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Uber and Bolt Are Now Public Transport in South Africa. Here’s What Changes
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Mistral AI Joins Global Tech Giants Flocking to Morocco
WESTERN AFRICA
Odyssey Secures $7.5M from BII to Scale Its Fintech Solution for Nigeria’s Off-Grid Energy Gap
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The Deal Maker: How Plug and Play Became North Africa’s Startup Kingmaker
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Heike Harmgart Is Building the EBRD’s West Africa Team. Here’s Who’s on It So Far
Ecosystem News
Why Helios is Betting on Egyptian Data Centres Just Weeks After a Meltdown
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Accion Ventures Closes $62M Fund to Hunt for African Fintechs Tackling a $5.7T Market Gap
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The Year-End Funding Rush: Why African VCs are Racing to Deploy Capital Before 2026
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‘We See Multi-Million Dollar Transfers’: The Nigerian Savers Flocking to Blockchain ‘Banks’
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Contrarian VCs Move In as Africa’s Seed Stage Funding Plummets 41% in 2025
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Africa’s Startup Graveyard: The Eerie Patterns Behind 2025’s Biggest Failures
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From Accra to Toronto: The Alternative Routes African Startups Are Taking to Expand Overseas
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Africa’s Data Centers Are in a Race for Higher-Margin Cloud Services
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After Major Failures Across Africa, Investors Look for a New Breed of Foreign Startup Founders
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A Finnish Two-step: Money + Nokia
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How a Nigerian Engineer Helped Build a $1 Billion Fintech Giant
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From $100M Exit to 26 Startup Investments: Expensya Co-Founder Karim Jouini’s Strategy — “Focus Is Key”
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Meet the Funder: Nobesuthu Ndlovu, Director SME, Old Mutual Corporate
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‘We Were Targeting Markets in America and the UK, Thinking They Were Bigger’ — SWVL Founder on Failed Acquisitions
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Fractional Executives: Executive Search CEO Shares How Top Companies in Africa Are Accessing Top Talent for Less
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“The Right Partner, Not Paperwork, Makes the Deal” Interview with Waffle Founder, Victor Nara, on Acquisition
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Senegal Scrambles to Finalize New Mobile Money Taxes as BCEAO’s Instant Payment System Nears
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The New Front in Africa’s Talent War: Why CHROs Are Now Targeting the Disability Community
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Newly Licensed Ivorian Fintech CinetPay Embroiled in Money Laundering and Fraud Scandal
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US Crackdown Targets African Remote Workers in American Tech
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Collateral Damage: Ghana’s Latest Remittance Ban Puts Fintech Partnership Model on Notice
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Egypt’s Central Bank to Fintechs: Time to Grow Up and Get a Board
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The Great WAEMU Shakeout: 20 Fintechs Licensed as Regulatory Guillotine Falls
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mPharma Founder Gregory Rockson Steps Down as CEO After 11 Years
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Facing a Telco Onslaught, Djamo’s Answer Is Now a Banking License and a New Model
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Thunder Code’s Rebrand Reveals the Hidden Cost of Over-Technical Startup Names
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The Tech At the Heart of Egypt’s Mining Sector — ‘A License in 20 Days’
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Google-backed South African Fintech TaxTim Acquired in Bid to Build an AI-Powered Future
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Visa Targets Congo’s $3.3bn Remittance Market with New Mobile Payments App
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AfricInvest Leads $22M Round for Kredete, a Fintech Tackling the Immigrant Credit Gap
Investors are flocking to Africa's stablecoin infrastructure, with Kredete's deal marking the latest in this wave.
September 15, 2025
People & Places
mPharma Founder Gregory Rockson Steps Down as CEO After 11 Years
The leadership shuffle marks a pivotal moment for one of Africa’s most prominent healthtech startups.
September 15, 2025
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Egypt’s Central Bank to Fintechs: Time to Grow Up and Get a Board
The days of running a multi-million EGP operation from a Slack channel are officially numbered.
September 4, 2025
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Kenyan Cap Table Startup Raise Africa Shuts Down, Citing a Better Fit with Private Equity
Raise is shutting down after finding its product was built for the wrong audience.
September 4, 2025
People & Places
GITEX Nigeria: Lagos Rolls Out the Red Carpet as Startups Hunt for Elusive Capital
The official narrative is one of unbridled optimism.
September 4, 2025
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Africa’s Creative Economy Takes Centre Stage at Timbuktoo Creatives Hub in Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa — 04 September 2025 — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa,...
September 4, 2025
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South Africa’s The Invigilator Raises $11m to Take Its AI Anti-cheating Tech Global
Founded in 2020, The Invigilator provides a platform for educational institutions to monitor students during remote exams and assessments.
September 3, 2025
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Babban Gona Raises $7.5m to Expand AI-Backed Farming Franchise in Northern Nigeria
With BII’s backing, Babban Gona says it wants to increase yields and incomes for around 140,000 farmers by 2029.
September 3, 2025
Policy & Regulations Forum
The Great WAEMU Shakeout: 20 Fintechs Licensed as Regulatory Guillotine Falls
This licensing wave lands in the middle of a much broader regulatory push.
September 3, 2025
Analysis & Opinions
Africa’s Data Centers Are in a Race for Higher-Margin Cloud Services
South Africa leads decisively with 49 facilities, representing nearly a quarter of the continent’s total.
September 3, 2025
Ecosystem News
Mamo Mihretu’s Legacy: Ethiopia’s Economic Reformer Resigns, Leaving Fintech Rulebook Rewritten
In a farewell message, Mamo stated he was leaving public service “to pursue other passions.”
September 3, 2025
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MOPO Secures $6.7m From Norfund to Scale Battery Rentals Across Africa
Its products include the MOPO50, designed for lighting, phone charging and small appliances, and the MOPOMax, which supports higher-load devices such as small business equipment and e-mobility.
September 3, 2025
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Egypt’s Intella Raises $12.5m to Build an AI That Truly Understands Arabic
Intella reported that it more than doubled its revenue in 2024 and is projecting 7x growth in 2025.
September 2, 2025
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The Elite Oxford Club Training VCs Who Deploy $444m Across Africa
Founders backed by VCs that have received support from Boost Africa have a significantly higher success rate in follow-on funding.
September 2, 2025
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AfricInvest Leads $22M Round for Kredete, a Fintech Tackling the Immigrant Credit Gap
Investors are flocking to Africa's stablecoin infrastructure, with Kredete's deal marking the latest in this wave.
September 15, 2025
People & Places
mPharma Founder Gregory Rockson Steps Down as CEO After 11 Years
The leadership shuffle marks a pivotal moment for one of Africa’s most prominent healthtech startups.
September 15, 2025
Policy & Regulations Forum
Senegal Scrambles to Finalize New Mobile Money Taxes as BCEAO’s Instant Payment System Nears
On Monday, September 15, Senegal’s National Assembly will begin debating a bill to introduce a new tax on mobile money transactions.
September 15, 2025
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PayU Kenya Appoints Liquidator, 6 Years After Cellulant-Powered Expansion
The closure follows a period of significant operational and leadership challenges at Cellulant, PayU's key local partner.
September 15, 2025
