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

Africa Roundup: MEST Airbus and Microsoft expand in Africa while Afrostream shutters

Nigerias ThankUCash secures 53M to build infrastructure for cashback deals and BNPL services

Interswitch receives 110M investment from LeapFrog and Tana Africa Capital

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

African B2B ecommerce giant Wasoko marked down to 260M after VC halves stake

Lee Fixels Addition leads 6M seed round in Egyptian fintech Flash

Boomplay a Spotifystyle music and video streaming service for African music and Africa raises 20M

Japans SBI Holdings commits 40M to anchor Novastar Ventures future funds

As the global venture capital market slows Africa charts its own course

How fintech and serial founders drove African preseed investing to new heights in 2020

African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises 30M backed by Jeff Bezos

Parisbased VC firm Partech unveils Chapter54 accelerator to help European startups cross into Africa

Waza comes out of stealth with 8M to power global trade for African businesses

Tala grabs 145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets

What African B2B ecommerce startups can learn from OmniRetails profitable run

New South African partnership gets 3M launches telehealth product

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

Moove takes in 76M equity debt from Mubadala and BlackRock at a 550M valuation

South African startup Talk360s seed funding hits 7M after new backing

Diving deep into Africas blossoming tech scene

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

Only 2 of genomic material available for research comes from Africa 54gene wants to change that

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

SVBled 100M investment makes Chipper Cash Africas most valuable startup

Madica a program by Flourish Ventures steps up preseed investing in Africa

Workers that made ChatGPT less harmful ask lawmakers to stem alleged exploitation by Big Tech

HealthLeap raises 11M preseed to reduce malnutrition in hospitals with clinical AI assistant

Definitely dont use these VPNs to avoid Ugandas social media tax

Public techs espresso shot is quite literally the Cloud

Byld Ventures a 15M fund backs fintechs in Africa

Nigerias ThankUCash secures 53M to build infrastructure for cash back deals and BNPL services

Video elearning platform for MENA Almentor closes 65M Series B led by Partech

South African voters fear mobile political campaigns will steal their personal info

Kenyas fintech Kwara lands 4 Million in seed round from Breega SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions

Dash CEO placed on indefinite administrative leave as the Insightbacked startup carries out financial audit

What we know and dont about Goldman Sachs Africa VC investing

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

Opontia gets 42M to buy more ecommerce brands in Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa

Flutterwaves chief on the companys executive hires product focus and IPO plans

Egyptbased celebrity platform Minly acquires Dubais Oulo to consolidate its position in the GCC

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

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

Starting in wartorn Sudan YCbacked Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally

Pivo powers up Nigerian freight carriers with a bespoke digital bank gets 2M seed funding

PanAfrican etailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue epayments and losses

Uganda in the spotlight as countrys startups captivate YC Google

Virridy raises 55M to expand its sensor catalog

Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with 20M Pepea fund

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