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

Latin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ridehailing market

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

SumUp raises 624M at 85B valuation with its payments and business tech now used by 4M SMBs

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

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

Easyship a Stripe for global ecommerce shipping raises 4M

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

African tech took center stage in 2021

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

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

TikTok parent ByteDance leads 6M round in financial AI startup Lingxi

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

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

Cathay Innovations first investment in Germany is healthcare startup Medwing

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

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 30M backed by Goldman Sachs

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

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

In emerging markets there are no copycats just budding entrepreneurs

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

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

African ecommerce startup Jumia files for IPO on NYSE

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

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

As it delists Rocket Internets illfated experiment with public markets is over

Selina raises 150M to dish out flexible loans that leverage home equity

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

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

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

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

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

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

A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfrica

Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya

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

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

What we know and dont about Goldman Sachs Africa VC investing

Sunday competitor Qlub emerges with 17M Seed round from Cherry and Point Nine

PanAfrican etailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue epayments and losses

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

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

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

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

Southeast Asias Carro raises 60M for its automotive classifieds and car financing service

The ecommerce boom is still afoot in Africa Jumias earnings indicate

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

Urbvan raises 9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

Why this Nigerian fintech startup is volunteering audited financials