BD Insider: African startups raised over $1.5 billion last quarter from just six deals

BD Insider, Letter 107 covers the top six disclosed funding rounds by African startups in Q1 2022, Congo’s admission into the East African Community.

BD Insider: Nelson Mandela’s arrest-warrant NFT raises $130,550 in auction

BD Insider, Letter 106 covers Nelson Mandela's arrest-warrant NFT $130,550 auction raise, Ethereum founders support for Zambia's tech hub bid and Meta's plan for Kenya's 2022 elections.

BD Insider, Letter 105: Google’s Equiano lands in Africa, Bolt internship for African women

Google’s Equiano Cable lands in Togo as the country takes steps to become a leading logistics and services hub in West Africa

BD Insider: Why the Nigerian government closed down six digital loan firms

BD Insider, Letter 104 covers why the Nigerian government closed down digital loan firms, BasiGo launched electric buses in Nairobi and Google's $1 million fund for African women

BD Insider: Binance’s crypto education, Egypt’s $50 million VC fund

BD Insider, Letter 102 covers Binance's crypto education in Nigerian universities, Egyptian $50 million venture capital fund for tech startups and Weaver Fintech's acquisition of PayJustNow

BD Insider, Letter 101: Mara Phone’s controversies, Gozem expands to Cameroon

In the BD Insider, Letter 101, we covered Mara Phones’ demise in South Africa and the controversies, Gozem expansion into Cameroon.

BD Insider, Letter 100: The yin and yang of digitising Africa’s informal retail sector

BD Insider, Letter 100 explores the ying and yang of digitising Africa's informal sector, the Central Bank of Kenya's plan to adopt digital currencies.

BD Insider, Letter 99: Nestcoin partners Zuri Team to train Web3 developers in Africa

BD Insider, Letter 99 covers Nestcoin's plan to train web3 developers, Meta's worst trading week in history and the appointment of Emeka Oparah's appointment as the Vice President of Communication at Airtel Africa.

BD Insider, Letter 98: Africans are world-class

BD Insider, Letter 98 covered James Manyinka appointment as a senior vice president at Google, the #YoutubeBlackVoices Creator Class of 2022 and Binance CEO's letter to Nigerians.

BD Insider, Letter 97: Africa completes QED’s jigsaw

In this letter, we covered Netflix plan to support African creatives with a $1 million scholarship fund, QED appointment of two Nigerians, Carry1st $20 million seed extension.

BD Insider, Letter 96: Meet Africa’s tech-stars

In this letter, we covered African tech startups that pitched at Techstars Toronto's demo day, the new YC standard deal and digital banking.

BD Insider, Letter 95: Of taxes and regulations in Africa’s tech ecosystem

This letter covered Nigeria's plan to tax non-resident digital firms, Cameroon's 0.2% tax on mobile money transactions and Twitter's ban in Nigeria