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What is Andela the Africa tech talent accelerator

Techled biofuel startup Koko Networks launches new consumer goods business in Kenya

Nigerias Topship raises 25M from Flexport and YC to help merchants with international shipping

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

Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa

Google opens product development center in Nairobi the first in Africa

Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

Update on Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch and its speculative IPO

SF based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria

Egyptian fintech Paymob raises 50M led by PayPal Ventures and Kora Capital

Kenya plans special startups employeeequity tax regime

Nigerias digital payroll platform Bento expands to Kenya Rwanda and Ghana to enter six other African markets in 2022

Ghanaian fintech Dash raises 328M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

Sokowatch rebrands to Wasoko as it raises 125M Series B from Tiger Global and Avenir

Andela begins global expansion in 37 countries months after going remote across Africa

Kenyas growth was strongest in Africas VC market Clean tech Ecommerce pulled in most of the funding

Interswitch to revive its Africa venture fund CEO confirms

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

MFS Africa acquires GTP for 34M as it looks to issue prepaid cards to its clients

Lessons from MPesa for Africas new VCrich fintech startups

Apeel gets more cash to fight poverty and food insecurity in emerging markets with its foodpreserving tech

Kenya suspends Worldcoin scans over security privacy and financial concerns

Africa Roundup: Goldman leads 30M Twiga raise China grows tech influence Jumia weathers lockupexpiry

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

Uber hits 1 billion rides in Africa

Kenyan BNPL startup Lipa Later eyes more African markets after raising 12 million

Andela CEO confirms staff cuts as layoffs hit African tech

Tech firms face higher levies as Kenya plans to double digital service tax

Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama closes 2M preseed as it scales to new markets

MoneyHash gets 3M to build a superAPI for payment operations in Africa Mideast

Kenyas Twiga dismisses inhouse sales team affecting 21 of it employees

Kenya turns to its mobilemoney dominance to stem the spread of COVID19

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

Kenyas president signs new law to police digital lenders apps have six months to apply for licenses

Nigerian onlineonly bank startup Kuda raises 16M

Online university Nexford will use 8M to plug affordability and relevance gaps in education

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

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

Days after pledging to expand internet Ethiopias government shuts it off

Daily Crunch: PayPal Ventures leads 50M Series B for Egyptian fintech Paymob

Ghanaian fintech Float raises 17M seed to power cash flow for commerce in Africa

TLDR: Trumps false claim about Amazon teleporting holograms Imagine Cup balloonpowered internet service

Visas Africa strategy banks on startup partnerships

mPharma raises 35million in round participated by Tinder cofounders JAM fund Bharti executive

Reports say African startups raised recordsmashing 43B to 5B in 2021

In Nigeria PalmPay waives fees and creates 100M COVID19 payout fund

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

Flutterwave denies money laundering and fraud allegations following accounts freeze by Kenyan court

MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global ecommerce site

BuuPass raises 13M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa