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Savannah Fund launches $25M fund to invest in African startups at seed and Series A

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Savannah Fund , a pan-African venture capital firm, today announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the continent. Since launching in 2012, Savannah Fund — led by Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel — has backed more than 30 startups. Mbwana Ally (Managing Partner, Savannah Fund).

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Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding

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Qotto , a solar kits provider with operations in Burkina Faso and Benin, has raised $8 million in a Series A equity-debt round led by the IBL group, a billion-dollar conglomerate headquartered in Mauritius with business interests in a number of sectors including energy, financial services, logistics, distribution, and engineering.

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Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19

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Microtraction , an early-stage venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, saw funding nearly quadruple for its portfolio. In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. But it’s completely different in Africa.

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Norebase raises $1M to allow companies start, scale, and operate in any African country

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Trade has the least startup activity in a market that received $5 billion in VC funding last year. “Providing a framework where people can operate and scale their solutions to several markets at once is incredibly important,” said Onayemi, who also co-founded Future Africa, an Africa-focused VC fund.

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Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments

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They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa. Next , they request the funds via bank transfer, leading to more incurred costs or use other cross-border money platforms like WorldRemit.

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Goldman Sachs spinoff Juven to back African high-growth companies with large checks

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Mauritius and U.K.-based based investment company Juven went live today with plans to fund growth-stage technology and consumer companies in Africa. Such methods allow for making multiple investments without raising multiple funds. This way, when an investment is monetized , the capital comes back and Juven redeploys it.

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MFS Africa collects $100M to expand its digital payments gateway across the region

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Private equity fund AfricInvest FIVE co-led the Series C round with existing investors Goodwell Investments and LUN Partners Group. New investors CommerzVentures, Allan Gray Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst and Endeavor Harvest also joined the round , while ShoreCap III returned as an existing investor with other funds.

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