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Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya

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

Ondemand logistics startup Lalamove raises 300M for Asia growth and becomes a unicorn

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

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

Cathay Innovations first investment in Germany is healthcare startup Medwing

PanAfrican etailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue epayments and losses

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

What we know and dont about Goldman Sachs Africa VC investing

Global Fashion Group plans to raise 300M in Frankfurt IPO

4 keys to international expansion

African tech took center stage in 2021

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

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

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

The ecommerce boom is still afoot in Africa Jumias earnings indicate

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

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

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

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

Passbase is building a fullstack identity engine with privacy baked in

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfrica

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

Urbvan raises 9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

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

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

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

African ecommerce startup Jumia files for IPO on NYSE

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

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

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

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

How Bykea is winning Pakistans ridehailing and delivery market

Easyship a Stripe for global ecommerce shipping raises 4M

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

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

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

Why this Nigerian fintech startup is volunteering audited financials

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

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

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

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

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

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

In emerging markets there are no copycats just budding entrepreneurs