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Catalyst Fund Raises $30 Million in Second Close for African Climate Adaptation Vehicle
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Local Investors Stage Partial Comeback in African Tech After Sharp First-Half Retreat
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NewTrails Capital, Backed by Africa’s Leading Smartphone Manufacturer, Invests $55M in EV Startup Spiro
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Ripple Buys Into Flutterwave to Open New Front in African Stablecoin Wars
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Remittance Fintechs Brace for Longer Delays and Higher Fees Across Central Africa
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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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While Others Fled, This Nigerian Corporate VC Kept Writing Cheques
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The Short, Unfinished Life of PayPal’s $100 Million Emerging Markets Fund
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Nigeria’s Startup Graveyard Has Become a Bargain Bin for Buyers
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The 90% Collapse: How US Tech and Infrastructure Debt Turned African AI Into a Rounding Error
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Charging Depots, Battery Swaps and Fleet Finance: The 5 Models Winning African EV Capital
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Local VCs Are Quietly Retreating From African Startup Cap Tables
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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
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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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Ghana Bans Local Financial Institutions From Backing Crypto-Linked Dollar Accounts
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Novastar Ventures Targets AI-Native African Startups With Google-Backed Lab
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Novastar Ventures Targets AI-Native African Startups With Google-Backed Lab
The initiative is part of a broader push by Google to deepen its understanding of AI use cases emerging from African markets.
July 2, 2026
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Nigeria’s Banking Crackdown Catches Fintechs Chasing Microfinance Licences
The regulator revokes 46 permits, including those acquired by digital lenders eager to vault into deposit-taking.
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