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Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Mechanical Engineer Launches Campaign to Provide 3D Printed Breast Prostheses to 1000 Women in Need

Naspers is in talks to invest in Southeast Asias Carousell

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

Collaboration Leads to South Africas First Platinum 3D Print

African VC TLcom Capital invests 5M in Nigerian data analytics firm Terragon Group

SendSprint by exFlutterwave executive hits market with 5 flat fee for all international money transfers

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

Francophone African super app Gozem grabs 5M to expand and offer more services

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

Big tech companies in the spotlight as South Africa investigates dominance abuse

Africa Roundup: Zimbabwes net blackout Partechs 143M fund Andelas 100M raise Flutterwaves pivot

Africas top mobile phone seller Transsion lists in Chinese IPO

Nigeria is becoming Africas unofficial tech capital

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

Catalyst Fund gets 15M from JP Morgan UK Aid to back 30 EM fintech startups

Naspers leads 11M investment in South African insurtech Naked

Norrsken VCs and 30 unicorn founders set up 200M fund to back growthstage startups in Africa

Africa Roundup: Canal acquires ROK Flutterwave and Alipay partner OPay raises 50M

Zindi taps 12000 African data scientists for solutions to COVID19

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

Africas top angel Tomi Davies eyes startups and coinvestors

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises 8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

Taika is building a better coffee through natural chemistry and adaptogens

Daily Crunch: After 16 months on the job Bettercom CTO Diane Yu steps down

South Africas edtech FoondaMate eyes speedy takeoff after 2M funding

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

Africa Roundup: Yamaha backs MAX Founders Factory and Norrsken support startups inside Ethiopias tech scene

What we know and dont about Goldman Sachs Africa VC investing

Sokowatch rebrands to Wasoko as it raises 125M Series B from Tiger Global and Avenir

Carry1st has 4M to invest in African mobile gaming

South Africas Khula closes 13M seed to scale its softwareforagriculture platform

Nigerias OnePipe raises 35M to double down on its embedded finance offering

MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global ecommerce site

African fintech firm Flutterwave raises 35M partners with Worldpay

Africas ridehail markets are hot spots for startups and VC

These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech

TLcom Capital closes 71M Africa fund with plans to back 12 startups

South Africas Envisionit Deep AI gets 165M to expand access to medical imaging

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies

Naspers announces 300 million initiative to support startups and tech in South Africa

Solar based ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

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

Chinas growing digital influence in Africa

The Sun Exchange raises 3M for crypto driven solar power in Africa

YCbacked Namibian startup JABU gets 32M for its B2B ecommerce and retail play

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

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships