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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

Kenyan BNPL startup Lipa Later eyes more African markets after raising 12 million

Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises 11M backed by Womens World Banking Cardano parent IOG

Africa: more gazelles at home than unicorn IPOs abroad

Kenyan edtech startup Craydel raises 1 million to enhance its technology

Churpy raises 1 million to help enterprises reconcile and manage payments across Africa

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

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

Y Combinatorbacked Trella brings transparency to Egypts trucking and shipping industry

Enterprise escalator Impact Rooms rises to prepare African startups for growth and investment

Tech firms face higher levies as Kenya plans to double digital service tax

SendSprint by exFlutterwave executive hits market with 5 flat fee for all international money transfers

African fintech OPay is reportedly raising 400M at over 15B valuation

Femtechs billiondollar year

Public transit is driving EV sector growth in Kenya

Google sets up 50M fund to invest in African startups

Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with 20M Pepea fund

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

Masa Finance gets 35M preseed to build its decentralized credit protocol

Egyptian ridesharing company Swvl plans to go public in a 15B SPAC merger

Facebook glitch hides users comments on pages draws mixed speculations

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments

Operas OPay still plans Africa expansion on Nigerian super app

Kenyan edtech startup Craydel raises 1 million to grow its higher education platform

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

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

Naspers Foundry is open for South African startup pitches CEO says

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

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

Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained

Kenyan fintech Zanifu nabs 1M to bridge MSME financing gap eyes Ghana Uganda expansion

Leta a Kenyan supply chain and logistics SaaS provider raises 3M to scale in Africa

Kenyas insurtech Turaco maintains 1 billion user target as it raises 10M funding

Kenya suspends Worldcoin scans over security privacy and financial concerns

Solarbased ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

Kenyan VC firm FrontEnd Ventures unveils fund to back local founders

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama closes 2M preseed as it scales to new markets

Alphabets X partners with Econet Group to roll out Project Taara wireless lightbeam broadband in Africa

Asset financiers to the rescue as Bolt plans to signup 200000 new drivers in Africa to meet growing demand for ridehailing services

CcHub funds tech to curb COVID19 on concerns of an Africa outbreak

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

Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies

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

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

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy shuts down embarks on asset sale

Bosun Tijani talks strategy as CEO of Africas new largest tech hub