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Zambian cardissuing startup Union54 raises 12M led by Tiger Global

a16z Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in 20M round

Lessons from MPesa for Africas new VCrich fintech startups

Zambian card issuing startup Union54 raises 12M led by Tiger Global

3D Printing News Briefs: October 6 2017

Womenfocused PE fund Alitheia IDF raises 100 million to invest in genderdiverse businesses across Africa

Norebase raises 1M to allow companies start scale and operate in any African country

African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments

Africas top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO

Chinas growing digital influence in Africa

Kaseya hack floods hundreds of companies with ransomware

Backed by Schmidt Futures Cloudline raises 6M to take aerial autonomy green and mainstream

Google sets up 50M fund to invest in African startups

Mass transit group Swvl confirms estimated 100M acquisition of UK startup Zeelo

Identity verification company Youverify extends seed funding to 25M as it expands across Africa

UK police arrest 7 people in connection with Lapsus hacks

Ghanaian fintech Dash raises 328M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

Did African startups raise 496M 1B or 2B in 2019

South African startup Qwili gets 12M to scale its app and lowcost NFCenabled smartphone

African edtech startup uLesson raises 15M backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

TechCrunch roundup: Usagebased billing web3 fundraising Serena Williams next act

All eyes are on Swvl as it starts trading on a SPAC combination

South African crowdsolving startup Zindi building a community of data scientists and using AI to solve realworld problems

Navigating the risks of artificial intelligence and machine learning in lowincome countries

Finclusion raises 20M to build out creditled neobank offering across Africa

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

Clickatell raises 91M to scale its chat commerce platform and US expansion

Security lapse at South Africas LogBox exposed user accounts and medical data

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

South African payments startup Yoco raises 83M Series C backed by Dragoneer

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

Casava gets 4M preseed to make insurance affordable and accessible to Nigerians

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

3D Scanning Helps Crabby Scientists Gather Data

Carry1st has 4M to invest in African mobile gaming

African fintech firm Flutterwave raises 35M partners with Worldpay

Ralicap gets backing from global VCs and launches 30M fintech fund for emerging markets

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

Reports say African startups raised recordsmashing 43B to 5B in 2021

Stitch raises 21M for its API infrastructure and embedded finance platform

South Africas Quro Medical comes out of stealth with 11M to expand its hospitalathome service

Ivorian fintech Julaya raises 2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa

South African Surgeons Perform A Successful Middle Ear Transplant Using 3D Printing Technology

What we learned from selling a blockchain service to African governments

Egyptian fintech Sympl raises 6M for its save now pay later service

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

HealthLeap raises 11M preseed to reduce malnutrition in hospitals with clinical AI assistant

UK Fintech startup Leatherback raises 10M for its crossborder payments led by ZedCrest

Swvls 100m acquisition of Smart Bus startup Zeelo is off amid tech stocks slump

Africa Roundup: TLcom closes 71M fund Jumo raises 55M AWS partners with Safaricom