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Ripple Buys Into Flutterwave to Open New Front in African Stablecoin Wars
CENTRAL AFRICA
Remittance Fintechs Brace for Longer Delays and Higher Fees Across Central Africa
Ecosystem News
DBSA Doubles Down on EV Charging With Backing for Zimi
Ecosystem News
From African Mines to AI Data Labs: Soros-Backed Fund Targets Supply Chain Blind Spots
Ecosystem News
Spiro Lands $215M to Expand Its Battery-Swapping Network for Africa’s Motorcycle Taxis
Ecosystem News
Agri-Fintech Startup Livestock Wealth Placed Under Liquidation After Failed Rescue Bid
Ecosystem News
Egypt’s Beltone Reaps 271% Venture Capital Revenue Jump as Bosta Exit Validates Strategy
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Analysis & Opinions
Analysis & Opinions
Nigeria’s Startup Graveyard Has Become a Bargain Bin for Buyers
Analysis & Opinions
The 90% Collapse: How US Tech and Infrastructure Debt Turned African AI Into a Rounding Error
Analysis & Opinions
Charging Depots, Battery Swaps and Fleet Finance: The 5 Models Winning African EV Capital
Analysis & Opinions
Local VCs Are Quietly Retreating From African Startup Cap Tables
Analysis & Opinions
The Elite Funnel: Why African Tech’s New Financing Mix Signals a Hollowing of the Core
Analysis & Opinions
Geographic Borders Blur as Africa-Focused Funds Chase Global Infrastructure
Analysis & Opinions
Africa’s New VC Funds Missing from Early 2026 Dealmaking
Analysis & Opinions
The Quiet Extinction of the African Seed Round: Ten Hard Truths From April’s Funding Data
Hard Talks
Hard Talks
‘Timing Is Critical’: How a Pandemic Almost Killed Weego and Accidentally Built Its B2B Engine
Hard Talks
From Profitability to $10M ARR: How Prembly Cracked Africa’s Identity Infrastructure
Hard Talks
‘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
Hard Talks
“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
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Nigeria’s Central Bank Orders Fintechs to Split Their Payments Empires — or Divest
Policy & Regulations Forum
Ghana Bans Local Financial Institutions From Backing Crypto-Linked Dollar Accounts
Policy & Regulations Forum
The Tennis Court Rule: Nigeria’s Fintechs Learn to Live on a 70-Metre Leash
Policy & Regulations Forum
Egypt Launches Startup Authority as Battle for Founders Intensifies
Corporate Governance Forum
The Kwik Shuffle: How a French Share Issue Put an African Tech Asset Beyond a European Court’s Reach
Policy & Regulations Forum
The Airtime Credit War: Nigeria Tangles with an Elusive FinTech Giant
Policy & Regulations Forum
Ghana’s Draft ICT Law Could Make Foreign-Backed Startups Illegal
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Proparco Anchors Rare Moroccan LP Position in EmTech’s New $60M Early-Stage Fund
Hard Talks
‘Timing Is Critical’: How a Pandemic Almost Killed Weego and Accidentally Built Its B2B Engine
Partner Content
Africa’s Electric Mobility Pioneers Turn to Operators in Race for Profitability
Partner Content
Fintech Margins Under Pressure as Pan-African Payments Race Reaches Ghana
Partner Content
Morocco’s Done.ma Raised $2M to Challenge Glovo. Now It Faces Bankruptcy Speculation
Partner Content
AI-First Telcos Will Lead the Race in Africa
Partner Content
3IF Ventures Hits $12m First Close for Africa’s First Dedicated Insurtech Fund
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The VC Waiting Game: Why a 7% Distribution Is a Major Win for Early-Stage African Funds
The pan-African seed fund returns $2.5m to LPs - a rare liquidity signal in a market still waiting for its post-boom reckoning.
June 19, 2026
Analysis & Opinions
Nigeria’s Startup Graveyard Has Become a Bargain Bin for Buyers
With fewer, larger funds calling the shots, patience for fragmented markets has evaporated.
June 19, 2026
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Policy & Regulations Forum
Ghana’s Digital Lenders Face a Costly Upgrade: $162K License Fees and No More Public Shaming
Lenders are explicitly forbidden from compounding interest on short-term loans.
September 25, 2025
Partner Content
Months After Raising $4.2M, Kenyan Healthtech Ilara Health Announces Major Cuts
“This is a difficult moment for our team, especially in light of recent strides we have made in the business."
September 25, 2025
Ecosystem News
Algebra Ventures Brings on New Investor in Rare Egyptian LP Secondary Deal
Algebra Ventures has backed some of Egypt’s most well-known startups and invests from seed to Series B stages.
September 25, 2025
Updates
TLcom’s Partner Ido Sum Is Out After Closing $150M Africa Fund
Ido Sum’s departure comes after he played a crucial role in raising the firm’s $150m TIDE Africa Fund II, one of the largest early-stage funds for the continent.
September 24, 2025
Corporate Governance Forum
Who Replaces a Founder-CEO? Africa’s Top Startups’ Succession Playbooks Are Taking Shape
After a decade of hustle, a wave of founder-CEOs are handing over the keys. But who will succeed them? We dig deeper.
September 24, 2025
Ecosystem News
PayPal Launches $100M Hunt for Acquisitions and Minority Stakes in African Fintech
The move signals a deeper strategic push into the region for PayPal, building on its existing portfolio.
September 24, 2025
Partner Content
Payaza vs FairMoney: A New King Is Crowned in Nigeria’s Fintech Debt Market
The new SEC framework, effective April 24, 2025, ended the era of easy liquidity with several key mandates.
September 24, 2025
Analysis & Opinions
The ‘Fund Manager Factory’: Inside the High-Touch Model De-Risking Africa’s ‘Missing Middle’
This model is the antithesis of lean, remote investing.
September 24, 2025
Partner Content
Fintech Unicorn Wave’s African Playbook Has Been Copied. What’s Its Next Move?
This week, Orange Cameroon, a subsidiary of the French telecoms giant, announced it was slashing all peer-to-peer transfer fees to zero.
September 24, 2025
Updates
Silverbacks Backs Export-Focused African Fashion Startups in Creative Economy Push
The investment brings together a return-focused firm and an impact-driven non-profit.
September 23, 2025
Ecosystem News
Acumen’s $246M ‘De-Risking’ Fund Targets Africa’s Energy Frontier
The Hardest-to-Reach (H2R) Initiative, launched at COP28, is now backed by a powerful coalition.
September 23, 2025
Updates
Yango Ventures’ New $20M Fund Makes Second African Tech Investment
The deal marks the fund’s second major African tech investment this year.
September 22, 2025
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The VC Waiting Game: Why a 7% Distribution Is a Major Win for Early-Stage African Funds
The pan-African seed fund returns $2.5m to LPs - a rare liquidity signal in a market still waiting for its post-boom reckoning.
June 19, 2026
Analysis & Opinions
Nigeria’s Startup Graveyard Has Become a Bargain Bin for Buyers
With fewer, larger funds calling the shots, patience for fragmented markets has evaporated.
June 19, 2026
Updates
Consortium of DFIs and Philanthropies Backs $176M Africa Clean Energy Platform
Capital will flow into distributed renewable energy companies.
June 18, 2026
Updates
63% of South Africa’s Franchise Brands Are Stuck Under 30 Stores. Here’s Why Opening More Isn’t the Fix
By Larry Hodes, CEO Grow Franchising & FASA Board Member
June 18, 2026