US and Senegal-based Wave, which offers mobile money services, raises $200M Series A at a $1.7B valuation, led by Sequoia Heritage, a subsidiary of Sequoia (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch:
US and Senegal-based Wave, which offers mobile money services, raises $200M Series A at a $1.7B valuation, led by Sequoia Heritage, a subsidiary of Sequoia  —  The largest Series A in Africa by a long shot is geared towards taking on telecom-led mobile money