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Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa

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

Goldfinch raises 25M from a16z to power its DeFi lending protocol for borrowers in developing countries

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

Nigerias Grey raises 2M for crossborder payments play and regional expansion

Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana

TechCrunchs Startup Battlefield is coming soon to Beirut So Paulo and Lagos

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

Only 2 of genomic material available for research comes from Africa 54gene wants to change that

Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa

The 25 crypto startups that Y Combinator is backing in its W22 batch

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

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

MFS Africa collects 100M to expand its digital payments gateway across the region

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

MoneyHash gets 3M to build a superAPI for payment operations in Africa Mideast

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

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

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

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

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO

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

MallforAfrica goes global Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC France explains its 76M fund

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

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

Nigerian mobilitytech startup MAX bags 31 million in Series B round set to expand across Africa build EV infrastructure

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

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

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

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

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

Kenyas AIfluence closes 1M for its AIpowered influencer marketing platform

Visa and Kenyas Safaricom partner on MPesa payments and tech

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

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

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

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

African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect

VCs set sights on African countries beyond the Big Four

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

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

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

Kenyan foodtech startup Kune raises 1M preseed for its readytoeat meals service

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

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

Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M

Sudans first YCbacked startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth