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How African startups raised investments in 2020

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To understand how much growth has occurred, African startups raised a meagre $400 million in 2015 compared to the $2 billion that came into the continent in 2019, according to Africa-focused fund Partech Africa. Did African startups raise $496M, $1B or $2B in 2019? Fintech startups raised 24.9%

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

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His experience from this activity, coupled with working as a technical adviser to the vice president’s office in Nigeria a couple of months back, led him to launch Norebase , a trade tech startup that has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round. It’s one of the few companies offering such services, including Firstbase.

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

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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. This represents nearly four-fold growth over a year ago when its portfolio raised $6 million (and just $3 million in 2018). Though, just eight of those companies got investments.

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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 Juven is one of the few investment firms targeting growth deals on the continent , including TLcom , Novastar and Partech Africa , that have written significant checks in tech companies in recent years. . South African fintech startup Jumo raises second $50M+ VC round.

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

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This is the second fund for the nine-year-old Mauritius-headquartered investment firm. “We raised from some angel investors, high net worth individuals, so when we the official fund launched, we rolled these select companies into the fund,” Alliy said. Europe, and Latin America.

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

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The company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised $100 million in Series C financing — split between $70 million equity and $30 million debt. In 2018, MFS Africa raised its Series B and closed at $23 million after some extensions. We realized we don’t need to raise equity since there is a debt market for that.

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