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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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    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.
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    Yango Ventures’ New $20M Fund Makes Second African Tech Investment

    The deal marks the fund’s second major African tech investment this year.
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Wave Throws $50M into Senegal’s Tax Fire — Can It Quench the Blaze?

    Senegal's fintech industry is presenting what it calls a “winning alternative.”
    Industry

    The Flywheel Effect: How M-KOPA’s 35,000 Agents Are Powering Its Push to 10M Users

    According to its newly released 2025 Impact Report, M-KOPA is on track to reach 10 million customers.
    Analysis & Opinions

    Five Lessons from Goodwell’s Decade-Long Bet on African Fintech

    Instead of pure expansion, companies are focusing on making existing networks more productive and resilient.
    EASTERN AFRICA

    Mirova’s $282M Fund Backs Kenya’s Arc Ride in First African EV Deal

    The €33bn asset manager's Gigaton Fund has committed up to $10m in debt to the Kenyan e-mobility startup to scale its battery-swapping network.
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    Tanzania’s MazaoHub Bags $2M to Scale Its AI-Powered ‘Agricultural Clinics’

    The Dar es Salaam-based startup is blending AI, soil sensors and on-the-ground agronomists to boost climate resilience for smallholder farmers.
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    4DX Ventures Tops Up Africa Fund as It Continues Dealmaking Spree

    The fundraising comes amid a prolific year of investment for the firm.
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    South Africa’s Contactable Raises $13.5M to Tackle the Continent’s KYC Maze

    The investment, led by Venture Capitalworks, will fund the company's expansion as it builds the digital plumbing for banks, telcos, and insurers across the continent.
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    Kenyan Agritech ‘Startup Factory’ Pyramidia Ventures Raises $1.5M

    Instead of investing in existing startups, the studio ideates, develops, and pilots its own business concepts in-house.
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    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here’s a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we’re tracking this month.
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    South Africa Is Turning Its Crypto Exchanges into Tax Deputies

    For the individual crypto enthusiast, the message is even simpler: the taxman knows.
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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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