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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao talks regulation and platforms activities in Africa

Payment startup Chipper Cash raises 6M for Southern Africa expansion

Nigerias YCbacked Chowdeck hopes to scale food delivery a notoriously tough market with 25M funding

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

Umba a digital bank for emerging markets raises 2M Seed funding to expand across Africa

Nigerian shared mobility startup Shuttlers raises 16M plans panAfrican expansion

Fintech Farm nabs 74M to launch neobanks in Nigeria and other emerging markets

Nigerias digital payroll platform Bento expands to Kenya Rwanda and Ghana to enter six other African markets in 2022

Namibian B2B ecommerce retail platform JABU raises 15M led by Tiger Global

USbased fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenyas Daraja microfinance bank

In Nigeria PalmPay waives fees and creates 100M COVID19 payout fund

Africas agtech wave gets 10 million richer as Twiga Foods raises more capital

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

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

Nigerian mobilitytech startup MAX bags 31 million in Series B round set to expand across Africa build EV infrastructure

Zambian cardissuing startup Union54 raises 12M led by Tiger Global

Uzoma Dozies Sparkle raises 31M for personal business neobank play in Nigeria

Nigerian ehealth pharmaceutical distribution startup DrugStoc secures 44 million Series A funding embarks on expansion drive

The motorcycle ridehailing wars in Nigeria and Uganda is SafeBodas to lose

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

The ecommerce boom is still afoot in Africa Jumias earnings indicate

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

African fintech firm Flutterwave raises 35M partners with Worldpay

Only 2 of genomic material available for research comes from Africa 54gene wants to change that

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

Venture capital and the blockchain will be the talk at Startup Battlefield Africa

Nigerian B2B ecommerce startup Alerzo cuts 15 of fulltime staff in second round of layoffs

Why Nigeria leads the way in YCs participation in Africa

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

Faster deals less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals

SVBled 100M investment makes Chipper Cash Africas most valuable startup

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

Flutterwave and Alipay partner on payments between Africa and China

Nigerias Autochek raises 34M for car sales and service platform

Halal fintech startup Wahed closes 25M led by Saudi Aramcos investment arm

SoftBank sinks 200M into Andela propels company into unicorn territory

Nigerias OnePipe raises 35M to double down on its embedded finance offering

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

Africa can list more gazelles at home than unicorn IPOs abroad

Carry1st has 4M to invest in African mobile gaming

MarketForce raises 40 million Series A introduces BNPL merchant stock financing

From seed to Series A in 7 months: Why and how Odyssey Energy Solutions moved quickly

Akowe wants to fix Africas broken certificate system with blockchain

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

Nigerian digital freight provider MVX lands 13M to help shippers move cargoes faster

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

Diving deep into Africas blossoming tech scene

Equity Monday: Zoom buys Five9 as Robinhood sets IPO price range

Moroccos Chari valued at 100M in bridge round as it looks to pilot BNPL services

Heres where YCs latest batch of founders are placing fintech bets