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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

What we know and dont about Goldman Sachs Africa VC investing

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

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

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfricacom

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

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

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

A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

Cathay Innovations first investment in Germany is healthcare startup Medwing

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

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

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

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfrica

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

African ecommerce startup Jumia files for IPO on NYSE

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

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

MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global ecommerce site

4 keys to international expansion

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

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

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 30M backed by Goldman Sachs

How Bykea is winning Pakistans ridehailing and delivery market

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

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

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

PanAfrican etailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue epayments and losses

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

African tech took center stage in 2021

Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya

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

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

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

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

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

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

Passbase is building a fullstack identity engine with privacy baked in

Urbvan raises 9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In emerging markets there are no copycats just budding entrepreneurs