Today’s episode of Africa’s Weekly Funding Review is exciting. As always, we recorded some fundraising, acquisition and other exciting announcements last week in the African tech & startup ecosystem.

If you missed it, here are the highlights:

• ArabyAds raised a $30 million pre-Series B funding round
• SubsBase raised a $2.4 million seed funding round
• Taaply secured $500,000 in a funding round
• OBM Education raised a second investment round

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Funding

ArabyAds, an Egyptian ad-tech startup offering a full range of services, including online marketing, creative function, advertising and more, raised a $30 million pre-Series B funding round led by AfricInvest’s Maghreb Private Equity Fund IV.

Subsbase, an Egyptian startup that offers comprehensive subscription management and billing solutions that help businesses acquire and retain more customers, raised a $2.4 million seed funding round led by Global Ventures. Other investors participating in the round include HALA Ventures, P1 Ventures, Plus Venture Capital (+VC), Plug and Play, Ingressive Capital, Camel Ventures, and existing investors Falak Startups and Arzan Venture Capital.

OBM Education, an Egyptian edtech offering career development navigation tools for high school and university students, raised a second round of investment from EdVentures.