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From Lagos Ride-Hailing to Global Robotaxis: Moove Raises $250M at $2.1B Valuation
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Canal+ and General Catalyst Back African Payments Startup Moment in $22M Series A
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From Fintech to Medtech, Casablanca Delivers Back-to-Back Tech IPOs
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Africa’s First EV Battery Gigafactory Secures $114M in AfDB Funding
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FMO Backs M-KOPA’s E-Mobility Spinout With $30M Green Debt Package
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Pepkor Creates $1.2bn Fintech Unicorn Ahead of Planned IPO
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Africa Go Green Tests a New Debt Model for African Carbon Projects With BioLite Financing
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Africa’s Top Equity Investors in Tech in H1 2026
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Context Is the New IP: Inside the New Wave of Africa’s Early-Stage AI Micro-M&A
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Third-Party Vendors vs. In-House Builds: The Real Divide in African Banking’s AI Success
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Is This the End of the Accelerator Era in African Tech?
Analysis & Opinions
Why Africa’s Startup Funding Leaderboards Look Different This Year
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Beyond the Remittance Hype: The 3 Business Models Winning VC Cash in Africa’s Stablecoin Boom
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Seven Brutal Truths About African Tech Startup Funding in H1 2026
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Pitch Decks vs. Prospectuses: The Messy Courtship of Africa’s Tech Scene and Old-Money Bourses
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‘Timing Is Critical’: How a Pandemic Almost Killed Weego and Accidentally Built Its B2B Engine
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From Profitability to $10M ARR: How Prembly Cracked Africa’s Identity Infrastructure
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‘Stay in It’: How Over 200 Interviews and a LinkedIn Post Led to a $2.35M Seed Round for Orca
Ecosystem News
‘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
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‘Valuations Still Far Too High’: Lexi Novitske on Investing a $205m Africa Tech Fund Amid Market Turbulence
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“Don’t Build for Hypothetical Problems”: What Immobazyme’s Founders Learned While Dragging University IP Into the Marketplace
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‘Don’t Wait to Be Perfect’: How Selling Imperfect Produce Helped Farm to Feed Land a $1.5M Seed Round
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Stablecoins, Remote Work, and Sweeping Levies: Can Nigerian Crypto Survive Its Tax Winter?
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Why Kenya’s Crypto Clampdown Is a Fortress for Banks
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From Binance Unblocks to Total Ban: Ethiopia Targets Crypto Wallets in Expanding Digital Asset Ban
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The Executive Order Behind Nigeria’s Crypto Licensing Confusion
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Equity Dispute Puts OPay’s Employee Share Scheme Under Scrutiny Ahead of Potential IPO
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Free Licences, Open Batteries and a 6-Month Time Bomb — Rwanda Plays Chicken With EV Founders
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Nigeria’s Banking Crackdown Catches Fintechs Chasing Microfinance Licences
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SA Repeat Founders Process Over $60m in Six Months With Stablecoin Safari Startup
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From an Angry Post to a $50m Ribbon-Cutting: The Land Battle Behind an Egyptian Deeptech Scaleup’s $50m Factory
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Airtel Africa Picks London for $245bn Mobile Money IPO but Faces Independence Test
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1M Users in 8 Years, 9M in 6: The Smartphone Pivot Driving M-KOPA’s Hypergrowth
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Donor-Backed AI Health Tools Proliferate Across Africa, but Sustainability Remains Elusive
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Rooibos Becomes South Africa’s Latest Export — to Space
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Why Europe’s Development Bank Is Writing Multi-Million Euro Checks for Egyptian Fintechs
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First-Time Founders Drive Nigeria’s Unicorn Boom
Moove's $2.1bn valuation highlights the country's ability to mint billion-dollar companies without serial entrepreneurs.
August 6, 2026
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A Mauritius-based investment firm has made its biggest-ever bet on Africa's latest unicorn.
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Mirepa Invests in Agritech True Moringa to Boost Organic Skincare Production in Ghana
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June 27, 2024
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Fintech Firm dLocal Pivots to Kenya as Nigerian Market Falters
In a strategic move amidst shifting fortunes across the African continent, dLocal, the Uruguayan...
June 27, 2024
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Applications Open for NINJA Accelerator Program in Ethiopia
Renew Capital, in collaboration with the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT) of Ethiopia...
June 26, 2024
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Kenyan President Withdraws Finance Bill Amid Deadly Protests
Kenyan President William Ruto has announced his decision to withdraw a finance bill containing...
June 26, 2024
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UPDATE: Kenyan Parliament Defies Protesters, Approves 16% VAT Increase in Finance Bill
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June 25, 2024
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Wizall Money: The Corporate-Backed Moroccan Fintech Heats Up Competition to Displace Ivory Coast’s Djamo
Wizall Money, a subsidiary of Moroccan banking giant Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), is making...
June 25, 2024
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Former Assistant Convicted in Grisly Murder of Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh
Tyrese Haspil, the former assistant convicted of the 2020 murder and dismemberment of tech CEO Fahim Saleh, awaits sentencing in September. The trial revealed a tale of embezzlement, betrayal, and a premeditated plot to silence a witness.
June 25, 2024
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Inside the Banking Shakeup in Ethiopia: What’s in Store for Fintech?
Using international banks in Ethiopia helps fintech companies meet the 50 million birr ($869K) capital requirement more easily.
June 25, 2024
Governance, Policy & Regulations Forum
Senegal to Implement 18% Tax on Foreign Digital Services from July 1st
The value-added tax (VAT) on digital services in Senegal by foreign online suppliers and platforms will be implemented from July 1st, 2024.
June 25, 2024
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Egypt’s Connect Money Secures $8 Million Seed Funding to Expand Embedded Finance Solutions
Connect Money, a prominent fintech firm specializing in embedded finance services, has successfully concluded...
June 25, 2024
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Uganda’s Ensibuuko Acquires Chomoka App Following Strategic Investment
In a landmark move for financial inclusion in Africa, CARE, a leading humanitarian organization,...
June 24, 2024
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Nigerian Fintech Giant Flutterwave Downsizes Following $7.2m Alleged Security Breach
Flutterwave, a leading African fintech startup headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, has announced layoffs affecting...
June 24, 2024
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First-Time Founders Drive Nigeria’s Unicorn Boom
Moove's $2.1bn valuation highlights the country's ability to mint billion-dollar companies without serial entrepreneurs.
August 6, 2026
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Silverbacks Logs Massive Paper Gain as $37M Moove Bet Reaches $62M
A Mauritius-based investment firm has made its biggest-ever bet on Africa's latest unicorn.
August 6, 2026
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Why African Fintech PalmPay Is Eyeing Hong Kong for a $1bn IPO
Nigeria's two largest mobile payment heavyweights are both eyeing IPOs, but their target exchanges tell a story of contrasting global ambitions.
August 5, 2026
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EFG Finance Takes Majority Stake in Egypt’s First Remittance Aggregator Balad
The transaction hands control of the startup to one of Egypt’s largest financial groups.
August 5, 2026