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Miferia wants to expand its wholesale inventory marketplace across Latin America

ImaliPay gets 3M to offer financial services to underserved gig workers across Africa

Ivorian ecommerce startup ANKA formerly Afrikrea raises 62M preSeries A

Metaverses grapple with Meta versus Apple

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

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC raises 12 million

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

Healthcare startup Africa Health Holdings lands 18 million series A funding to rollout techenabled services

These specialized Africa VC funds are welcoming coinvestors

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

Flutterwave acquires Disha a creator platform that planned to shutter in February

HelpSelf uses simple AI to help those in legal trouble

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

Kenya directs all banks to stop dealing with Chipper Cash Flutterwave saying they are unlicensed

New South African partnership gets 3M launches telehealth product

Kenyas HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

Two years after a first close 500 Startups wraps its Middle East fund with 33 million

Googles third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems

Japans SBI Holdings commits 40M to anchor Novastar Ventures future funds

African VC TLcom Capital invests 5M in Nigerian data analytics firm Terragon Group

Sequoia leads 5M preseed in Egypts 1monthold digital bank Telda

New rules for digital lenders in Kenya aim to weed out bad actors while bolstering sector growth

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

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

Kenyas Apollo Agriculture raises 6M Series A led by Anthemis

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

The Station: A new selfdriving car startup Inside Teslas V10 software Liliums big round

South African Mechanical Engineering Student Creates 3D Printer for Improving Farm Produce Quality

Jumia reports record orders and revenue but investors remain unconvinced

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

African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments

Nigerias Topship raises 25M from Flexport and YC to help merchants with international shipping

Ivorian healthtech startup Susu has 1M to scale its familycentric insurance product across Africa

3D Printing News Briefs: February 20 2018

Float wants to provide liquidity to African SMBs in a way never done before

Nigerias AltSchool increases course options amidst soaring techskill demand

Treepz founder Onyeka Akumah on how to succeed in transportation tech

Jendaya raises funding to scale its Africafocused luxury ecommerce platform

Daily Crunch: European startup studio eFounders unveils its nextgeneration CRM tool

Kenyan lowcost ISP Poa Internet secures 28 million in round led by AfDBbacked Africa50 plans to link region with cheap limitfree connectivity

How Adia Sowho helped steer Thrive Agric through the pandemic crisis

African financial technology startups move beyond payment services

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

Moove raises 105M to scale its vehicle financing product across Asia Europe and MENA

75000 Bn for Global Beer Market by 2022

Why is Andreessen Horowitz and everyone else investing in Latin America now

International startups shrug off US insurtech meltdown

Egyptian B2B ecommerce platform Cartona raises 12M to scale and explore new verticals

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

Lori Systems wins Best of Show at Startup Battlefield Africa