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    “We’re Not Monitoring Energy — We’re Deciding What Happens Next”: Inside PowerLabs’ Bet on Automation

    "The most important lesson we’ve taken from this journey is how much your team determines everything else."
    Ecosystem News

    Standard Bank Leads $330m Refinancing for JSE-Listed AI Fintech Optasia

    Optasia, which made history in November 2025 as the largest fintech IPO on the JSE, uses proprietary AI to provide credit scoring and micro-lending to unbanked populations.
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    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Nigeria’s CAC Makes a Bold Bet on AI-Powered Instant Company Registration — and It Misfires

    As Nigeria aims to climb the ranks of global ease-of-doing-business indices, its latest experiment with automation highlights a timeless truth.
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    A New Fintech Gold Rush in Cameroon — But Has the Market Really Changed?

    In 2022, it accounted for 71% of all mobile money transactions in Central Africa, totalling more than €90 billion
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    Cape Town-Born Cerebrium Raises $8.5M to Power the Future of Real-Time AI

    Cerebrium is a serverless infrastructure platform that makes it easy for companies to build and scale data/AI workloads. With just a team of 4 across the US and South Africa, the startup scaled to doing millions in revenue.
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    Cape Town’s New timbuktoo Creative Hub Opens Free Space for Africa’s Creative-Tech Startups

    Creatives are also invited to host creative community events in the vibrant venue.
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Dollar Access Returns. So Does Foreign Competition for Nigerian Wallets

    In the coming months, Nigerian companies — from fintechs to fashion brands — will face a tough question.
    Ecosystem News

    Cairo Fire Exposes the Cracks Beneath Egypt’s Fintech Boom

    When infrastructure fails, the impact is brutally democratic: everyone goes down.
    Ecosystem News

    Out of Style: Why North Africa’s Venture-Backed Fashion Startups Are Disappearing

    After a multimillion-dollar funding boom, North Africa’s once-hyped fashion startups are quietly going bust. What went wrong?
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Moroccan Startups Are Quietly Dismantling Monopolies

    It’s not every day a startup drags a public institution into the 21st century — and walks away with the keys to a fairer market.
    Ecosystem News

    South Africa’s Paymenow Secures $22.4M to Expand Earned Wage Access Across Africa

    With this deal, a wave of South African banks continue their backing for African fintech firms.
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    Africa’s SWIFT Alternative PAPSS Just Hit 17 Members. Here’s Why That Matters

    While the expanding geographical footprint is significant, the real story lies in the “how.”
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    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here’s a look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we’re tracking this week
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    Kenya’s BuuPass Lands Investment from Yango’s New $20M Corporate VC Fund

    The fund will target startups from seed through Series B rounds, focusing on online-to-offline (O2O) platforms, B2B SaaS solutions, and fintech ventures.
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    “We’re Not Monitoring Energy — We’re Deciding What Happens Next”: Inside PowerLabs’ Bet on Automation

    "The most important lesson we’ve taken from this journey is how much your team determines everything else."
    Ecosystem News

    Standard Bank Leads $330m Refinancing for JSE-Listed AI Fintech Optasia

    Optasia, which made history in November 2025 as the largest fintech IPO on the JSE, uses proprietary AI to provide credit scoring and micro-lending to unbanked populations.
    Partner Content

    From Kitchens to Cockpits: The Egyptian Startup Turning Cooking Oil Into a 25x Investor Return

    Delta Oil operates at the intersection of waste management and energy production.
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    The ‘Early-Stage Hollow’: Is the Rise of Successor Funds Leaving African Seed Founders Behind?

    This matters because the early-stage hollow is cumulative.

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