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    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...
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    Egypt’s Breadfast Valuation Reaches $268M Following Series B Extension Round

    One of Breadfast’s key investors, VNV Global AB, disclosed that its 8.6% stake in the startup is now valued at $23.1 million, up from an initial investment of $16.9 million in 2021.

    Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Hits Bill Gates-Backed i3 Healthtech Accelerator — 3rd Cohort Now Slashed

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    Foundation Ventures Secures $25mn for Egypt and Africa Tech Startups

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    South African University Spin-offs Attract Investor Interest

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    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...

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