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

Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator

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

Stitch raises 21M for its API infrastructure and embedded finance platform

VertoFX raises 2M for its African and EM currency trading platform

Nigerias Sendbox raises 18M to provide ecommerce fulfilment for small merchants

Why Nigeria leads the way in YCs participation in Africa

Breaking down Frances new 76M Africa startup fund

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

Norebase raises 1M to allow companies start scale and operate in any African country

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

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

Update on Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch and its speculative IPO

MainOne CEO Funke Opeke says Equinix is buying her company for the right price

Carry1st has 4M to invest in African mobile gaming

Flutterwave and Alipay partner on payments between Africa and China

Kenyas Apollo Agriculture raises 6M Series A led by Anthemis

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC raises 12 million

Eden Life raises 14M seed to provide home services to busy Africans

TradeDepot adds 10 million to add financial services to its supply chain services for African SMBs

Partnering with Visa emerging market lender Branch International raises 170 million

Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Fluterwave 35M Sendy 20M

Nigerias Interswitch confirms 1B valuation after Visa investment

Techstars CEO Malle Gavet outlines the accelerators newest program in Africa

Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

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

Digital bank Umba raises 15M plans to expand into three new African markets

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

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

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

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

Nigerian financial management app for merchants Kippa bags 84M in new funding

Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

The ecommerce boom is still afoot in Africa Jumias earnings indicate

Cathay Innovation and AfricInvest to raise 168M Africa VC fund

Hear about the keys to local investing at Startup Battlefield Africa with Omobola Johnson and Lexi Novitske

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

Nigerian healthtech startup Reliance Health raises 40M led by General Atlantic

Chaka opens up global investing to Africas most populous nation

African genomics startup 54gene raises 15M led by Adjuvant Capital

African tech took center stage in 2021

TechCrunch Space: SpaceX alums raising a massive new fund for deep tech and more

A year after expanding to Europe Nigerian fintech Lidya raises 83M to scale lending operations

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Identitypass an identity verification API for Africa raises 28M seed funding

Solar based ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

Nigerian B2B ecommerce platform Omnibiz raises millions to gain and retain retail customers

Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M