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Hassanein Hiridjee’s Outsized Stake Reshapes Power at Jumia Technologies
Ecosystem News
Endeavor SA Closes $13.6M Co-Investment Fund to Target the Late-Stage Liquidity Gap
Ecosystem News
Fintech Unicorn Flutterwave Lands Banking License to Take on Nigeria’s Digital Incumbents
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Egypt’s MNT-Halan Raises $41.3m in Fresh Securitisation to Fuel Lending Growth
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Egypt Bears Brunt of Regional War as African Startup Funding Dips 8% in Q1
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Novastar Closes $147m Africa Climate Fund as Japanese Corporates Pile Into VC
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Breega Nets $8.5m From AfDB as Development Bank Ramps Up VC Appetite
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Analysis & Opinions
Morocco’s Hanout Wars: Three Startups, $10m, and One Corner Shop
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Africa’s Most Active Startup Investors in Q1 2026 — and Where They Put Their Money
Analysis & Opinions
The Five Countries Capturing 90% of Africa’s AI Funding
Analysis & Opinions
South Africa’s University Technology Fund Leans Into Alumni for New Startup Thesis
Analysis & Opinions
$15bn in Dry Powder: 8 Structural Trends Currently Defining Africa’s New Wave of Tech Funds
Analysis & Opinions
International Investors Pour Into Morocco One Year After $1.9B Fund Launch
Analysis & Opinions
Beyond ‘Market Access’ Apps: Why Ghana Is the New Frontier for High-Ticket Agritech Deals
Analysis & Opinions
African Startup Funding in Early 2026: More Money, Less Venture
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‘Stay in It’: How Over 200 Interviews and a LinkedIn Post Led to a $2.35M Seed Round for Orca
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‘Don’t Wait for a Cash Crunch’: The $70M Debt Playbook from Lula’s Trevor Gosling
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“Harder to Build, but More Defensible”: Enakl Co-Founder on Tackling Morocco’s Commuter Chaos
Ecosystem News
‘Valuations Still Far Too High’: Lexi Novitske on Investing a $205m Africa Tech Fund Amid Market Turbulence
Hard Talks
“Don’t Build for Hypothetical Problems”: What Immobazyme’s Founders Learned While Dragging University IP Into the Marketplace
Hard Talks
‘Don’t Wait to Be Perfect’: How Selling Imperfect Produce Helped Farm to Feed Land a $1.5M Seed Round
Hard Talks
“We Carry the Weight for Others”: Inside the $2M Raise for Tanzania’s Hybrid AgriTech Pioneer MazaoHub
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‘I Collapsed and Cried for Hours’: How Hypeo AI’s Founder Turned Her Worst Day Into a Venture-Backed Startup
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The Ultimate Corporate Shield? How SA Fintech Lesaka Escaped the $5m Ghost of Its Liquidated Subsidiary
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BCEAO Sets Hard Deadline for Fintechs Stalling on West Africa’s Interoperable Payments Network
Policy & Regulations Forum
Laptops, Data Bundles and $36k: The Unlikely New Saviours of Nigerian Early-Stage Tech
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Eskom’s Monopoly Gets a Reprieve as South Africa Stalls Energy Trading, Millions in Limbo
Policy & Regulations Forum
Time to Talk Tech Startups in Angola? Luanda Passes Bill for Ecosystem Running on 2% Funding
Policy & Regulations Forum
‘Asking Nicely Doesn’t Work’: The Startup-Led Coup Against Morocco’s 100-Year-Old Postal Rule
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DICON’s Open-Door Policy Complicates Life for Nigeria’s Defence Tech Startups
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“No Shortcuts Through the Data”: How Intron is Building African Voice Infrastructure from Scratch
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Optasia’s Growth Is Coming From Where Few Investors Are Looking
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South Africa’s OneBio Secures Funding to Build Africa’s ‘Biotech Factory’ Amid a Deep Tech Reality Check
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SafeBoda Pivots to Corporate Clients as Kampala’s Regulatory Crackdown Threatens Its Ride-Hailing Core
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Apis Logs $1B in Gains as iKhokha and Baobab Deals Heat Up African Fintech
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Egypt’s Telda Abandons the Unbanked to Chase Egypt’s Consumer Credit Boom
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Moniepoint Rides Wave of Nigerian Fintech Consolidation as Venture Funding Retreats
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Breega Deepens African Push With Pre-Seed Investment in Nigerian Energy Startup PowerLabs
For decades, commercial operations in Nigeria have been forced to operate as their own utility providers.
April 9, 2026
Updates
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Renew Capital is anchoring its new program on the premise that this exclusion is driven by underutilized data rather than inherent borrower risk.
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A New Billion-Dollar Wave of Capital Targets African Climate Tech
Climate financing continues to attract interests global investors.
January 20, 2026
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The Next Frontier: Why Israeli Tech Giant Commit Just Bought an African Talent Scout
The acquisition is a validation of the “talent is universal, opportunity is not” thesis that has gained traction across the global south.
January 19, 2026
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Ex-Mubadala and Goldman Bankers Break Stealth With $1m to Digitise the Turnstile
“We invested in Knot because the team is solving a complex global problem with a new solution.”
January 19, 2026
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January 19, 2026
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Algeria’s ‘Forced Marriage’: Why Big Business is Suddenly Swiping Right on Startups
Algeria’s new innovation tax puts startups on corporate balance sheets.
January 19, 2026
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The February Fade: When Good Intentions Lose Momentum
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ValU Secures $63.5m Short-Term Financing from Egypt’s Biggest Bank
The company has benefited from Egypt’s regulatory framework for consumer finance, which has brought BNPL-style products under formal oversight.
January 16, 2026
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Davos 2026: AI Takes Centre Stage as Technology Shapes Global Power
Leaders at Davos will debate how poorly governed AI could exacerbate inequality, misinformation, and economic fragmentation .
January 16, 2026
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A 3,900% Price Hike: Inside Nigeria’s Brutal New Licensing Regime for Fintechs and VCs
For the “disruptors” in the fintech and crypto space, the SEC has made it clear that disruption must be backed by heavy liquidity.
January 16, 2026
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Why Egypt’s 10m Instalment Customers Have Become Africa’s Most Fought-Over Fintech Asset
In less than a year, the user base nearly tripled.
January 15, 2026
Policy & Regulations Forum
Tax Breaks and ‘Theatrical’ Reforms: Can Article 35 Finally Unlock Ivorian Tech?
Côte d’Ivoire’s efforts signal a shift in attitude: digital startups are no longer seen as boutique hobbies .
January 15, 2026
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Can a $1,000 Buy-In Solve Kenya’s Early-Stage Funding Gap?
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Breega Deepens African Push With Pre-Seed Investment in Nigerian Energy Startup PowerLabs
For decades, commercial operations in Nigeria have been forced to operate as their own utility providers.
April 9, 2026
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Renew Capital Is Hunting for Founders Who Can Unlock Africa’s $330bn Untapped Credit Market
Renew Capital is anchoring its new program on the premise that this exclusion is driven by underutilized data rather than inherent borrower risk.
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“No Shortcuts Through the Data”: How Intron is Building African Voice Infrastructure from Scratch
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