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

Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

GuestReady a service for Airbnb hosts doubles down on Europe with another acquisition

The ecommerce boom is still afoot in Africa Jumias earnings indicate

Why this Nigerian fintech startup is volunteering audited financials

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

Global Founders Capital will deploy Rocket Internets cash instead of raising a new fund

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

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

European point of sale provider SumUp acquires customer loyalty startup Fivestars for 317M

Automotive marketplace Carro acquires Indonesias Jualo extends Series B to 90M

Payments firm InstaRem has raised 20 million from the first close of its series C funding

Laundrapp and Zipjet merge to form largest ondemand laundry service in UK seal new funding

Arive raises 20M for an instant delivery service beyond groceries and essentials

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfricacom

A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

Could Claap an asynchronous video meetings platform end the tyranny of Zoom calls

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

Flink the Berlinbased instant grocery startup is now valued at 285B after raising 750M in a round led by DoorDash

How Bykea is winning Pakistans ridehailing and delivery market

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

Meal planner startup Kitchenful raises 19M from VentureFriends Goodwater Capital and Jabbar

Korean hotel platform Yanolja raises 180M at a valuation of over 1B

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

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

African tech took center stage in 2021

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

Urbvan raises 9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

Passbase is building a full stack identity engine with privacy baked in

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

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

Cathay Innovations first investment in Germany is healthcare startup Medwing

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

Global Fashion Group plans to raise 300M in Frankfurt IPO

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

Brazilian digital auto marketplace InstaCarro revs up with 23M in funding

Easyship a Stripe for global ecommerce shipping raises 4M

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

Food delivery startup Dahmakan eats up 5M for expansion in Southeast Asia

4 keys to international expansion

Chari a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores raises 5M at 70M valuation

In emerging markets there are no copycats just budding entrepreneurs

Carsome raises 19M for its usedcar sales platform in Southeast Asia

Project A Ventures closes its fourth fund hitting 375M the largest to date

Passbase is building a fullstack identity engine with privacy baked in

Korean hotel firm Yanolja moves into Southeast Asia with 15M investment in Zen Rooms

Bringing affiliate marketing and outsourced customer acquisition to Brazil nets Escale 226 million