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

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

EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding

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

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

Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana

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

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

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

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

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

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

Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda

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

Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa

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

Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator

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

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

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

Visa and Kenyas Safaricom partner on MPesa payments and tech

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

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

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

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

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

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

AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

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

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

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

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

Kenyas AIfluence closes 1M for its AIpowered influencer marketing platform

Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M

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

African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect

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

Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to 143 million

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa

Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa

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

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19