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African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

Flutterwave denies money laundering and fraud allegations following accounts freeze by Kenyan agency

Partnering with Visa emerging market lender Branch International raises 170 million

Cathay Innovation and AfricInvest to raise 168M Africa VC fund

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

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

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

Kenyas Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after 30M raise led by Goldman

Companybuilder Antler passes 75M raised after investment from Schroders and Ferd

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

Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator

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

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa

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

Kenya turns to its mobilemoney dominance to stem the spread of COVID19

Maramoja has a different take on the ridehailing market in Africa

Thunes raises 10M to make financial services more accessible in emerging markets

Finclusion raises 20M to build out creditled neobank offering across Africa

MFS Africa collects 100M to expand its digital payments gateway across the region

Nigerias Okra raises 1M from TLcom connecting bank accounts to apps

Moove raises 105M to scale its vehicle financing product across Asia Europe and MENA

Chinas Transsion and Kenyas Wapi Capital partner on Africa fund

Chipper Cash convinces Joe Montana to invest in African fintech

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

Nigeria is becoming Africas unofficial tech capital

Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to 143 million

Transsions Future Hub and Kenyas Wapi Capital partner on Africa fund

Africa Roundup: TLcom closes 71M fund Jumo raises 55M AWS partners with Safaricom

Sokowatch raises 14M to digitize Africas informal B2B supplychain

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

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

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

Africas ridehail markets are hot spots for startups and VC

2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs China goes digital Nigeria becomes fintech capital

BRCK acquires ISPs EveryLayer and Surf to boost Africas public WiFi

CcHub funds tech to curb COVID19 on concerns of an Africa outbreak

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC raises 12 million

Kenyas Apollo Agriculture raises 6M Series A led by Anthemis

Daily Crunch: Since December 2021 Bettercom has laid off nearly half of its workforce

Startups BRCK and Swvl partner on free WiFi for Kenyan ridehail buses

EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding

Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19

Kune Food shuts down barely a year after starting Kenya operations

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

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

Africa Roundup: Zimbabwes net blackout Partechs 143M fund Andelas 100M raise Flutterwaves pivot

Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa

The 2017 TechCrunch Include Progress Report

SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the worlds next bread basket one solar water pump at a time

The MIT Media Lab controversy and getting back to radical courage with Media Lab student Arwa Mboya