By the time Abuja-based founders start looking for their first serious debt facility, many have already spent months hearing versions of the same answer.
Nobody publishes them. Nobody formally acknowledges them. But spend enough time inside the data, and the operating logic of Africa’s blended finance ecosystem becomes difficult to ignore.
Approximately 5% to 21% of African seed-stage startups successfully secure Series A funding, significantly lower than the global average of roughly 33%.
How regulation - once an afterthought in Africa's startup boom - quietly became the continent's most powerful market force. And what happens when it arrives too late, too fast, and all at once.
With 39% of core skills expected to shift by 2030, universities are ditching the lecture hall for project-based 'technical hybrids' and AI-integrated curricula.
A new heavy hitter is entering the Moroccan fintech landscape, in what feels like the next chapter after local fintech Cash Plus went on a highly successful IPO last year.
In a country where traditional funding channels remain limited, Algerian entrepreneurs are testing whether public markets can fuel innovation - but the path forward is far from certain
Farid’s elevation comes at a moment when Egypt is under pressure to restore investor confidence, attract foreign capital, and modernize an economy strained by inflation, currency volatility, and global uncertainty.
Officials argued that Koko’s massive credit issuance would “mop up” too much of Kenya’s national emissions quota, leaving little room for other sectors.
By the time Abuja-based founders start looking for their first serious debt facility, many have already spent months hearing versions of the same answer.
