enyan telemedicine start-up Zuri Health raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding from DOB Equity, Launch Africa and Founders Factory Africa. Zuri Health enables mobile-based virtual consultations, including through SMS, and has rapidly expanded to Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South…

Cape Town-based startup Root, which builds infrastructure for the digital insurance economy, is partnering with one of Africa’s top startups Andela, a global network for remote technologists founded in Nigeria,…