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    Tunisia’s State Startup Fund Looks Beyond Capital City Tech Elites

    The $60m ANAVA initiative is taking venture capital on the road to hunt for deal-flow in forgotten interior provinces.
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    CFO Churn Casts Shadow Over Flutterwave’s Long-Delayed IPO Ambitions

    Africa's $3bn payments champion trades Wall Street polish for regional banking steel as executive turnover points to deferred listing plans and domestic regulatory friction.
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    South African Banking Giant Nedbank Backs Cleantech Fund with $28M

    The investment boosts the fund’s total capital to R2.8bn ($161m).
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    Orange Corners Deepens North African Push with New Startup Fund in Tunisia

    The fund operates a two-track model, offering everything from prototype vouchers and monthly allowances for idea-stage founders to more substantial seed funding.
    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.
    Industry

    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."
    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.
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    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.
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    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.
    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.
    Industry

    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.
    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.
    Industry

    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.
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    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.
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    Tunisia’s State Startup Fund Looks Beyond Capital City Tech Elites

    The $60m ANAVA initiative is taking venture capital on the road to hunt for deal-flow in forgotten interior provinces.
    Updates

    CFO Churn Casts Shadow Over Flutterwave’s Long-Delayed IPO Ambitions

    Africa's $3bn payments champion trades Wall Street polish for regional banking steel as executive turnover points to deferred listing plans and domestic regulatory friction.
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Algeria’s Fintech Era Begins as Telecom Giant Djezzy Secures Country’s First PSP License

    The entity is a dedicated subsidiary of Optimum Telecom Algeria (Djezzy), the country’s second-largest mobile operator.
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    Bank Zero Joins TymeBank and Discovery in South Africa’s Profitable Neobank Club

    Bank Zero hits monthly break-even with just 275,000 direct retail accounts, offering a playbook for capital-efficient fintechs.

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