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Nigerian mobilitytech startup MAX bags 31 million in Series B round set to expand across Africa build EV infrastructure

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

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

Kenyas Lami raises 18M to scale API insurance platform across Africa

Nigerian edtech startup Teesas secures 16 million in preseed round to launch tutor marketplace expand in East Southern Francophone Africa in 2022

Norrsken Foundations hub opens in Rwanda to house 1000 entrepreneurs by next year

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

TechCrunchs Startup Battlefield is coming soon to Beirut So Paulo and Lagos

TLcom and 4DX drive 131M seed round to scale Autocheks platform across Africa

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

African logistics startup Lori Systems raises Series A led by Chinese investors

Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Fluterwave 35M Sendy 20M

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

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC raises 12 million

Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa

Kenyabased agritech Apollo raises 40 million in Softbankled round joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative CDC

Kenyan fintech Asilimia raises 2 million in a preseed round plans to extend loans to MSMEs and expand in East Africa

Africa Roundup: TLcom closes 71M fund Jumo raises 55M AWS partners with Safaricom

Sudans first YCbacked startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth

Daily Crunch: 2 months after launching So Paulobased payments startup Yuno raises 10M

Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services

Norrsken opens East Africa startup fund and hub in Kigali

Kenyan lowcost ISP Poa Internet secures 28 million in round led by AfDBbacked Africa50 plans to link region with cheap limitfree connectivity

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

Kenyas AIfluence closes 1M for its AIpowered influencer marketing platform

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa

EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding

Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya

Africa Roundup: Yamaha backs MAX Founders Factory and Norrsken support startups inside Ethiopias tech scene

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

MAXng raises 7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria

Nigerias CcHub acquires Kenyas iHub to create mega Africa incubator

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Ivorian fintech Julaya raises 2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa

TechCrunchs Startup Battlefield is coming soon to Beirut So Paolo and Lagos

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

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

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

Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda

VCs set sights on African countries beyond the Big Four

African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect

SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the worlds next bread basket one solar water pump at a time

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

Metas NPE team takes a global focus with seedstage investments offices in emerging markets