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MarketForce raises 40 million Series A introduces BNPL merchant stock financing

Kenyas MotiSure rides on micropayments to drive personal mobility insurance growth

Safaricom rolls out Bonga social networking platform to augment MPesa

In Nigeria PalmPay waives fees and creates 100M COVID19 payout fund

The motorcycle ridehailing wars in Nigeria and Uganda is SafeBodas to lose

Worldcoin ignored initial order to stop iris scans in Kenya records show

Identity verification company Youverify extends seed funding to 25M as it expands across Africa

Jumia reports 30 growth in value of goods sold on its platform during Black Friday season this year

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

South Africas edtech FoondaMate eyes speedy takeoff after 2M funding

Flutterwave denies money laundering and fraud allegations following accounts freeze by Kenyan court

Public transit is driving EV sector growth in Kenya

USbased fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenyas Daraja microfinance bank

Xetova exploring market data gaps in Africa to boost trade insight access

Kenyas president signs new law to police digital lenders apps have six months to apply for licenses

Blow for Flutterwave as Kenyan court declines request to withdraw case

Francophone African super app Gozem grabs 5M to expand and offer more services

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

Kenyan VC firm FrontEnd Ventures unveils fund to back local founders

Tala grabs 145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets

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

Cryptocurrency payments key to lowering crossborder remittance charges and boosting microwork uptake in Africa study shows

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

Femtechs billiondollar year

Techled biofuel startup Koko Networks launches new consumer goods business in Kenya

Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

Norrsken VCs and 30 unicorn founders set up 200M fund to back growthstage startups in Africa

EarthRanger program widens focus from elephant killers to crossspecies diplomacy

Zindi taps 12000 African data scientists for solutions to COVID19

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

Kenyas Xetova exploring market data gaps in Africa to boost trade insight access

TLcom Capital closes 71M Africa fund with plans to back 12 startups

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

Apeel gets more cash to fight poverty and food insecurity in emerging markets with its foodpreserving tech

Africas top angel Tomi Davies eyes startups and coinvestors

Daily Crunch: PayPal Ventures leads 50M Series B for Egyptian fintech Paymob

Taptap Send raises 65M to build crossborder remittances focused on the most underserved markets

Kenyas HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

Kenyabased fintech 4G Capital to scale lending after raising 185M from Lightrock

Faster deals less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals

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

MoKo Kenyas home furniture startup raises 65M

Ivorian startup Afrikrea partners with DHL and Visa to launch SaaS ecommerce platform ANKA

Worldcoin hopes to resume iris scans in Kenya

Nigerias CredPal secures 15M in debt and equity to scale its BNPL product across Africa

Transsions Future Hub and Kenyas Wapi Capital partner on Africa fund

Interswitch to revive its Africa venture fund CEO confirms

African fintech startup Jumo raises 125M more to fund Asia expansion

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