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Africa focused Andela cuts 400 staff as it confirms 50M in revenue

SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the worlds next bread basket one solar water pump at a time

Nigerian digital bank Kuda is the latest African startup to lay off employees

Kenyan BNPL startup Lipa Later eyes more African markets after raising 12 million

Terraformation gets 30M to fight climate change with rapid reforesting

Showing the power of startup womens health brands PG buys This is L

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises 138M Series A

Why Nigeria leads the way in YCs participation in Africa

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

Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

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

South Africas FlexClub raises 12M partners with Uber Mexico

Andela CEO confirms staff cuts as layoffs hit African tech

SVBled 100M investment makes Chipper Cash Africas most valuable startup

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

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

The motorcycle ridehailing wars in Nigeria and Uganda is SafeBodas to lose

Ugandas Rocket Health raises 5M in round led by Creadev to scale telemedicine across Africa

Nigerias AltSchool raises 1M preseed to build an alternative school for Africans

Payment startup Chipper Cash raises 6M for Southern Africa expansion

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

Ugandan lender Asaak raises 30million to support acquisition of motorbikes smartphones by taxi operators

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

African countries need startup acts more than ever to support innovation

Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa

Optibus taps 100M at a 13B valuation for its AIbased mass transit operations platform

SF based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria

Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises 11M backed by Womens World Banking Cardano parent IOG

Apeel gets more cash to fight poverty and food insecurity in emerging markets with its foodpreserving tech

Africa has another unicorn as Chipper Cash raises 100M Series C led by SVB Capital

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

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

African tech took center stage in 2021

Africas ridehail markets are hot spots for startups and VC

MFS Africa collects 100M to expand its digital payments gateway across the region

Moove raises 105M to scale its vehicle financing product across Asia Europe and MENA

Connecting African software developers with top tech companies nets Andela 100 million

Kenyan startup Wowzi secures 32 million from 4DX Ventures Andela cofounder to expand across Africa

Ghanas fintech Fido raises 30M to roll out new products and expand across Africa

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

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

MKOPA raises 75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets

Masa Finance gets 35M preseed to build its decentralized credit protocol

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

Uganda in the spotlight as countrys startups captivate YC Google

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with 20M Pepea fund

BuuPass raises 13M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa

African fintech firm Flutterwave raises 35M partners with Worldpay

Kenyan fintech Zanifu nabs 1M to bridge MSME financing gap eyes Ghana Uganda expansion