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Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO

Local venture capital fund formation is on the rise in Africa led by Nigeria

Ivorian fintech Julaya raises 2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

BuffaloGrid and Techfugees launch education solar charging initiative for refugees aim to raise 3M

Africa Roundup: Jumias IPO DHL launches Africa eShop Cathays 168M VC fund ConnectMed acquired

Kenyan B2B ecommerce platform Marketforce cut about 9 of staff in reorganization strategy

Startups BRCK and Swvl partner on free WiFi for Kenyan ridehail buses

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

African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect

EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding

Samasource raises 148M for global AI data biz driven from Africa

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M

Antler East Africa closes 135M fund to invest in earlystage startups

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

Visa and Kenyas Safaricom partner on MPesa payments and tech

Umba a digital bank for emerging markets raises 2M Seed funding to expand across Africa

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

MKOPA raises 75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets

SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the worlds next bread basket one solar water pump at a time

Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Flutterwaves 35M and Sendys 20M

Africa Roundup: Canal acquires ROK Flutterwave and Alipay partner OPay raises 50M

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

Novastar Ventures becomes 200M African VC fund after 108M raise

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

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

Africa Roundup: DHL invests in MallforAfrica Zipline launches in US Novastar raises 200M

Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Fluterwave 35M Sendy 20M

Nigerian edtech startup Teesas secures 16 million in preseed round to launch tutor marketplace expand in East Southern Francophone Africa in 2022

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

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

Metas NPE team takes a global focus with seedstage investments offices in emerging markets

Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa

Norrsken opens East Africa startup fund and hub in Kigali

Nigerias Teesas secures 16M to expand across Africa and launch tutor marketplace

Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana

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

Ugandan fintech Asaak raises 30million to support acquisition of motorbikes smartphones by taxi operators

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

TLcom and 4DX drive 131M seed round to scale Autocheks platform across Africa

Kenyas Wapi Pay raises 22M preseed for crossborder payments between Africa and Asia

Kenyabased agritech Apollo raises 40 million in Softbankled round joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative CDC

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

Daily Crunch: 2 months after launching So Paulobased payments startup Yuno raises 10M

Kenyas Lami raises 18M to scale API insurance platform across Africa

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

Africa Roundup: Yamaha backs MAX Founders Factory and Norrsken support startups inside Ethiopias tech scene