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Africa Roundup: DHL invests in MallforAfrica Zipline launches in US Novastar raises 200M

ZirooPay raises 114M to scale its mobile POS solutions for retailers across Nigeria

A newly discovered malware hijacks Facebook Business accounts

MVP Match a techtalent marketplace raises 5M from Stage 2 Capital

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

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

This AI tool is translating 2000 African languages in a bid to boost local economies

The Fashion Kingdom an Egyptian fashion ecommerce startup raises 26M in seed funding

Metaverses grapple with Meta versus Apple

How African VC firm Oui Capital returned its first fund with Moniepoints unicorn exit

YoLa Fresh a GrubMarket for Morocco digs up 7M to connect farmers with food sellers

Interview with Malika Khodja on Women in 3D Printing

Bolt raises 709M at an 84B valuation to expand its transportation and food delivery super app

EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding

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

Paymob started by three college friends lands another 22 million and is profitable in Egypt

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

Seven scaleups hog over 70 funding to Africas Solar PayGo ventures

Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta cuts 10 of 500person staff

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

Cameroonian crypto and savings platform Ejara raises 8M led by Anthemis and Dragonfly

Nigerian digital bank FairMoney in talks to buy Umba in 20M allstock deal sources say

Accion Venture Lab launches 23M inclusive fintech startup fund

Pale Blue Dot backs Amini an African climate tech startup solving environmental data scarcity

Farm to Feed is cutting food loss and creating data platform to improve farming outcomes

MaxAB gets an extra 15M acquires YCbacked Moroccan startup WaystoCap

Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19

Taptap Send raises 65M to build crossborder remittances focused on the most underserved markets

Inside LemFis play to be fintech to the Global South diaspora

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy shuts down embarks on asset sale

Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar minigrid expansion in Nigeria rest of Africa

The 25 crypto startups that Y Combinator is backing in its W22 batch

African payment service provider Nomba raises 30M backed by Base10 Partners and Shopify

Stitch raises 25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital increasing the rounds total to 46M

PanAfrican contrarian investor P1 Ventures reaches 25M first close for its second fund

3D Scanning Helps Crabby Scientists Gather Data

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

Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise 99M in VC

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises 138M Series A

Naspers coleads 145M extension round in mobility startup WhereIsMyTransport

Bolt to expand EV option in South Africa

Axmed raises 2M from Founderful to streamline drug supply chains in underserved markets

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

Nigerian businesses can now accept Apple Pay on Paystack

Security lapse at South Africas LogBox exposed user accounts and medical data

Satgana appoints Anil Maguru as partner to back climatetech startups in Europe Africa

MENA VC Flat6Labs new fund to back startups in East West Africa

Definitely dont use these VPNs to avoid Ugandas social media tax

Egypts Mtor nabs 28M preseed for its online auto parts marketplace

Kenyabased fintech 4G Capital to scale lending after raising 185M from Lightrock