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Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

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

Nigerian onlineonly bank startup Kuda raises 16M

Bosun Tijani talks strategy as CEO of Africas new largest tech hub

Interswitch to revive its Africa venture fund CEO confirms

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

After VCs spend millions Nigeria restricts ridehail motorbike taxis

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

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

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

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

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

Update on Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch and its speculative IPO

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

The ecommerce boom is still afoot in Africa Jumias earnings indicate

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

Metas NPE team takes a global focus with seedstage investments offices in emerging markets

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC raises 12 million

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 30M backed by Goldman Sachs

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

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises 138M Series A

Nigerias Autochek raises 34M for car sales and service platform

Why this Nigerian fintech startup is volunteering audited financials

SF based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria

Breaking down Frances new 76M Africa startup fund

Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

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

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

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

Interswitch CEO Mitchell Elegbe to discuss African fintech at TechCrunch Disrupt

Visa partners with Paga on payments and fintech for Africa and abroad

Nigerian shared mobility startup Shuttlers raises 16M plans panAfrican expansion

Chipper Cash convinces Joe Montana to invest in African fintech

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

Africas top angel Tomi Davies eyes startups and coinvestors

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

Africa Roundup: Goldman backs Kobo360 Rwanda commits to EVs Interswitch IPO update

Why Nigeria leads the way in YCs participation in Africa

PalmPay launches in Nigeria on 40M round led by Chinas Transsion

Africa Roundup: Jumias IPO DHL launches Africa eShop Cathays 168M VC fund ConnectMed acquired

Uber Africa launches Uber Cash with Flutterwave and explores EVs

Kenyas Apollo Agriculture raises 6M Series A led by Anthemis

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

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

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

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

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

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

Nigeria is becoming Africas unofficial tech capital