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Canal+ acquires Nollywood studio ROK from IROKOtv to grow African film

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PayU, Naspers’ global fintech firm, enters Southeast Asia with acquisition of Red Dot Payment

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Only 2% of genomic material available for research comes from Africa, 54gene wants to change that

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Africa Roundup: Yamaha backs MAX, Founders Factory and Norrsken support startups, inside Ethiopia’s tech scene

by Holy Shit July 2, 2019, 4:13 am
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South African SME finance startup Lulalend raises $6.5M Series A

by Holy Shit June 26, 2019, 3:45 am
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African fintech dominates Catalyst Fund’s 2019 startup cohort

by Holy Shit June 21, 2019, 9:05 am
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MAX.ng raises $7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria

by Holy Shit June 20, 2019, 4:09 am
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Canada’s True North conference is not your typical tech event

by Holy Shit June 19, 2019, 5:07 pm
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Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down

by Holy Shit June 10, 2019, 8:13 pm
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Fintech platform Synapse raises $33M to build ‘the AWS of banking’

by Holy Shit June 7, 2019, 11:31 am
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Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers

by Holy Shit June 5, 2019, 4:03 pm
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DHL brings Africa eShop to 20 countries in a competitive nod to Jumia

by Holy Shit May 29, 2019, 3:12 am
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Nigeria’s Gokada raises $5.3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz

by Holy Shit May 24, 2019, 4:19 am