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

A look back at the year that the SubSaharan African startup scene found its stride

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

Nigerian data analytics company Terragon acquires Asian mobile ad firm Bizense

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

Nigerian athome lab testing platform Healthtracka gets 15M backed by female VCs

African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria

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

After VCs spend millions Nigeria restricts ridehail motorbike taxis

Extra Crunch roundup: Chinas new data privacy law fractional farming debt vs equity

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

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

Kenyas HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

CrowdForce raises 36M to increase access to cash for underserved communities in Nigeria

MallforAfrica goes global Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC France explains its 76M fund

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

African healthtech startups in the supply chain segment show rapid growth spurring a 7M investment initiative

Could developing renewable energy microgrids make Energicity Africas utility of the future

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

Africas ridehail markets are hot spots for startups and VC

These specialized Africa VC funds are welcoming coinvestors

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

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

Solarbased ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

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

Meet Paysail the startup making B2B payments faster using crypto

Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies

Nigerian digital bank Yep raises 15M preseed for its financial super app play

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises 138M Series A

Keeping artificial intelligence accountable to humans

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao talks regulation and platforms activities in Africa

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

African genomics startup 54gene lays off 95 as COVID testing business struggles

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

South Africas edtech FoondaMate eyes speedy takeoff after 2M funding

Nigerian fintech Appzone raises 10M for expansion and proprietary technology

Trumps travel ban could extend to Africas top tech country Nigeria

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

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

Africa Roundup: DHL invests in MallforAfrica Zipline launches in US Novastar raises 200M

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

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

USbased fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenyas Daraja microfinance bank

Africa has another unicorn as Chipper Cash raises 100M Series C led by SVB Capital

Stitch gets a 2M seed extension hires Benjamin Dada to lead Nigerian expansion

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa

Africa focused Andela cuts 400 staff as it confirms 50M in revenue

CowryWise microsavings service opens highyield government bonds to everyday Nigerians

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