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Social commerce startup Kapu, by ex-Jumia executive, comes out of stealth with $8M funding
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SafeBoda retreats from Nigeria to “double down on profitability” in Uganda SafeBoda, the Ugandan bike-hailing startup, is leaving Nigeria to focus on…
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Orda raises $3.4 million to digitise African restaurants Nigerian food tech platform, Orda, has raised a $3.4 million seed round to digitise food…
Pivo powers up Nigerian freight carriers with a bespoke digital bank, gets $2M seed funding
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