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

Moniepoint cleared to acquire Kenyan fintech Kopo Kopo

Googles third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems

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

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

Bluechip an African systems integrator with partners like Microsoft and Oracle is expanding to Europe

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

Kenyan legislative committee calls for Worldcoin shutdown in the country

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 30M backed by Goldman Sachs

Nigerias ThankUCash secures 53M to build infrastructure for cash back deals and BNPL services

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

Jumba a Kenyan startup simplifying sourcing of construction supplies raises 45M

MarketForce raises 40 million Series A introduces BNPL merchant stock financing

Did African startups raise 496M 1B or 2B in 2019

Kenyan B2B ecommerce platform Marketforce cut about 9 of staff in reorganization strategy

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

Kenyas Pariti raises 285M led by Harlem Capital to develop startup ecosystems in emerging markets

ExMetaswitch CEO John Lazar joins Copias board as the Kenyan ecommerce outfit rakes in 20M to push toward profitability

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

Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises 30M backed by Jeff Bezos

Days after pledging to expand internet Ethiopias government shuts it off

SkyGarden Kenyas Amazonstyle marketplace faces closure after funding fell through

Nigerias Topship raises 25M from Flexport and YC to help merchants with international shipping

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

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

Facebook glitch hides users comments on pages draws mixed speculations

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

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

Diving deep into Africas blossoming tech scene

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

Samasource raises 148M for global AI data biz driven from Africa

African healthtech startups in the supply chain segment show rapid growth spurring a 7M investment initiative

Africas SureRemit joins the tokenized race to win the global remittance market

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

Chipper Cash convinces Joe Montana to invest in African fintech

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

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

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises 138M Series A

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

Sokowatch raises 14M to digitize Africas informal B2B supplychain

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

What is Andela the Africa tech talent accelerator

Ghanaian fintech Float raises 17M seed to power cash flow for commerce in Africa

Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

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

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

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

Y Combinatorbacked Trella brings transparency to Egypts trucking and shipping industry

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