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How Bykea is winning Pakistans ridehailing and delivery market

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

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

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

Why this Nigerian fintech startup is volunteering audited financials

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

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

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

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

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

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

PanAfrican etailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue epayments and losses

African tech took center stage in 2021

In emerging markets there are no copycats just budding entrepreneurs

A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

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

Global Fashion Group plans to raise 300M in Frankfurt IPO

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

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

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

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

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

Passbase is building a fullstack identity engine with privacy baked in

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

What we know and dont about Goldman Sachs Africa VC investing

The ecommerce boom is still afoot in Africa Jumias earnings indicate

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

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

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

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

Cathay Innovations first investment in Germany is healthcare startup Medwing

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

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

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfrica

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

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 30M backed by Goldman Sachs

Easyship a Stripe for global ecommerce shipping raises 4M

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

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

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

4 keys to international expansion

MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global ecommerce site

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

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

Urbvan raises 9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

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

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

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO