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

South African startup Talk360s seed funding hits 7M after new backing

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

Y Combinator 500 Startups Plug and Play invest in Odiggos 22M seed round

South Africas Talk360 raises 4M to build single payment platform for Africa

Base Ecosystem Fund Hashed Emergent invest 19M in Nestcoin to scale its Onboard product

African investors and founders to judge Startup Battlefield competition in Nigeria

Uberbacked mobility fintech Moove acquires Brazils Kovi takes ARR to 275M

Daily Crunch: PayPal Ventures leads 50M Series B for Egyptian fintech Paymob

Backed by Schmidt Futures Cloudline raises 6M to take aerial autonomy green and mainstream

Raise a startup building Africas Carta gets backing from 500 Startups

Norrsken opens East Africa startup fund and hub in Kigali

Nigerian embedded finance platform Anchor raises 24M to expand product offerings

Emtech to advance its regtech and CBDC stack solutions with 4M led by Matrix Partners India

Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year

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

Khazenly an Egyptian ondemand warehousing and fulfiLlment platform raises 25M seed funding

Nigerias Cowrywise raises 3M preSeries A to scale its wealth management platform

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

UK police arrest 7 people in connection with Lapsus hacks

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

Partech closes its second Africa fund at 300M to invest from seed to Series C

Kenyas FarmWorks raises 4M preSeries A funding

Thunes raises 60 million for crossborder payments in emerging markets

Once serving wartorn Sudan YCbacked Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally

Egypts booming startup scene is becoming the gateway to MENA

Kenya plans special startups employeeequity tax regime

Equity Monday: Microsoft buys Nuance Uber isnt dead and Austin has a new unicorn

Uber leads 100M investment in African mobility fintech Moove as valuation hits 750M

One mans vision for an innovative hub serving tech workers and entrepreneurs of African descent

Norrsken VCs and 30 unicorn founders set up 200M fund to back growthstage startups in Africa

Flutterwave and Alipay partner on payments between Africa and China

Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana

Kenyan VC firm FrontEnd Ventures unveils fund to back local founders

Nigerias Kuda raises 10M to be the mobilefirst challenger bank for Africa

Kenyas Lawyers Hub gains traction helping startups meet regulatory compliance

IFC launches 225M platform to back earlystage startups in Africa Asia Middle East

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

Web3 giant Parity Technologies teams up with Watr over platform to track ethical commodities

Extra Crunch roundup: Chinas new data privacy law fractional farming debt vs equity

Africa Roundup: Jumia files for IPO OneFi acquires Amplify FlexClub expands in Mexico

Get your tickets to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

Nigerian fintech Zone raises 85M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure

MoneyHash raises 45M for its payment orchestration platform serving merchants in MENA

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

Why Nigeria leads the way in YCs participation in Africa

Why mobile access wont mend our digital divide without fixedline broadband

Nigerias MDaaS launches new healthtech product on the back of 23M seed extension

Daily Crunch: With 250M Series D fintech Flutterwave becomes Africas highestvalued startup

Dont miss out on tickets to Startup Battlefield Africa 2018