply for Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

Productive solar technologies draw investors as global offgrid solar sector funding slumps

Zest Equity a UAEbased startup digitizing private market deals raises 38M seed funding

Kukua creators of Super Sema raises 6 million led by Alchimia and Tencent

Hey look some startups are still raising money

Venture capital and the blockchain will be the talk at Startup Battlefield Africa

Climate tech VC Satgana closes first fund that targets earlystage startups in Africa Europe

IFC leads 5M extension round in Ivorian SaaS ecommerce platform ANKA

African genomics startup 54gene raises 25M to expand precision medicine capabilities

The Sun Exchange raises 3M for crypto driven solar power in Africa

Nigeria lifts ban on Twitter says the social media giant has met some conditions

Algerias Yassir picks up 30M to build a super app in North Africa

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

Watch Startup Battlefield Africa live right here

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy shuts down embarks on asset sale

Cadana an emerging markets payroll services provider for global hiring platforms banks 71M seed

Saviu Ventures second fund reaches 12 million first close to back Francophone Africa startups

RxAll grabs 315M to scale its drug checking and counterfeiting tech across Africa

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

Womenfocused PE fund Alitheia IDF raises 100 million to invest in genderdiverse businesses across Africa

Egyptian fintech MNTHalan lands 120M from Apis Partners DisrupTech and others

New South African partnership gets 3M launches telehealth product

These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech

Kenyan edtech startup Craydel raises 1 million to grow its higher education platform

Nigerias Interswitch confirms 1B valuation after Visa investment

SF based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria

Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies

Stitch raises 25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital increasing the rounds total to 46M

Financial inclusion drives African fintech MKOPA to 400M in ARR

MainOne CEO Funke Opeke says Equinix is buying her company for the right price

Credable a digital banking infra startup that wants to build Unit for emerging markets gets funding

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

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

Kenyan fintech Asilimia raises 2 million in a preseed round plans to extend loans to MSMEs and expand in East Africa

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

Africa Roundup: Goldman backs Kobo360 Rwanda commits to EVs Interswitch IPO update

African edtech startup uLesson lands a 75 million Series A

Tastemakers raises 14M to sell Africa experiences to the world

Thunes a fintech startup serving emerging markets raises 60 million led by Africafocused Helios Investment Partners

These investors want to back ridiculously early femaleled African startups

Opportunity not fear: Reframing cybersecurity to build a safer net for all

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

Tanzanian fintech NALA raises 10M seed to build Revolut for Africa

This Egyptian matchmaking app is made for the conservative Arab world

BLT Expands into South Korea Baltics and Africa with New Partners

Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise 99M in VC

Google removes hundreds of Kenyafocused loan apps from Play Store