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Daily Crunch: Childfriendly Amazon Glow video chat projector now available across the US

Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO

PawaPay raises 9M seed backed by MSA 88mph and Mr Eazis Zagadat Capital

African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over 3B after 250M Series D

Algerias Yassir picks up 30M to build a super app in North Africa

PalmPay launches in Nigeria on 40M round led by Chinas Transsion

South African car subscription service Planet42 raises 100M equity debt

International startups shrug off US insurtech meltdown

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

Kenyabased aquaculture tech Victory Farms nets 5M funding to expand into new markets

3D Printing in Africa: Kenya 3D Printing

Hey look some startups are still raising money

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

Zola Electric closes 90M funding round to scale technology and enter new markets

PayU Naspers global fintech firm enters Southeast Asia with acquisition of Red Dot Payment

Nigerias Etap gets 15M preseed to make buying car insurance easier

Why mobile access wont mend our digital divide without fixedline broadband

Daily Crunch: Tata Group releases super app that bundles 11 consumer services

Clickatell raises 91M to scale its chat commerce platform and US expansion

Bolt raises 50M in venture debt from the EU to expand its ridehailing business

Nigerias Teesas secures 16M to expand across Africa and launch tutor marketplace

Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises 17M to scale across MENA

YCbacked HRpayroll provider Workpay raises 27M to scale in Africa

South Africas NFTfi raises 5M so people can use their NFTs as collateral for loans

DXwand raises 4M to scale its conversational AI platform serving enterprises in MENA

DNA evidence zeroes in on three African cartels behind illegal elephant ivory trade

Internet of Elephants uses AR to get up close to endangered species turns their migrations into a game

Kenya plans special startups employeeequity tax regime

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

These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech

Naspers leads 11M investment in South African insurtech Naked

Stitch gets a 2M seed extension hires Benjamin Dada to lead Nigerian expansion

South African payments startup Yoco raises 83M Series C backed by Dragoneer

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

MKOPA snaps up 250M debt equity for its asset financing platform

Bfree a Nigerian startup enabling lenders recover debt ethically gets 3M backing

Sun King a provider of solar energy products in Africa and Asia expands Series D to 330M

Got questions for the Mark Zuckerberg of farming Wefarms Kenny Ewan is joining us on TNW Answers

Kenyan foodtech startup Kune raises 1M preseed for its readytoeat meals service

EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding

Zindi rallies Africas data scientists to crowdsolve local problems

Daily Crunch: Citrix to be acquired by Vista and EvergreenElliott in 165B allcash deal

Paystack expands to South Africa seven months after Stripe acquisition

Alleged security breach leaves millions of dollars missing from Flutterwave accounts

Dont miss out on tickets to Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

Egypts MNTHalan banks 1575M gobbles up a fintech in Turkey to expand

Nigerias lender Payhippo raises 3 million in seed funding to extend quick loans to SMEs

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

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

Spacetech growth the future of micromobility and how to solve the hell of open offices