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    Ecosystem News

    The Battle for Driver Financing: Gozem’s $24.5M Debt Raise Raises the Stakes for Regional Rivals

    The new facility comes on the heels of a transformative 12 months for the Lomé-based company.

    Strait of Hormuz Shock: How Regional Turmoil Accelerated Egypt’s High-Voltage Ambitions

    Disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz — which typically handles 20% of global oil flows — have slashed exports through the corridor from 20 million barrels per day to 3.8 million during peak disruptions.

    Former Molten Ventures CEO Moves Into Southern African Secondaries With New £50m Fund

    The pan-African VC firm takes on an investment advisory role for the Botswana Tech Fund, which is targeting Southern Africa's undercapitalised digital economy

    South African Medtech AI Diagnostics Lands $5m to Tackle the TB Epidemic With AI Stethoscopes

    The Cape Town-based startup will use the pre-Series A funding to scale its digital stethoscope

    Standard Bank Leads $330m Refinancing for JSE-Listed AI Fintech Optasia

    Optasia, which made history in November 2025 as the largest fintech IPO on the JSE, uses proprietary AI to provide credit scoring and micro-lending to unbanked populations.
    Analysis & Opinion

    Who Funds the Outliers? US Investors Are Bankrolling Nigeria’s Most Experimental Deals

    There is a counterargument that current data cannot disprove.

    Only One in Eight African Tech Investors Wrote Repeat Cheques Last Year. Here’s Why It Matters

    The gap is not a rounding error. It maps directly onto the experience of founders who, after warm introductions and investor meetings

    13 Charts From a Decade of African Exits — And the Uncomfortable Takeaway

    A review of hundreds of acquisitions and listings across Africa's startup ecosystem reveals a market bifurcating.

    The $350m Proof: Inside South Africa’s Rising Cult of the Bootstrapped Exit

    Beyond the obvious — all South African, all bootstrapped — deeper patterns emerge.

    Partner Content

    The Hidden Machinery Behind Egypt’s Quiet Adtech Exit Boom

    Global buyers are snapping up Cairo-based marketing startups, capitalising on years of rigorous local consolidation.

    78% Below Cost: The Unforgiving Math Behind Digital Health Startup Vezeeta’s Pivot to Bricks and Mortar

    The deal is the most tangible sign yet that Egypt’s best known digital health platform is pivoting towards a hybrid model at a time when the purely online playbook is struggling

    Profit, Pivot, and Panic: Swvl Faces Nasdaq Delisting Threat Despite $1.3m Turnaround

    Mobility technology company reports first annual profit since going public, but auditors raise going concern doubt and Nasdaq listing remains under threat

    A New Expansion Map: African Startups Redraw Routes Through Accra

    From Nigerian defence contractors to Kenyan logistics software, a new cohort of well-capitalised tech firms is bypassing traditional hubs to set up operational bases in Accra.

    From Kitchens to Cockpits: The Egyptian Startup Turning Cooking Oil Into a 25x Investor Return

    Delta Oil operates at the intersection of waste management and energy production.

    Governance, Policy & Regulations Forum

    Egypt’s Central Bank Removes Ownership Cap on Fintechs, Clearing the Way for Bank Acquisitions

    A circular issued recently by the CBE expands the legal definition of "financial companies" to include fintech startups, money transfer operators, and SME lenders.

    South Africa’s AI Framework Fails the Ultimate Turing Test

    A draft national framework is abruptly withdrawn after it emerges that the government's researchers fell for a classic trap: AI hallucinations.

    Why Several African Fintechs Just Quietly Registered in Canada

    The current wave of registrations spans a range of business models.

    End of the $500k Barrier for Foreign-Owned Firms: What Ghana’s New Investment Law Means for Tech Founders

    The country's first major overhaul of investment law in over a decade removes the capital entry thresholds that have quietly blocked hundreds of foreign founders from registering in Ghana.

    All the Latest Articles

    More Cards, More Cash: The Contradiction at the Heart of Central African Fintech

    Across six countries sharing a central bank and a currency, a largely unknown interoperability platform is accumulating evidence...

    Fawry Taps the EBRD to Supercharge Its Lending Arm

    Fawry, Egypt’s largest electronic payments network, is accelerating its push into direct lending, securing...

    Who Funds the Outliers? US Investors Are Bankrolling Nigeria’s Most Experimental Deals

    There is a counterargument that current data cannot disprove.

    The Hidden Machinery Behind Egypt’s Quiet Adtech Exit Boom

    Global buyers are snapping up Cairo-based marketing startups, capitalising on years of rigorous local consolidation.

    Dodai Raises $13m Series A to Scale EV Battery-Swapping in Ethiopia

    Three years ago, when electric mobility was still an experimental idea in much of Africa, Japanese entrepreneur Yuma Sasaki made an unconventional choice.