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Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO

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

Novastar Ventures becomes 200M African VC fund after 108M raise

Terraformation gets 30M to fight climate change with rapid reforesting

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

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

African tech took center stage in 2021

MFS Africa leads 23M seed round in Ugandan fintech startup Numida

Update on Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch and its speculative IPO

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

Africa Roundup: Goldman backs Kobo360 Rwanda commits to EVs Interswitch IPO update

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

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

Kenyan agtech iProcure raises 102M to grow its input supply network

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

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

Flutterwave and Visa launch African consumer payment service GetBarter

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Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

African logistics startup Lori Systems raises Series A led by Chinese investors

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

Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa

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

Uganda in the spotlight as countrys startups captivate YC Google

BuuPass raises 13M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa

Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa

Andela begins global expansion in 37 countries months after going remote across Africa

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

Binance begins to restrict US users ahead of regulatorycompliant exchange launch

African countries need startup acts more than ever to support innovation

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

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

Sudans first YCbacked startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises 138M Series A

African fintech firm Flutterwave raises 35M partners with Worldpay

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

Interswitch CEO Mitchell Elegbe to discuss African fintech at TechCrunch Disrupt

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

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

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

Africas ridehail markets are hot spots for startups and VC

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

2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs China goes digital Nigeria becomes fintech capital

Samasource raises 148M for global AI data biz driven from Africa

Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda

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

Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets 360M mints unicorn draws Chinese VC

Nigerias Interswitch confirms 1B valuation after Visa investment

Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa