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Selina raises 150M to dish out flexible loans that leverage home equity

In emerging markets there are no copycats just budding entrepreneurs

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises 30M backed by Goldman Sachs

African tech took center stage in 2021

Easyship a Stripe for global ecommerce shipping raises 4M

PanAfrican etailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue epayments and losses

Chari a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores raises 5M at 70M valuation

Flink the Berlinbased instant grocery startup is now valued at 285B after raising 750M in a round led by DoorDash

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

African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME ecommerce portal

Passbase is building a fullstack identity engine with privacy baked in

African ecommerce startup Jumias shares open at 1450 in NYSE IPO

Carsome raises 19M for its usedcar sales platform in Southeast Asia

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

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfrica

DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallforAfricacom

Global Founders Capital will deploy Rocket Internets cash instead of raising a new fund

Project A Ventures closes its fourth fund hitting 375M the largest to date

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

Automotive marketplace Carro acquires Indonesias Jualo extends Series B to 90M

Bringing affiliate marketing and outsourced customer acquisition to Brazil nets Escale 226 million

Cathay Innovations first investment in Germany is healthcare startup Medwing

Korean hotel platform Yanolja raises 180M at a valuation of over 1B

SumUp raises 624M at 85B valuation with its payments and business tech now used by 4M SMBs

Nigerias Gloong drops consumer ecommerce pivots to eprocurement

4 keys to international expansion

Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa

Meal planner startup Kitchenful raises 19M from VentureFriends Goodwater Capital and Jabbar

Urbvan raises 9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

Payments firm InstaRem has raised 20 million from the first close of its series C funding

Brazilian digital auto marketplace InstaCarro revs up with 23M in funding

MallforAfrica and DHL launch MarketPlace Africa global ecommerce site

Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises 20M round backed by Toyota

How Bykea is winning Pakistans ridehailing and delivery market

As it delists Rocket Internets illfated experiment with public markets is over

Africa Roundup: Jumia files for IPO OneFi acquires Amplify FlexClub expands in Mexico

Passbase is building a full stack identity engine with privacy baked in

Could Claap an asynchronous video meetings platform end the tyranny of Zoom calls

Food delivery startup Dahmakan eats up 5M for expansion in Southeast Asia

South African fintech startup Jumo raises second 50M VC round

TikTok parent ByteDance leads 6M round in financial AI startup Lingxi

Jumia DHL and Alibaba will face off in African ecommerce 20

Sunday competitor Qlub emerges with 17M Seed round from Cherry and Point Nine

Southeast Asias Carro raises 60M for its automotive classifieds and car financing service

GuestReady a service for Airbnb hosts doubles down on Europe with another acquisition

Moroccos Chari valued at 100M in bridge round as it looks to pilot BNPL services

European point of sale provider SumUp acquires customer loyalty startup Fivestars for 317M

Korean hotel firm Yanolja moves into Southeast Asia with 15M investment in Zen Rooms

Kenyas Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after 30M raise led by Goldman