What’s happened this Week:

• Egyptian startup Carzami Closes Pre-Seed Round And Targets $30M Revenue From Used Car Sales

• Twitter is testing a new edit button

• Verified Africa Launches In Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya

• and more!

This week, Uber rolled out some new products across various African cities across the continent.

In Ghana, Uber officially added to new cities which were: Tamale and Sunyani. This brings the total cities to 6 including: Accra, Cape Coast, Kumasi, Takoradi, Tamale and Sunyani.

The company also launched a new comfort option called Uber Comfort and its car pooling option called UberX Share where riders can take shared trips along the same destination.

In South Africa, Uber launched a new safety called Audio Recordings where either the rider or driver can record audio on the Uber app during a ride if either party feels unsafe. This feature wll be rolled out through the rest of Africa in 2023.

In The News This Week

Carzami Closes Pre-Seed Round And Targets $30M Revenue From Used Car Sales

Carzami, an online retailer for quality used cars and vehicle financing, announced the close of a pre-seed round led by Contact Financial Holding

Twitter Rolls Out Test For New Edit Tweet feature In Select Markets

In a blogpost by Twitter, the company said that Edit Tweet is being tested by the team internally. The test will then be initially expanded to Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming weeks.

Zazuu Activates Diaspora Payments in Ghana

Zazuu, the world’s first non-biased marketplace for remittances, has announced that its remittance collection product is now available in Ghana.

Built, KudiGo, and Zuberi Amongst List Of Startups Added To Google for Startups Black Founders Fund in Africa 2022

Google has announced that 60 additional startups have been selected as beneficiaries of the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund in Africa 2022

Verified Africa Launches In Ghana, South Africa and Kenya

Verified Africa, an African KYC product with its origins in Nigeria has officially launch in Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya.

Featured Articles

Spotlighting Emerging Artists And Inspiring Ghana’s Women In Music Benefits Us All

Phiona Okumu, Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, Spotify, wrote an op-ed on why spotlight emerging artists and inspiring Ghana’s women in music can be of great benefit to everyone.

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Africa Ecosystem Funding Activity

• Egyptian enterprise e-commerce startup el-dokan closes $550k pre-seed round - Disrupt Africa

• Metaverse Magna raises $3.2M at a $30M valuation to build Africa’s largest gaming DAO - Techcrunch

• NowNow raises $13M seed, plans to scale its ecosystem of financial products across Africa - Techcrunch