Who are North Africa's most influential startup dealmakers? Flat6Labs and the US's Plug & Play occupy front-row seats. A recent funding move has reinforced this assertion.
The agritech startup, which counts Netflix's Reed Hastings as a backer, has secured fresh capital from impact investor WaterEquity to expand across Africa.
The South African fintech is betting that consumers want to split payments without taking on new debt, a model that's driving higher-value sales for merchants.
Sixteen months later, on a hot July day in 2026, Egypt's finance minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, returned to a company whose public frustration had once laid bare the country's industrial bureaucracy.
The new virtual asset rules demand high capital, local custody, and bank-held reserves - creating a moat that traditional lenders are perfectly positioned to fill.
