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    Africa’s Top Venture Investor Locked in $6.3m Legal Dispute with Former Employer

    A court has cleared the way for a long-standing racial discrimination and breach of contract trial against one of Africa's top venture investors.
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    Egypt’s Breadfast Caught in Geopolitical Crossfire After $50m Raise

    Last month, Breadfast announced it had raised $50m in a pre-Series C round led by Novastar Ventures through its People and Planet Fund III (NVIII).
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    Hlayisani Raises $30M to Tackle South Africa’s Series A Drought

    The firm typically seeks significant minority stakes in companies requiring equity investments of between USD600K — USD6M
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    African Startups Raise $340m in February as Debt Eclipses Venture Equity

    This month, Nigerian venture capital firms were the largest exporters of capital.
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    Afreximbank Deepens Bet on Spiro With Over $200m in Backing in Two Years

    The rapid succession of capital injections makes Spiro one of the most heavily capitalized e-mobility players operating on the continent.
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    Beyond ‘Market Access’ Apps: Why Ghana Is the New Frontier for High-Ticket Agritech Deals

    Propelled by a mix of Japanese capital, European debt, and North African strategic investments...
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    African Startup Funding in Early 2026: More Money, Less Venture

    The squeeze is most visible at the growth stages.
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    Ten Key Trends That Shaped African Tech Funding in February

    Across 29 disclosed deals, African startups and growth-stage companies raised at least $340.5m in February. The number tells one story. How the money moved tells a different one.
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    What Failed African Startups Taught Their Most Active Investors

    From Sendy to Dash to Copia, a wave of high-profile collapses has quietly rewritten the investment playbooks of the continent's most prolific funds.
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    Beyond Borders: The African Countries Attracting the Most Capital from Nigerian VC Firms

    Collectively, the data reveals a venture capital community in transition — albeit a cautious and selective one.
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    Western Union and Cassava’s Sasai Target South Africa’s $1bn Outbound Remittance Market

    While the narrative around African remittances often focuses on inflows from Europe and the US, South Africa presents a lucrative inverse opportunity.
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    SolarAfrica Buys Out Its Own Backer in $39m Secondary

    The CESA buyout comes as SolarAfrica is simultaneously executing a broader transition in its business model 
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    Nigeria Is Now M-KOPA’s Most Productive Market. Here’s How Its 11K Agent Network Changed the Game

    Here is an analysis of why Nigeria’s sales network is outperforming its peers.
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    The Diaspora Founder Formula Behind Côte d’Ivoire’s Most Prolific Venture Studio

    Mstudio now accounts for 68% of all disclosed pre-seed and seed rounds in the country.
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    MaxAB-Wasoko Swaps Founders for Operators in Hunt for Profitability

    Following the departure of Wasoko founder Daniel Yu as CEO late last year, the combined entity is now aggressively reshuffling its regional leadership...
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    Too Many Cooks? Nigeria’s Plan for a New Fintech Regulator Draws Parallels to the UK’s Northern Rock Crisis

    The Northern Rock crisis taught the world that financial regulation is not a matter of checking boxes.
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    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Rivals Force Glovo to Shutter Stores Across Morocco

    The closure came without public explanation from Glovo’s management.
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    MNT-Halan’s New Moat? Egypt Freezes New Fintech Licences After 182% Growth

    For MNT-Halan and its peers, the next 12 months offer something almost as valuable as capital: time.
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    Ethiopia Bans Birr-Based Crypto Trading as Forex Pressures Mount

    Any form of Birr-denominated P2P trading or exchange involving cryptocurrencies, the notice added, “is also prohibited.”
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    Egypt’s First ‘Startup Label’ Goes to Digital Lender Flend

    Flend, a digital lender for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has become the first Egyptian company to be officially granted "Startup Label" certification.
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    Fees Plus Fund: The Hybrid Model Fuelling Africa’s Quiet Deal Machine

    Investment banking revenues in sub-Saharan Africa remain uneven.
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    Africa’s Top Venture Investor Locked in $6.3m Legal Dispute with Former Employer

    A court has cleared the way for a long-standing racial discrimination and breach of contract trial against one of Africa's top venture investors.
    Read more
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Too Many Cooks? Nigeria’s Plan for a New Fintech Regulator Draws Parallels to the UK’s Northern Rock Crisis

    The Northern Rock crisis taught the world that financial regulation is not a matter of checking boxes.
    Read more
    Partner Content

    Western Union and Cassava’s Sasai Target South Africa’s $1bn Outbound Remittance Market

    While the narrative around African remittances often focuses on inflows from Europe and the US, South Africa presents a lucrative inverse opportunity.
    Read more
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    Sixty60 Passes $750m in Half-Year Sales as Shoprite Tightens Its Grip on Digital Grocery

    Sixty60’s trajectory offers a case study in how a legacy retailer in an emerging market has embedded rapid delivery into its core model while maintaining profitability.
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