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

Africa Roundup: Zimbabwes net blackout Partechs 143M fund Andelas 100M raise Flutterwaves pivot

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

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after 1 million preseed funding

Nigerias Autochek acquires Cheki Kenya and Uganda from ROAM Africa

Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to 143 million

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 6M expands in Africa

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

Antler East Africa closes 135M fund to invest in earlystage startups

The Sun Exchange raises 3M for crypto driven solar power in Africa

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

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

Nigerias Helium Health raises 10M Series A for Africa expansion

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

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

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

Africa Roundup: Trumps Nigeria ban Pagas acquisition and raises Flutterwaves 35M and Sendys 20M

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

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

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

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

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

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

AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services

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

Africa Roundup: Jumias IPO DHL launches Africa eShop Cathays 168M VC fund ConnectMed acquired

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

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

Goldfinch raises 25M from a16z to power its DeFi lending protocol for borrowers in developing countries

Local venture capital fund formation is on the rise in Africa led by Nigeria

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

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

MallforAfrica goes global Kobo360 and Sokowatch raise VC France explains its 76M fund

Startups BRCK and Swvl partner on free WiFi for Kenyan ridehail buses

Nigerias Gokada raises 53M round for its motorcycle ridehail biz

Sokowatch closes 2 million seed round to modernize Africas B2B retail

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

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

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

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

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

Googles Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Ugandas SafeBoda

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

Kenyas Twiga raises 50M to scale food solutions across Africa

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

Two years after a first close 500 Startups wraps its Middle East fund with 33 million

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

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

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