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

Facebook revamps its business tool lineup following threats to its ad targeting business

Fidelity Visa and Kingsway back South African fintech JUMO in 120M round

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

Churpy raises 1 million to help enterprises reconcile and manage payments across Africa

Naspers coleads 145M extension round in mobility startup WhereIsMyTransport

WorldCover raises 6M round for emerging markets climate insurance

Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa

a16z Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in 20M round

African countries need startup acts more than ever to support innovation

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

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

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

Africa Roundup: Local VC funds surge Naspers ramps up and fintech diversifies

Kenyas fintech Kwara lands 4 Million in seed round from Breega SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions

TechCrunch roundup: Usagebased billing web3 fundraising Serena Williams next act

South African crowdsolving startup Zindi building a community of data scientists and using AI to solve real world problems

Operas Africa fintech startup OPay gains 120M from Chinese investors

TradeDepot raises 110M from IFC Novastar to extend BNPL service to merchants across Africa

South African Mechanical Engineering Student Creates 3D Printer for Improving Farm Produce Quality

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

South Africas Root gets 3M plans to expand lowcode insurance platform to Europe

The future of remote work is text

Identity verification company Youverify extends seed funding to 25M as it expands across Africa

Clickatell raises 91M to scale its chat commerce platform and US expansion

Tunisian enterprise AI startup InstaDeep raises 100M from Alpha BioNTech Google

South African payments gateway Ozow raises 48M Series B led by Tencent

South Africas Khula closes 13M seed to scale its softwareforagriculture platform

3D Printing News Briefs: October 6 2017

Zindi taps 12000 African data scientists for solutions to COVID19

South Africas DataProphet closes 10M to scale its AIasaservice platform for manufacturers

Naspers Foundry is open for South African startup pitches CEO says

Transsions Future Hub and Kenyas Wapi Capital partner on Africa fund

Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

Jumia adapts PanAfrican ecommerce network in response to COVID19

Daily Crunch: After 16 months on the job Bettercom CTO Diane Yu steps down

South Africas Yoco raises 16 million to boost digital services to small businesses

Africas top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO

Namibian B2B ecommerce retail platform JABU raises 15M led by Tiger Global

3D Startup Africa: Interview with Hein Moller from TiziriTech

Naspers announces 300 million initiative to support startups and tech in South Africa

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

How a Ugandan prince and a crypto startup are planning an African revolution

South Africas FlexClub raises 12M partners with Uber Mexico

SF based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria

Ralicap gets backing from global VCs and launches 30M fintech fund for emerging markets

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

Nigerian data analytics company Terragon acquires Asian mobile ad firm Bizense

Diving deep into Africas blossoming tech scene

South Africas Quro Medical comes out of stealth with 11M to expand its hospitalathome service