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Egypt’s Tech IPO Freeze Thaws as MNT-Halan Draws Record Demand
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Climate Fintech Nithio Launches $150M Debt Fund to Back Africa’s Electric Vehicle Fleets
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Uber and Jumia Alumni Close Moroccan Agritech YoLa Fresh After Failing to Secure Series A
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The Local Airbnb Rival That Held Off the Giant: South Africa’s LekkeSlaap Bought by Banking Royalty
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IFC Eyes $90M Equity Stake in Airtel Money as London IPO Gathers Momentum
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Is African Healthtech Facing a Terminal Diagnosis?
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African Fintech’s Debt Shift Comes With a Catch
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From DFS Lab to Mubadala: The Rare Repeat Alliances Funding African Tech in 2026
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South Africa’s Electric Car Shift Bypasses Full Battery Models as Chinese Brands Tighten Grip
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The East Is Settling Into African Tech, Quietly
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Five Countries, Half a Million Dollars: Inside Nigeria’s New Startup Funding Math
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Priced Out of London: Why Nigeria’s Fintechs Are Abandoning UK Remittances
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From Wages to Fraud to Deliveries: The Pattern Behind South Africa’s Recent Startup Funding
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“Directly Selling Insurance to Farmers Does Not Work”: Pula CEO on Avoiding Agtech’s Deadliest Trap
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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 Wait for a Cash Crunch’: The $70M Debt Playbook from Lula’s Trevor Gosling
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The ₦100m Question Facing Lagos’ Gaming Founders
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The Secret Antitrust Battle That Helped Sink Koko Networks
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Free Transfers, Capped Fees: Inside the Pricing Shock Facing West Africa’s $267B Mobile Money Market
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Fintech Unicorn Wave Caves to Regulators as BCEAO Holds Firm on West Africa’s Payment Deadline
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Tunisia’s Fintech Crackdown
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Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options
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M-KOPA’s Product Margins Halve as Lending Becomes the Main Event
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Familiar Money Bolsters OPay’s IPO Demand as Thin Float Raises Liquidity Questions
As the Nigerian payments giant prepares to hit Wall Street, filings reveal an IPO heavily reliant on existing money.
October 23, 2026
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Uganda-based MamaOpe Medicals has recently announced the successful closure of an investment round aimed...
April 29, 2024
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April 25, 2024
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April 25, 2024
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Flourish Ventures-Backed Investment Platform, Madica, Reveals Initial Portfolio of African Tech Startups
Madica, a structured investment initiative tailored for pre-seed stage startups across Africa, has unveiled...
April 25, 2024
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Egypt’s Notchnco Expands to Saudi Arabia
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April 25, 2024
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Fawry and Roboost Team Up to Optimize Courier Payment Systems
Fawry, a prominent player in banking technology and electronic payments, has announced a significant...
April 24, 2024
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South African Edtech Startup HyperionDev Raises $5M to Explore More UK Expansion
In a move to fortify its position as a leading player in tech education,...
April 24, 2024
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Renew Capital Investment Series: Kenyan B2B Food Platform Farm to Feed Joins the Roster
Renew Capital, an Africa-focused impact investment firm, recently announced its strategic investment in Farm...
April 24, 2024
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April 23, 2024
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Familiar Money Bolsters OPay’s IPO Demand as Thin Float Raises Liquidity Questions
As the Nigerian payments giant prepares to hit Wall Street, filings reveal an IPO heavily reliant on existing money.
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Khazna Joins Egypt’s Consumer Finance M&A Rush With Pharos Acquisition
A regulatory clampdown has turned existing consumer finance licences into scarce commodities, sparking a rush of high-stakes deals across Cairo.
October 22, 2026
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Aries Media Ventures Launches Fund I to Back Underfunded Mediatech Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa
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