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

Google sets up 50M fund to invest in African startups

USbased fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenyas Daraja microfinance bank

Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global ecommerce site

Zopper raises 75 million to solve Indias insurance problem

Ghanaian fintech Dash raises 328M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

Tiger Global says India returns have sucked historically but remains bullish

Are poison pills really that bitter

Seven Africafocused startups present at Y Combinators Demo Day

Indian fintech unicorn Slice secures rare approval to merge with bank

Trumps travel ban could extend to Africas top tech country Nigeria

Nigerias YCbacked Chowdeck hopes to scale food delivery a notoriously tough market with 25M funding

Nigerias Kwik gets 2M to add financial services to its lastmile delivery offerings

Alerzo raises 105M Series A to bring Nigerias informal retail sector online

Indonesias Astro raises 60M to work on 15minute grocery delivery

Bob Iger goes from managing Mickey to directing a milk replacement startup as new Perfect Day boardmember

A16z in talks to back CoinSwitch Kuber in first India investment

Nigerian fintech Okra raises 35M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures

Nigerias Kippa gets 32M preseed for its small business finance management app

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

JioSaavn becomes Indias answer to Spotify and Apple Music

A new unicorn is born: Root Insurance raises 100 million for a 1 billion valuation

What is Andela the Africa tech talent accelerator

Mesh Payments closes on 60M as demand for its corporate spend offering surges

TradeDepot adds 10 million to add financial services to its supply chain services for African SMBs

Nigerian athome lab testing platform Healthtracka gets 15M backed by female VCs

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

Extra Crunch roundup: Chinas new data privacy law fractional farming debt vs equity

Into Africa: tech leaders weigh in on Jack Dorseys planned move to the continent

Nigerian businesses can now accept Apple Pay on Paystack

Odyssey Energy Solutions continues quest to electrify developing economies with 53M seed

The ecommerce boom is still afoot in Africa Jumias earnings indicate

This Week in Apps: Period tracking app privacy Snapchats paid subscription calls for TikTok ban

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

Scale AI hits 35B valuation as it turns the AI boom into a venture bonanza

Tiger Global leads new funding in savings and investments app Jar

Namibian B2B ecommerce retail platform JABU raises 15M led by Tiger Global

Heyday raises 555M to buy up and scale more D2C brands in the Amazon marketplace universe

Google backs Progcap a startup delivering working capital to small retailers in India

Interswitch CEO Mitchell Elegbe to discuss African fintech at TechCrunch Disrupt

Zenoti becomes a unicorn with 160 million funding round

CowryWise microsavings service opens high yield government bonds to everyday Nigerians

Zinier raises 90M to automate field service management

Visa partners with Paga on payments and fintech for Africa and abroad

Dublins Exergyn pulls in 35M Series A for solution which replaces GHGcausing refrigerants

Dear Sophie: What is a diversity green card and how do I apply for one

Root Insurance valuation hits 365 billion in latest round led by DST Global and Coatue

Indias CRED valued at 64 billion in new funding

Confirmed: Pax Labs raises 420 million at a valuation of 17 billion