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TradeDepot raises 110M from IFC Novastar to extend BNPL service to merchants across Africa

Trump to halt immigration from Africas top tech hub Nigeria

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

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

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

Carry1st has 4M to invest in African mobile gaming

Nigerias StopRobbingUs campaign could spur tech advocacy group CEOs say

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

Nigeria is becoming Africas unofficial tech capital

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

MFS Africa raises additional equity and debt capital to take its Series C to 200M

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

Why this Nigerian fintech startup is volunteering audited financials

Chaka opens up global investing to Africas most populous nation

Partnering with Visa emerging market lender Branch International raises 170 million

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

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

Nigerias Interswitch confirms 1B valuation after Visa investment

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M

The Station: Lucid Motors spy shot and the birth of an AV startup

Nigerias Sudo Africa raises 37M preseed for its cardissuing API platform

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

Solarbased ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

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

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

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

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

Andela begins global expansion in 37 countries months after going remote across Africa

SF based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria

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

Accion Venture Lab launches 23M inclusive fintech startup fund

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

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

Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets 360M mints unicorn draws Chinese VC

These specialized Africa VC funds are welcoming coinvestors

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

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

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

Interswitch CEO Mitchell Elegbe to discuss African fintech at TechCrunch Disrupt

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

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

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC raises 12 million

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

Diving deep into Africas blossoming tech scene

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

African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over 3B after 250M Series D

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

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