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SirionLabs raises 44M to scale its contract management software

Safaricom rolls out Bonga social networking platform to augment MPesa

Losses at SoftBanks Vision Funds have consumed nearly all their historical gains

Lessons from MPesa for Africas new VCrich fintech startups

Visa and Kenyas Safaricom partner on MPesa payments and tech

5G needs a new mindset towards Internet rules telcos warn

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

Indias Awfis raises 30M to grow its coworking spaces business

SoftBank leads 150M round for Fireworks shoppable video

Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises 17M to scale across MENA

Telecom operators in India warn people of coronavirus outbreak share tips

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

Karius raises 165 million for its liquid biopsy technology identifying diseases in a drop of blood

Fintech in Latin America continues to draw big dollars as Softbank invests 231 million in Creditas

SoftBank leads cash infusion into AI infrastructure company Pyxis One as it starts year with new name

EduMe raises 20M to scale its corporate learning platform targeting gig workers and other deskless employees

Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks

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Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 125M from SoftBanks HAPSMobile

Vodafone confirms merger talks with Three UK in a no cash deal to scale up in 5G

CommerceIQ gets its horn as capital continues to flow into ecommerce infrastructure startups

Startups Weekly: SoftBanks second act

Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps 500M in Bettercom at 6B valuation

Behavioral cybersecurity platform CybSafe raises 28M Series B led by Evolution Equity Partners

UK to toughen telecoms security controls to shrink 5G risks

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

Microsoft launches Edge Zones for Azure

Loon and SoftBanks HAPSMobile team with Airbus China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell networks

China Roundup: A blow to USlisted Chinese firms and TikToks new global face

SoftBank reportedly preps a package to take control of WeWork parent company

SoftBanks Vision Fund is preparing to invest 1 billion in Grab

Lowcode integration platform Digibee raises 25M Series A

As fintech gets more fragmented Meld helps developers manage their tech stack

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

How SoftBanks Vision Fund turned losses into gold this summer

US Air Force Awards RapidFlight 10M for 3D Printed Drones

Ghanaian fintech Dash raises 328M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

Forto raises 240M in funding round led by Softbank taking its valuation to 12Bn

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

Uh oh European carriers are trying to get into personalized ad targeting

Advocating reform activist investor Elliott Management takes a 25B stake in SoftBank

SoftBank bets big on a digital Ellis Island

US giants top tech industrys 100M a year lobbying blitz in EU

Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps 500M in Bettercom at a 6B valuation

Softbank leads a 120 million round for insurance startup Lemonade

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Kenya turns to its mobilemoney dominance to stem the spread of COVID19

Peak raises 75M for a platform that helps nontech companies build AI applications

SoftBanks 100 million diversity and inclusion fund makes its first bet in health Vitable Health

India grants approval for 5G trials avoids Chinese firms