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

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

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

Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana

Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO

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

Norrsken opens East Africa startup fund and hub in Kigali

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

Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M

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

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

African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect

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

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

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

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

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda

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

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

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

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

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

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

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

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

Visa and Kenyas Safaricom partner on MPesa payments and tech

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

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

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa

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

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

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

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

Kenyas AIfluence closes 1M for its AIpowered influencer marketing platform

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

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

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

Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa

Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19

VCs set sights on African countries beyond the Big Four

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

AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

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

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

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

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