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Ugandan lender Asaak raises 30million to support acquisition of motorbikes smartphones by taxi operators
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Kenyan lowcost ISP Poa Internet secures 28 million in round led by AfDBbacked Africa50 plans to link region with cheap limitfree connectivity
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Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to 143 million
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Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa
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TechCrunchs Startup Battlefield is coming soon to Beirut So Paolo and Lagos
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Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion
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Antler East Africa closes 135M fund to invest in earlystage startups
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Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO
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Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz
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Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa
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Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19
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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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VCs set sights on African countries beyond the Big Four
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Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19
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Kenyas Lami raises 18M to scale API insurance platform across Africa
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EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding
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MallforAfrica goes global Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC France explains its 76M fund
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Africa Roundup: Jumias IPO DHL launches Africa eShop Cathays 168M VC fund ConnectMed acquired
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Two years after a first close 500 Startups wraps its Middle East fund with 33 million
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Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Flutterwaves 35M and Sendys 20M
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The Sun Exchange raises 3M for crypto driven solar power in Africa
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Norrsken Foundations hub opens in Rwanda to house 1000 entrepreneurs by next year
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SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the worlds next bread basket one solar water pump at a time
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CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa
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MFS Africa collects 100M to expand its digital payments gateway across the region
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TechCrunchs Startup Battlefield is coming soon to Beirut So Paulo and Lagos
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Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana
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TLcom and 4DX drive 131M seed round to scale Autocheks platform across Africa
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Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce
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Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa
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Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC raises 12 million
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MKOPA raises 75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets
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Kenyas AIfluence closes 1M for its AIpowered influencer marketing platform
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Daily Crunch: 2 months after launching So Paulobased payments startup Yuno raises 10M
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Metas NPE team takes a global focus with seedstage investments offices in emerging markets
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Kenyabased agritech Apollo raises 40 million in Softbankled round joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative CDC
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Kenyan B2B ecommerce platform Marketforce cut about 9 of staff in reorganization strategy
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BuffaloGrid and Techfugees launch education solar charging initiative for refugees aim to raise 3M
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Africa Roundup: Yamaha backs MAX Founders Factory and Norrsken support startups inside Ethiopias tech scene
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Ivorian fintech Julaya raises 2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa
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Ugandan fintech Asaak raises 30million to support acquisition of motorbikes smartphones by taxi operators
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Sudans first YCbacked startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth
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A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets
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Africa Roundup: TLcom closes 71M fund Jumo raises 55M AWS partners with Safaricom
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SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat
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Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda
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Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator
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Norrsken opens East Africa startup fund and hub in Kigali
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Startups BRCK and Swvl partner on free WiFi for Kenyan ridehail buses
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Kenyas Wapi Pay raises 22M preseed for crossborder payments between Africa and Asia