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

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

Africas top angel Tomi Davies eyes startups and coinvestors

Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

Kaseya hack floods hundreds of companies with ransomware

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

Namibian B2B ecommerce retail platform JABU raises 15M led by Tiger Global

Ghanaian fintech Float raises 17M seed to power cash flow for commerce in Africa

Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa

Local venture capital fund formation is on the rise in Africa led by Nigeria

South Africas Yoco raises 16 million to boost digital services to small businesses

Jumia reports 30 growth in value of goods sold on its platform during Black Friday season this year

Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

Uber Africa launches Uber Cash with Flutterwave and explores EVs

Zindi taps 12000 African data scientists for solutions to COVID19

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

Dear Sophie: How to maneuver the latest travel bans H1B alternatives

New South African partnership gets 3M launches telehealth product

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

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

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

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

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

African crowdsolving startup Zindi scales 10000 data scientists

Churpy raises 1 million to help enterprises reconcile and manage payments across Africa

South Africas NFTfi raises 5M so people can use their NFTs as collateral for loans

Nigerian data analytics company Terragon acquires Asian mobile ad firm Bizense

Healthcare wearables level up with new moves from Apple and Alphabet

South Africas RecoMed raises 15M to scale its online healthcare marketplace

South Africas FlexClub raises 12M partners with Uber Mexico

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

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

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

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

South Africas edtech FoondaMate eyes speedy takeoff after 2M funding

Days after pledging to expand internet Ethiopias govt shuts it off

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

Africas ridehail markets are hot spots for startups and VC

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

Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained

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

These specialized Africa VC funds are welcoming coinvestors

3D Printing Africa: South Africas 3D Printing Sector

Africas top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO

UK police arrest 7 people in connection with Lapsus hacks

Kenyas fintech Kwara lands 4 Million in seed round from Breega SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions

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

Microsofts South African data centers are now open for Azure business

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