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Novastar Ventures becomes 200M African VC fund after 108M raise
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Africa Roundup: Yamaha backs MAX Founders Factory and Norrsken support startups inside Ethiopias tech scene
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Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana
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Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion
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BuffaloGrid and Techfugees launch education solar charging initiative for refugees aim to raise 3M
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Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa
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TLcom and 4DX drive 131M seed round to scale Autocheks platform across Africa
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Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator
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Kenyan B2B ecommerce platform Marketforce cut about 9 of staff in reorganization strategy
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Two years after a first close 500 Startups wraps its Middle East fund with 33 million
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Norrsken opens East Africa startup fund and hub in Kigali
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Only 2 of genomic material available for research comes from Africa 54gene wants to change that
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Kenyabased agritech Apollo raises 40 million in Softbankled round joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative CDC
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A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets
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Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19
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Kenyan foodtech startup Kune raises 1M preseed for its readytoeat meals service
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Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Flutterwaves 35M and Sendys 20M
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Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz
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African logistics startup Lori Systems raises Series A led by Chinese investors
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Samasource raises 148M for global AI data biz driven from Africa
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Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to 143 million
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Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future
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Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa
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Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa
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Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Fluterwave 35M Sendy 20M
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Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda
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The Sun Exchange raises 3M for crypto driven solar power in Africa
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AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services
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Africa Roundup: Jumias IPO DHL launches Africa eShop Cathays 168M VC fund ConnectMed acquired
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MAXng raises 7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria
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EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding
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Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya
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Kenyas AIfluence closes 1M for its AIpowered influencer marketing platform
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The 25 crypto startups that Y Combinator is backing in its W22 batch
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Kenyas Wapi Pay raises 22M preseed for crossborder payments between Africa and Asia
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Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa
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Metas NPE team takes a global focus with seedstage investments offices in emerging markets
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Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19
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Ugandan lender Asaak raises 30million to support acquisition of motorbikes smartphones by taxi operators
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Kenyan fintech Asilimia raises 2 million in a preseed round plans to extend loans to MSMEs and expand in East Africa
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Nigerias Teesas secures 16M to expand across Africa and launch tutor marketplace
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MoneyHash gets 3M to build a superAPI for payment operations in Africa Mideast
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Nigerian mobilitytech startup MAX bags 31 million in Series B round set to expand across Africa build EV infrastructure
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Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail
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Africa Roundup: DHL invests in MallforAfrica Zipline launches in US Novastar raises 200M
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SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat
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Startups BRCK and Swvl partner on free WiFi for Kenyan ridehail buses
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Umba a digital bank for emerging markets raises 2M Seed funding to expand across Africa
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Africa Roundup: Zimbabwes net blackout Partechs 143M fund Andelas 100M raise Flutterwaves pivot
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Local venture capital fund formation is on the rise in Africa led by Nigeria