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Into Africa: tech leaders weigh in on Jack Dorseys planned move to the continent

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

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

South African talent marketplace OfferZen gets 52M to deepen European expansion

New South African partnership gets 3M launches telehealth product

Taika is building a better coffee through natural chemistry and adaptogens

EV conversion startup Opibus raises 75M to start bus and motorcycle mass production

BlackSkys latest satellites return images just 58 hours after SpaceX launch

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

Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana

Meta faces prosecution in South Africa for alleged antitrust breach

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

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

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

South African payments gateway Ozow raises 48M Series B led by Tencent

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

Moderna says its making variantspecific COVID19 vaccines but its existing vaccine should still work

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

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

Nigerias digital payroll platform Bento expands to Kenya Rwanda and Ghana to enter six other African markets in 2022

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

South African SME finance startup Lulalend raises 65M Series A

Zambian cardissuing startup Union54 raises 12M led by Tiger Global

UK police arrest 7 people in connection with Lapsus hacks

Kaseya hack floods hundreds of companies with ransomware

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

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

3D Printing News Briefs December 2 2023: Metal Powder Additive Construction More

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

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

TechCrunch roundup: Usagebased billing web3 fundraising Serena Williams next act

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

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

As the global venture capital market slows Africa charts its own course

VertoFX raises 2M for its African and EM currency trading platform

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

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

MoneyHash gets 3M to build a superAPI for payment operations in Africa Mideast

Nigeria is becoming Africas unofficial tech capital

WHO Africa hosts hackathons offers seed funds to fight COVID19

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

Google sets up 50M fund to invest in African startups

How a Ugandan prince and a crypto startup are planning an African revolution

Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in 60 markets

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

COVID19 and Trump visa ban leave South Africa biotech startup in limbo as it plots move to Seattle

TradeDepot raises 110M from IFC Novastar to extend BNPL service to merchants across Africa