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Tanzanian fintech NALA raises 10M seed to build Revolut for Africa

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

Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

Bolt to expand EV option in South Africa

African VC TLcom Capital invests 5M in Nigerian data analytics firm Terragon Group

SoftBank sinks 200M into Andela propels company into unicorn territory

Startup incubator Nailab invests 25K in East African startups

Jetstream a Ghanaian elogistics platform for Africas B2B importers and exporters takes in 13M equity debt

African B2B ecommerce startup Sabi tops 300M valuation in new funding

What we learned from selling a blockchain service to African governments

African crowdsolving startup Zindi scales 10000 data scientists

Nigerias Grey raises 2M for crossborder payments play and regional expansion

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

Nigerian agritech startup Releaf secures 42M to scale its food processing technology

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

QED Investors hires Gbenga Ajayi as partner to focus on investments in Africa

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

Kenyas fintech Power set to scale after 3M seed round

Mr Eazi Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

Vendease a food procurement platform for African restaurants nabs 30M led by Partech Africa and TLcom

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

Big tech companies in the spotlight as South Africa investigates dominance abuse

South Africas Root gets 3M plans to expand lowcode insurance platform to Europe

3D Scanning Helps Crabby Scientists Gather Data

Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups

Ivorian ecommerce startup ANKA formerly Afrikrea raises 62M preSeries A

Hear about investing in African tech at Disrupt SF with Marieme Diop Wale Ayeni and Sheel Mohnot

Facebook revamps its business tool lineup following threats to its ad targeting business

With 3M new funding Egyptian startup OneOrder sets out on growth drive

Francophone African super app Gozem grabs 5M to expand and offer more services

Palmhr raises 5M embarks on MENA growth

Kenyan insurtech startup Lami enters Malawi DRC after acquiring Bluewave eyes rest of Africa

South Africas Revio allows businesses to connect to multiple payment methods and reduce failures

SPAC is a fourletter word again

Egyptian startup Capiter raises 33M to expand B2B ecommerce platform across MENA

Africa: more gazelles at home than unicorn IPOs abroad

Uzoma Dozies Sparkle raises 31M for personal business neobank play in Nigeria

Nigerian financial management app for merchants Kippa bags 84M in new funding

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

Watch every panel and session from Startup Battlefield Africa 2017

Subscription carbon offsetting platform Ecologi hits 8M total raised includes General Catalyst

Byjus targets global expansion for its digital education service after raising 540M

Daily Crunch: After 16 months on the job Bettercom CTO Diane Yu steps down

Extra Crunch roundup: Livestream ecommerce growth marketing interviews CEO for a day

Tastemakers raises 1M to sell Africa experiences to the world

Ghanaian fintech Dash raises 328M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

MARA raises 23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africas portal to the crypto economy

CoCreation Hubs edtech accelerator puts 15M towards African startups

Are debt financings the new venture round for fintechs

Can artificial intelligence give elephants a winning edge