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

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

Google removes hundreds of Kenyafocused loan apps from Play Store

Twiga lays off 33 of its staff disbands inhouse delivery and introduces logistics marketplace

Payment startup Chipper Cash raises 6M for Southern Africa expansion

XPRIZE names two grand prize winners in 15 million Global Learning Challenge

Moniepoint cleared to acquire Kenyan fintech Kopo Kopo

AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services

Catalyst Fund gets 15M from JP Morgan UK Aid to back 30 EM fintech startups

Daily Crunch: Childfriendly Amazon Glow video chat projector now available across the US

Kenyas growth was strongest in Africas VC market Clean tech Ecommerce pulled in most of the funding

Sun King raises 260M to widen clean energy access in Africa Asia

YCbacked HRpayroll provider Workpay raises 27M to scale in Africa

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

EdTech is having a renaissance powered by the emerging world

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

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

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

Nigeria is becoming Africas unofficial tech capital

Ultra Red Technologies Builds 3D Printing Business in Nairobi Offering Design and Prototyping Working Toward Clean Water

African countries need startup acts more than ever to support innovation

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

2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs China goes digital Nigeria becomes fintech capital

Lessons from MPesa for Africas new VCrich fintech startups

Duplo digitizes payment flows for African B2B enterprises gets 43M seed funding

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria

Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa

Nigerias Interswitch confirms 1B valuation after Visa investment

SkyGarden Kenyas Amazonstyle marketplace faces closure after funding fell through

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

Norrsken Foundations hub opens in Rwanda to house 1000 entrepreneurs by next year

Africa Roundup: Jumia files for IPO OneFi acquires Amplify FlexClub expands in Mexico

In Africa Kenyan startups have so far recorded highest funding growth this year

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

Kenyas HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

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

Kenyas Apollo Agriculture raises 6M Series A led by Anthemis

Kenyan fintech Asilimia raises 2 million in a preseed round plans to extend loans to MSMEs and expand in East Africa

Kenyan fintech Kwara raises 3M seed extension signs deal to reach over 4000 credit unions

Kenyas Lawyers Hub gains traction helping startups meet regulatory compliance

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

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

Connecting African software developers with top tech companies nets Andela 100 million

As the global venture capital market slows Africa charts its own course

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

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

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

Africa Roundup: CcHubs iHub acquisition Andelas 50M runrate and layoffs Transsions IPO

Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya