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

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

USbased fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenyas Daraja microfinance bank

ExMetaswitch CEO John Lazar joins Copias board as the Kenyan ecommerce outfit rakes in 20M to push toward profitability

Solar based ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

Norrsken VCs and 30 unicorn founders set up 200M fund to back growthstage startups in Africa

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

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

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

Vaya Africa launches electric ridehail taxi network

Leta a Kenyan supply chain and logistics SaaS provider raises 3M to scale in Africa

Masa Finance gets 35M preseed to build its decentralized credit protocol

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

Y Combinatorbacked Trella brings transparency to Egypts trucking and shipping industry

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy shuts down embarks on asset sale

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

What we know and dont about Goldman Sachs Africa VC investing

Faster deals less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals

YCbacked Namibian startup JABU gets 32M for its B2B ecommerce and retail play

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

EarthRanger program widens focus from elephant killers to crossspecies diplomacy

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

Interswitch CEO Mitchell Elegbe to discuss African fintech at TechCrunch Disrupt

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

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

Africa: more gazelles at home than unicorn IPOs abroad

Kenyan techenabled logistics platform Amitruck raises 4 million embarks on Uganda Tanzania expansion

Google opens product development center in Nairobi its first in Africa

CarePoint raises 10M to spread healthcare tech across Africa

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

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

African fintech OPay is reportedly raising 400M at over 15B valuation

The motorcycle ridehailing wars in Nigeria and Uganda is SafeBodas to lose

CcHub funds tech to curb COVID19 on concerns of an Africa outbreak

A snapshot of the leading startups in Africas top VC markets

Solarbased ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria

Andela CEO confirms staff cuts as layoffs hit African tech

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

Interswitch to revive its Africa venture fund CEO confirms

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

ImaliPay gets 3M to offer financial services to underserved gig workers across Africa

Kenyan edtech startup Craydel raises 1 million to enhance its technology

Kenyas fintech Power set to scale after 3M seed round

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

2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs China goes digital Nigeria becomes fintech capital

Nigerias CredPal secures 15M in debt and equity to scale its BNPL product across Africa

Africas top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO

YCbacked HRpayroll provider Workpay raises 27M to scale in Africa

WHO Africa hosts hackathons offers seed funds to fight COVID19