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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa

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

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

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

Two years after a first close 500 Startups wraps its Middle East fund with 33 million

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

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

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

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

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

Norrsken Foundations hub opens in Rwanda to house 1000 entrepreneurs by next year

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

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

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

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

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

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

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

EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding

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

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

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

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

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

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

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

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

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

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

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

Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator

Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda

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

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

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

Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

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

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

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

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

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce