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

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

Nigerias Etap gets 15M preseed to make buying car insurance easier

Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama closes 2M preseed as it scales to new markets

Tiger Global backs African fintech Mono in 15M Series A round

Security lapse at South Africas LogBox exposed user accounts and medical data

Nigerian fintech Grey gets backing from Y Combinator

Asset financiers to the rescue as Bolt plans to signup 200000 new drivers in Africa to meet growing demand for ridehailing services

African ecommerce startup Jumia files for IPO on NYSE

Chinas Transsion and Kenyas Wapi Capital partner on Africa fund

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

African crowdsolving startup Zindi scales 10000 data scientists

Did African startups raise 496M 1B or 2B in 2019

Target Global leads 35M preseed in Nigerian online learning platform Edukoya

Sun King raises 260M to widen clean energy access in Africa Asia

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

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

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

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

Kenyas Apollo Agriculture raises 6M Series A led by Anthemis

Nigerias Rensource raises 20M to power African markets by solar

Bluechip an African systems integrator with partners like Microsoft and Oracle is expanding to Europe

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

Reports say African startups raised recordsmashing 43B to 5B in 2021

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

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

Mecho Autotech gets 215M to expand vehicle maintenance and repair services in Nigeria

Nigerias internet regulator releases draft to regulate Google Facebook TikTok and others

African logistics startup Lori Systems raises Series A led by Chinese investors

Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises 11M backed by Womens World Banking Cardano parent IOG

Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained

Andela CEO confirms staff cuts as layoffs hit African tech

Nigerian edtech startup Teesas secures 16 million in preseed round to launch tutor marketplace expand in East Southern Francophone Africa in 2022

Flutterwave and Ventures Platform CEOs will join us at Startup Battlefield Africa

Googles third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems

Vendease a food procurement platform for African restaurants nabs 30M led by Partech Africa and TLcom

Will Interswitch still be the company that brings SubSaharan Africa its big tech windfall

The Sun Exchange raises 3M for crypto driven solar power in Africa

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

What we learned from selling a blockchain service to African governments

Nigerias Teesas secures 16M to expand across Africa and launch tutor marketplace

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

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

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

MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global ecommerce site

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Interswitch to revive its Africa venture fund CEO confirms

Nigerias Kuda raises 10M to be the mobilefirst challenger bank for Africa

Nigerias AltSchool raises 1M preseed to build an alternative school for Africans

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