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Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Fluterwave 35M Sendy 20M

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises 138M Series A

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

Could developing renewable energy microgrids make Energicity Africas utility of the future

Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Flutterwaves 35M and Sendys 20M

Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda

3D Printing Changing Lives Through Provision of Orthopedic Devices in Togo

Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups

TLcom and 4DX drive 131M seed round to scale Autocheks platform across Africa

Betastore gets 25M to solve stockouts financing challenges for informal retailers in West and Central Africa

Africa Roundup: African startup investments turn to fintech this winter season

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

Ghanas OZ gets 3M to scale its digital recordkeeping and embedded finance products

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

Nigerias Sendbox raises 18M to provide ecommerce fulfilment for small merchants

Sokowatch raises 14M to digitize Africas informal B2B supplychain

Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M

Faster deals less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals

MainOne CEO Funke Opeke says Equinix is buying her company for the right price

Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya

IROKO cofounder Bastian Gotter raises 32M seed for new venture Bamba

Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator

Credit startup Migo expands to Brazil on 20M raise and Africa growth

MAXng raises 7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria

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

Senegals NIMA Codes to launch address app in 15 African countries

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

Visa partners with Paga on payments and fintech for Africa and abroad

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

Kenyan B2B ecommerce platform Marketforce cut about 9 of staff in reorganization strategy

Kenyas Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after 30M raise led by Goldman

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

Nigerias Rensource raises 20M to power African markets by solar

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

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

Kenyabased agritech Apollo raises 40 million in Softbankled round joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative CDC

African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments

African healthtech startups in the supply chain segment show rapid growth spurring a 7M investment initiative

Africas ridehail markets are hot spots for startups and VC

Kenyan lowcost ISP Poa Internet secures 28 million in round led by AfDBbacked Africa50 plans to link region with cheap limitfree connectivity

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

Microsoft secures court order to take down malicious homoglyph domains