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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao talks regulation and platforms activities in Africa

A conversation with Tunde Kehinde of Lidya on finance and the digital divide

How emerging technologies can create a more equitable world

Two years after a first close 500 Startups wraps its Middle East fund with 33 million

Mecho Autotech gets 215M to expand vehicle maintenance and repair services in Nigeria

Naspers is in talks to invest in Southeast Asias Carousell

WHO Africa hosts hackathons offers seed funds to fight COVID19

Egypts Breadfast wants to build Gopuff for Africa and Middle East gets 26M backing

IBM Africa and Hello Tractor pilot AIblockchain agtech platform

Nigerian bankingasaservice platform Maplerad raises 6M led by Peter Thiels Valar Ventures

Why Nigeria leads the way in YCs participation in Africa

Startup Battlefield returns to SubSaharan Africa this December

Uber leads 100M investment in African mobility fintech Moove as valuation hits 750M

SPAC is a fourletter word again

Daily Crunch: Citing uncertain mortgage market Bettercom rolls out employee buyout plan

YCbacked Duplo raises 13M preseed to build financial OS for B2B companies in Nigeria

Daily Crunch: Porsche announces plans to build a global network of EV charging stations

Heres where YCs latest batch of founders are placing fintech bets

Apply for a free ticket to Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

Zedcrest launches 10 million emergency fund for African startups

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

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

Expanding its internet service to more countries in Africa Tizeti raises 3 million

Venture capital and the blockchain will be the talk at Startup Battlefield Africa

Ethiopian plastic upcycling startup Kubik gets fresh funding plans to license out its tech

Nigerias internet regulator releases draft to regulate Google Facebook TikTok and others

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

South Africas FlexClub raises 12M partners with Uber Mexico

BasiGo secures 43 million in seed funding to accelerate mass transit EV adoption in Kenya

This Egyptian matchmaking app is made for the conservative Arab world

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

Techstars raising 150 million for new accelerator fund

Norebase raises 1M to allow companies start scale and operate in any African country

Sudanese fintech Bloom nabs 65M backed by Y Combinator GFC and Visa

3D Printing in Africa: Kenya 3D Printing

Kenyas Wapi Pay raises 22M preseed for crossborder payments between Africa and Asia

Egyptian ridesharing company Swvl plans to go public in a 15B SPAC merger

AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

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

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

Intron Health gets backing for its speechrecognition tool that recognizes African accents

OpenseedVC which backs operators in Africa and Europe starting their companies reaches first close of 10M fund

Microsoft will spend 100M to open its first development center in Africa

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

WorldCover raises 6M round for emerging markets climate insurance

Diving deep into Africas blossoming tech scene

Miferia wants to expand its wholesale inventory marketplace across Latin America

TechCrunch is back in Africa next week

Daily Crunch: US dangles reward up to 10M for info on 6 elite Russian military hackers