Tage Kene-Okafor from TechCrunch - Journalist Profile

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1	Tage Kene-Okafor TechCrunch Journalist at TechCrunch. TechnologyAfrica		As YC retreats from Africa, alumni launch accelerators to fill the gap - 20 days ago HUB2 banks $8.5M to become the ‘Stripe for Francophone Africa’ - 25 days ago Ex-NBA athlete Omri Casspi launches $60M fund targeting cybersecurity, cloud infra and AI - 25 days ago Financial inclusion drives African fintech M-KOPA to $400M in ARR - 29 days ago African e-commerce company Jumia completes sale of secondary shares at $99.6M - 4 months ago Conduit’s cross-border payments expand from LatAm into Africa with $6M round - 5 months ago QIA to invest $1 billion in international and regional venture capital funds - 10 months ago Hohm Energy to scale adoption of rooftop solar across South Africa, backed by $8M seed - 10 months ago Backed by Schmidt Futures, Cloudline raises $6M to take aerial autonomy green and mainstream - about 1 year ago Egypt’s Mtor nabs $2.8M pre-seed for its online auto parts marketplace - about 1 year ago Jumia reports GMV growth in physical goods across five countries and lowest losses since IPO - about 1 year ago Why Norrsken founder Niklas Adalberth is betting on Africa - about 1 year ago Shekel Mobility, a B2B marketplace for auto dealers in Africa, raises $7M led by Ventures Platform and MaC VC - about 1 year ago French soccer players back African mobile video network StarNews Mobile in $3M round - about 1 year ago Ghana’s Complete Farmer, which connects farmers to global food buyers, raises $10.4M - over 1 year ago IFC leads $5M extension round in Ivorian SaaS e-commerce platform ANKA - over 1 year ago Mecho Autotech raises $2.4M, ventures into wholesale spare parts distribution - over 1 year ago Base Ecosystem Fund, Hashed Emergent invest $1.9M in Nestcoin to scale its Onboard product - over 1 year ago LocalGlobe and Pronomos Capital back Itana to pave the way for Africa’s first digital free zone - over 1 year ago Nigerian embedded finance platform Anchor raises $2.4M to expand product offerings - over 1 year ago Founders Factory Africa to deploy $114M using learnings from past programs - over 1 year ago Jumia expects losses not to exceed $100M this year, per Q3 financials - over 1 year ago Mastercard to purchase a minority stake in MTN’s $5.2B fintech business - over 1 year ago Moove takes in $76M equity, debt from Mubadala and BlackRock at a $550M valuation - over 1 year ago South African VC Knife Capital closes $50M Series B fund for startups with high exit potential - over 1 year ago Emtech to advance its regtech and CBDC stack solutions with $4M led by Matrix Partners India - over 1 year ago Traction raises $6M seed as Nigeria’s merchant acquiring space continues to heat up - over 1 year ago Terragon’s $9M raise gives credence to the market maturity in Africa’s cloud and martech space - over 1 year ago African governments are collaborating with innovators to strengthen local health supply chains - over 1 year ago Kasha raises $21M Series B led by Knife Capital to expand health access platform across Africa - over 1 year ago Nigeria’s MyCover.ai to scale its open insurance API platform with new funding - over 1 year ago Lee Fixel’s Addition leads $6M seed round in Egyptian fintech Flash - over 1 year ago HR tech startup Propel wants to power the open talent economy via tech communities - over 1 year ago Lightspeed makes first investment in Africa, backing Ghana’s Berry Health - over 1 year ago YC-backed Eze raises new capital for its secondhand electronics marketplace - over 1 year ago Peach Cars, a Kenyan used-car marketplace, raises $5M in seed investment - over 1 year ago An investor, an operator, and their plan to upskill Africa’s workforce - over 1 year ago