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Seedstars closes $30 million emerging market seed stage fund

Seedstars has launched its second emerging market seed-stage fund to invest in 100 pre-seed and seed-stage companies across Asia, Africa, MENA, and LATAM in the next 3 years.

14 startups driving Web3 adoption in Africa

Some of the Web3-focused African startups are; Afropolitan, Lazerpay, Mara, Ayoken, Fincra, Helicarrier, Xend finance, Jambo.

Virtual dollar cards providers that are active in Nigeria

Alternative virtual dollar card providers in Nigeria.

Bloc acquires Orchestrate to power payment infrastructure in Africa

Bloc, Nigeria’s full-service FinTech and Banking as a Service (F/BaaS) infrastructure provider, announces its acquisition of Getwallets, the wallets-as-a-service provider that has now pivoted to become a payments orchestration company, Orchestrate.

Omo Ope and Made in Lagos, retain spots on Nigeria Spotify’s weekly chart

Spotify has released its weekly charts about Nigeria’s music scene between June 24-30.

African startups raised $3M+ at Techstars Toronto Spring ’22

The African startups who participated in Techstars Toronto’s spring 2022 class are: Emergency Response Africa, Gigmile, Glade, Mycoverai, Blackcopper, Bongalow, and truQ

Bolt opens Africa Head office in Nairobi

The Africa Head office will serve as a regional hub to offer integrated services and host the company’s top-brass leadership overseeing operations across Africa

Dojah partners Benjamindada.com to host Twitter Spaces on user identity protection in Web3

How users can manage their identity and prevent business fraud in Web3

Five African investment training platforms

This is a list of five recognised African networks, syndicates and communities that train you to become investors.

Moove secures $20M finance from renamed British International Investment

The investment will accelerate Moove’s mission to democratise access to vehicle ownership in Nigeria

TLcom Capital commits $2M fund to FirstCheck Africa, names Eloho Omame as Partner

TLcom Capital, a prominent Africa-focused seed to series B venture capital firm, has committed $2 million to FirstCheck Africa and appointed Eloho Omame as a partner.

Healthtech startup report prompts $7m initiative by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others

The Pan-African “Investing in Innovation” program will provide grants and commercialization support to 60 healthtech companies over two years