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Tage Kene-Okafor


  1. Egypt’s Khazna banks $16M for its financial super app and expansion into Saudi

  2. AI agents for e-commerce startup, founded by Google and DeepMind alums, raises $10M seed

  3. Stablecoins are finding product market fit in emerging markets

  4. QED seeds $9.9M in Cedar Money, a stablecoin payment platform

  5. Uber-backed mobility fintech Moove acquires Brazil’s Kovi, takes ARR to $275M

  6. This fintech has a fix for the biggest cross-border payments issues in Francophone Africa

  7. African fintech Moniepoint gets Visa backing, plans to work on contactless payments

  8. MoneyHash, which provides single access to payment services in MENA, banks $5.2M

  9. How African VC firm Oui Capital returned its first fund with Moniepoint’s unicorn exit

  10. Fast-growing South African venture FARO raises $6M to source, refurbish and sell surplus clothing

  11. LemFi moves remittances further into Asia and Europe with $53M in new funding

  12. Africa’s newest fintech unicorns are winning by keeping their feet on the ground

  13. Nubank leads $250M round in African digital bank Tyme at $1.5B valuation

  14. This stealthy African stablecoin startup already processed over $1B in cross-border payments

  15. As YC retreats from Africa, alumni launch accelerators to fill the gap

  16. HUB2 banks $8.5M to become the ‘Stripe for Francophone Africa’

  17. Ex-NBA athlete Omri Casspi launches $60M fund targeting cybersecurity, cloud infra and AI

  18. Financial inclusion drives African fintech M-KOPA to $400M in ARR

  19. Eyewa now has 150 stores selling eyeglasses in the Middle East and just raised $100M to add 100 more

  20. Eyewa now has 150 stores selling eyeglasses in the Mideast, and just raised $100M to add 100 more

  21. Altos Ventures, an early backer of Coupang and Roblox, raises $500M fund

  22. African ‘gender-equal’ VC Janngo Capital closes second fund at $78M

  23. Google, DPI backs African fintech Moniepoint in $110M round

  24. Paymob, started by three college friends, lands another $22 million and is profitable in Egypt

  25. Ziina banks $22M as growth explodes for the UAE-based fintech for small businesses

  26. Payroll startup Cercli inks $4M to build the “Rippling for the Middle East and North Africa”

  27. From InstaDeep to Paystack: Here are Africa’s biggest startup exits and how much they raised

  28. African B2B e-commerce startups Wasoko and MaxAB complete merger: Interview with co-CEO Daniel Yu

  29. Kenyan HR and payroll startup Workpay lands Visa as investor in $5M round

  30. Waza comes out of stealth with $8M to power global trade for African businesses

  31. African e-commerce company Jumia completes sale of secondary shares at $99.6M

  32. Conduit’s cross-border payments expand from LatAm into Africa with $6M round

  33. Jumia plans to raise more than $100 million in secondary shares to drive stalled user growth  

  34. Egypt’s Cartona raises $8.1M even as investors pull back from B2B e-commerce in Africa

  35. Egypt’s MNT-Halan banks $157.5M, gobbles up a fintech in Turkey to expand

  36. Endeavor CEO says long-term capital needs to be prioritized in emerging ecosystems

  37. Israel’s startup scene shows reslience despite nine months of war

  38. Cadana, an emerging markets payroll services provider for global hiring platforms, banks $7.1M seed

  39. Paris-based VC Breega hits first close of $75M Africa fund to back pre-seed and seed startups

  40. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s former chief scientist, launches new AI company

  41. Sources: Wasoko-MaxAB e-commerce merger faces delays amid headwinds in Africa

  42. Once serving war-torn Sudan, YC-backed Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally

  43. YoLa Fresh, a GrubMarket for Morocco, digs up $7M to connect farmers with food sellers

  44. Iyris makes fresh produce easier to grow in difficult climates, raises $16M

  45. OpenseedVC, which backs operators in Africa and Europe starting their companies, reaches first close of $10M fund

  46. Accion’s new $152.5M fund will back financial institutions serving small businesses globally

  47. Jumia is back, growing total sales and orders in Q1 2024

  48. Amazon finally puts down e-commerce roots in Africa

  49. Accel leads $4M investment in Egyptian corporate cards platform Swypex

  50. Renda, which provides order fulfillment for businesses in Africa, takes in $1.9M