Happy New Week. Here are some of the interesting stories we covered last week

Startups: Here’s how to qualify and apply for the Sanofi VivaTech challenge

Pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently launched three challenges for African healthcare startups to find innovative solutions that can help improve access to healthcare and transform the health ecosystem throughout the continent.

The challenge was launched in partnership with VivaTech, an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups.. read about the challenge here. Interested health-tech startups can submit their applications here.
 

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• Samsung Is Working On Industry’s First 1TB Memory Chip For Smartphones
• Andela raises a further $100M in new round of funding
• Standard Chartered To Launch Digital-Only Retail Banks In Kenya, Uganda And Ghana
• Jumia Wants To Grow Its Products Offering To 10 Million In 2019

• Kalon Venture Partners Leads A $1.5M Round Investment Into SA Startup Flow
• Sanofi VivaTech Challenge Calling On African Startups To Innovate Health, Here’s How To Apply
• CDC Announces New Investment To Support High-Growth SMEs In Nigeria
• Branch Raises Ksh 500M Arranged By Centum-Owned Advisory Firm, Barium Capital​