The highlight of the month in the African tech world was the DEMO Africa conference in Lagos, Nigeria, which saw 30 startups from across the continent launch their businesses in front of an audience of investors, media and other stakeholders. Five startups – Kenyan money transfer service SimbaPay, Nigerian fashion marketplace Zuvaa, Kenyan insurance comparison platform InsureAfrika, car and car parts marketplace CarPartsNigeria, and Kenyan merchant payments solution BambaPOS – were selected to pitch at the prestigious DEMO Fall event in Silicon Valley later in the year. After previous editions of the event, a number of startups have raised seed…
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