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Antler East Africa closes 135M fund to invest in earlystage startups
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Kenyan fintech Asilimia raises 2 million in a preseed round plans to extend loans to MSMEs and expand in East Africa
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Local venture capital fund formation is on the rise in Africa led by Nigeria
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TechCrunchs Startup Battlefield is coming soon to Beirut So Paolo and Lagos
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Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19
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MFS Africa collects 100M to expand its digital payments gateway across the region
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Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa
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MKOPA raises 75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets
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Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa
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Ugandan fintech Asaak raises 30million to support acquisition of motorbikes smartphones by taxi operators
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Sim Shagayas uLesson African edtech startup raises 31M
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Metas NPE team takes a global focus with seedstage investments offices in emerging markets
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TLcom and 4DX drive 131M seed round to scale Autocheks platform across Africa
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VCs set sights on African countries beyond the Big Four
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Kenyan lowcost ISP Poa Internet secures 28 million in round led by AfDBbacked Africa50 plans to link region with cheap limitfree connectivity
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African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect
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Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC raises 12 million
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Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to 143 million
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Nigerias Teesas secures 16M to expand across Africa and launch tutor marketplace
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Kenya turns to its mobilemoney dominance to stem the spread of COVID19
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Norrsken opens East Africa startup fund and hub in Kigali
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Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19
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MallforAfrica goes global Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC France explains its 76M fund
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African logistics startup Lori Systems raises Series A led by Chinese investors
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Norrsken Foundations hub opens in Rwanda to house 1000 entrepreneurs by next year
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Visa and Kenyas Safaricom partner on MPesa payments and tech
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A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets
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Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19
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Kenyas Wapi Pay raises 22M preseed for crossborder payments between Africa and Asia
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Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz
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Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail
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Africa Roundup: TLcom closes 71M fund Jumo raises 55M AWS partners with Safaricom
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Goldman backed ventures Jumia and Twiga partner on produce in Kenya
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Nigerian edtech startup Teesas secures 16 million in preseed round to launch tutor marketplace expand in East Southern Francophone Africa in 2022
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Goldfinch raises 25M from a16z to power its DeFi lending protocol for borrowers in developing countries
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Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future
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Why COVID19 could delay Interswitch Africas next big IPO
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EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding
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Novastar Ventures becomes 200M African VC fund after 108M raise
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Africa Roundup: Canal acquires ROK Flutterwave and Alipay partner OPay raises 50M
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Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa
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Startups BRCK and Swvl partner on free WiFi for Kenyan ridehail buses
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Daily Crunch: 2 months after launching So Paulobased payments startup Yuno raises 10M
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Umba a digital bank for emerging markets raises 2M Seed funding to expand across Africa
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Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Flutterwaves 35M and Sendys 20M
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MoneyHash gets 3M to build a superAPI for payment operations in Africa Mideast
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Africa Roundup: Jumias IPO DHL launches Africa eShop Cathays 168M VC fund ConnectMed acquired
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Sudans first YCbacked startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth
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Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda
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The Sun Exchange raises 3M for crypto driven solar power in Africa