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Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

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

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

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

Kenya plans special startups employeeequity tax regime

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

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

Lessons from MPesa for Africas new VCrich fintech startups

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

EV conversion startup Opibus raises 75M to start bus and motorcycle mass production

Kenyan foodtech startup Kune raises 1M preseed for its readytoeat meals service

Worldcoin plans to resume iris scans in Kenya

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

MarketForce raises 40 million Series A introduces BNPL merchant stock financing

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

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

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

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise 99M in VC

African VC TLcom Capital invests 5M in Nigerian data analytics firm Terragon Group

Africa Roundup: Goldman leads 30M Twiga raise China grows tech influence Jumia weathers lockupexpiry

Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

IROKO cofounder Bastian Gotter raises 32M seed for new venture Bamba

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Kenyas HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

Remitly raises 220M to expand from money transfers to financial services now at 1B valuation

Update on Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch and its speculative IPO

Africa Roundup: Yamaha backs MAX Founders Factory and Norrsken support startups inside Ethiopias tech scene

Online university Nexford will use 8M to plug affordability and relevance gaps in education

Facebook glitch hides users comments on pages draws mixed speculations

Kenyas Apollo Agriculture raises 6M Series A led by Anthemis

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

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

Moniepoint cleared to acquire Kenyan fintech Kopo Kopo

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

Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO

African logistics startup Lori Systems raises Series A led by Chinese investors

These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Kenyan edtech startup Craydel raises 1 million to enhance its technology

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

Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19

MARA raises 23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africas portal to the crypto economy

Solarbased ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

YCbacked Namibian startup JABU gets 32M for its B2B ecommerce and retail play

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

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao talks regulation and platforms activities in Africa

Nigerias Autochek raises 34M for car sales and service platform

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