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Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks

Losses at SoftBanks Vision Funds have consumed nearly all their historical gains

UK to toughen telecoms security controls to shrink 5G risks

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Africa Roundup: Africas tech ecosystem responds to COVID19

Visa and Kenyas Safaricom partner on MPesa payments and tech

Indias Awfis raises 30M to grow its coworking spaces business

SoftBank leads 150M round for Fireworks shoppable video

Paack pulls in a 225M Series D led by SoftBank to scale its Ecommerce delivery platform

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

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

EduMe raises 20M to scale its corporate learning platform targeting gig workers and other deskless employees

Africa Roundup: African startup investments turn to fintech this winter season

SoftBankbacked construction giant Katerra said to be shutting down after raising billions

Vision Fund startups Fanatics and Coupang unite to sell US sports merch in Korea

Uh oh European carriers are trying to get into personalized ad targeting

Karius raises 165 million for its liquid biopsy technology identifying diseases in a drop of blood

Kenyan telco Safaricoms Alpha incubator faces uncertain future

SoftBanks 100 million diversity and inclusion fund makes its first bet in health Vitable Health

Advocating reform activist investor Elliott Management takes a 25B stake in SoftBank

5G needs a new mindset towards Internet rules telcos warn

AWS partners with Kenyas Safaricom on cloud and consulting services

Spirable refuels with 74M to serve more personalized video ads in the US

Forto raises 240M in funding round led by Softbank taking its valuation to 12Bn

Startups Weekly: SoftBanks second act

US giants top tech industrys 100M a year lobbying blitz in EU

Lowcode integration platform Digibee raises 25M Series A

Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 125M from SoftBanks HAPSMobile

China Roundup: SoftBank leads Didis 500M round and Meituan crosses 100B valuation

Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises 17M to scale across MENA

Twitter leads call for EU lawmakers to think beyond big tech

Chinas Jaka Robotics fueled by Saudi Arabias Prosperity7 in global push

Loon and SoftBanks HAPSMobile team with Airbus China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell networks

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

Kenya turns to MPesa mobilemoney to stem the spread of COVID19

Softbank leads a 120 million round for insurance startup Lemonade

SoftBanks Vision Fund is preparing to invest 1 billion in Grab

Peak raises 75M for a platform that helps nontech companies build AI applications

SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat

Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps 500M in Bettercom at 6B valuation

How SoftBanks Vision Fund turned losses into gold this summer

Africa Roundup: Visa connects to MPesa Flutterwave enters ecommerce

Karius raises 165 million for its liquid biopsy technology identifying diseases with a blood draw

SoftBank expects 24 billion in losses from Vision Fund WeWork and OneWeb investments

SoftBank leads cash infusion into AI infrastructure company Pyxis One as it starts year with new name

India grants approval for 5G trials avoids Chinese firms

Cuckoo Internet closes Seed funding to disrupt UK broadband market

H Twenty Capital aims to be goto fund for preseed investments in Latin America

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

Funnel a nocode tool for marketers to organize disparate data sources raises 66M in preIPO round