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Swedfund Injects $20M Into AfricaGoGreen to Plug Climate Debt Gap
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Ventures Platform Secures $84M for Second African Tech Fund in Test of Institutional Appetite
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AFC Tests Nigerian Pensions’ Appetite with $750M Climate Fund
Ecosystem News
AgDevCo Ventures Raises $49M in First Close for East African Agri-SME Fund
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Telegram Ads, Money Mules and $16bn: The Shadow Corridors Linking China to Africa
Ecosystem News
Jumia Secures $50m IFC-Backed Emergency Raise After Total Equity Crashes 98%
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From Lagos Ride-Hailing to Global Robotaxis: Moove Raises $250M at $2.1B Valuation
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Five Countries, Half a Million Dollars: Inside Nigeria’s New Startup Funding Math
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From Wages to Fraud to Deliveries: The Pattern Behind South Africa’s Recent Startup Funding
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Why Africa’s Current Capital Concentration at the Top Isn’t a Temporary Lag
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Africa’s Top Equity Investors in Tech in H1 2026
Analysis & Opinions
Context Is the New IP: Inside the New Wave of Africa’s Early-Stage AI Micro-M&A
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Third-Party Vendors vs. In-House Builds: The Real Divide in African Banking’s AI Success
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Is This the End of the Accelerator Era in African Tech?
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Why Africa’s Startup Funding Leaderboards Look Different This Year
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‘Timing Is Critical’: How a Pandemic Almost Killed Weego and Accidentally Built Its B2B Engine
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From Profitability to $10M ARR: How Prembly Cracked Africa’s Identity Infrastructure
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‘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
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“Harder to Build, but More Defensible”: Enakl Co-Founder on Tackling Morocco’s Commuter Chaos
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‘Valuations Still Far Too High’: Lexi Novitske on Investing a $205m Africa Tech Fund Amid Market Turbulence
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“Don’t Build for Hypothetical Problems”: What Immobazyme’s Founders Learned While Dragging University IP Into the Marketplace
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‘Don’t Wait to Be Perfect’: How Selling Imperfect Produce Helped Farm to Feed Land a $1.5M Seed Round
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How Moving Goalposts Are Freezing Francophone West Africa’s Fintech Scene
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School Fees, Secret Loans, and a CEO Ban: Inside Egypt’s Wildest Fintech Scandal
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Long Detection Lag: The Thread Running Through Senegal’s Fintech Heists
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Once Bitten, Twice Global: Africa’s Stablecoin Darlings Build Their Escape Hatches
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Stablecoins, Remote Work, and Sweeping Levies: Can Nigerian Crypto Survive Its Tax Winter?
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Why Kenya’s Crypto Clampdown Is a Fortress for Banks
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From Binance Unblocks to Total Ban: Ethiopia Targets Crypto Wallets in Expanding Digital Asset Ban
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Jumia Files to Let Four Investors Sell $15m of Shares Two Weeks After Rescue Raise
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ANKA Splits B2B and Consumer Arms as New Owner Attempts Post-Insolvency Comeback
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Swvl Lands Sawiris Family Backing in $13M Push for U.S. Expansion
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From Quebec to Africa: The Obscure Telecom Making a High-Stakes Nasdaq Debut
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Five35 Widens Female-Focused Bets as African Funding for Female Founders Dries Up
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From Matchmaker to Fund Manager: Why Exits MENA Is Buying Its Way Into Direct Investment
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Inside dLocal’s $23.7M AZA Finance Deal: $22.8M of Customers, IP and Goodwill
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Premium Brands Don’t Have a Quality Problem. They Have a Distinction Problem.
Nomaswazi Phumo, Head of Strategy of Leagas Delaney South Africa, writes from Cape Town, South Africa
August 28, 2026
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Swedfund Injects $20M Into AfricaGoGreen to Plug Climate Debt Gap
The transaction is consistent with Swedfund’s demonstrated strategic priority.
August 28, 2026
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From Oil Rigs to Charging Plugs: Angola’s State Giant Sonangol Plots EV Future
To support the initiative, Sonangol has also launched a mobile app to help future EV drivers locate the nascent infrastructure.
September 4, 2025
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Kenyan Cap Table Startup Raise Africa Shuts Down, Citing a Better Fit with Private Equity
Raise is shutting down after finding its product was built for the wrong audience.
September 4, 2025
People & Places
GITEX Nigeria: Lagos Rolls Out the Red Carpet as Startups Hunt for Elusive Capital
The official narrative is one of unbridled optimism.
September 4, 2025
Updates
Africa’s Creative Economy Takes Centre Stage at Timbuktoo Creatives Hub in Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa — 04 September 2025 — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa,...
September 4, 2025
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South Africa’s The Invigilator Raises $11m to Take Its AI Anti-cheating Tech Global
Founded in 2020, The Invigilator provides a platform for educational institutions to monitor students during remote exams and assessments.
September 3, 2025
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Babban Gona Raises $7.5m to Expand AI-Backed Farming Franchise in Northern Nigeria
With BII’s backing, Babban Gona says it wants to increase yields and incomes for around 140,000 farmers by 2029.
September 3, 2025
Policy & Regulations Forum
The Great WAEMU Shakeout: 20 Fintechs Licensed as Regulatory Guillotine Falls
This licensing wave lands in the middle of a much broader regulatory push.
September 3, 2025
Ecosystem News
Mamo Mihretu’s Legacy: Ethiopia’s Economic Reformer Resigns, Leaving Fintech Rulebook Rewritten
In a farewell message, Mamo stated he was leaving public service “to pursue other passions.”
September 3, 2025
Analysis & Opinions
Africa’s Data Centers Are in a Race for Higher-Margin Cloud Services
South Africa leads decisively with 49 facilities, representing nearly a quarter of the continent’s total.
September 3, 2025
Updates
MOPO Secures $6.7m From Norfund to Scale Battery Rentals Across Africa
Its products include the MOPO50, designed for lighting, phone charging and small appliances, and the MOPOMax, which supports higher-load devices such as small business equipment and e-mobility.
September 3, 2025
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Egypt’s Intella Raises $12.5m to Build an AI That Truly Understands Arabic
Intella reported that it more than doubled its revenue in 2024 and is projecting 7x growth in 2025.
September 2, 2025
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The Elite Oxford Club Training VCs Who Deploy $444m Across Africa
Founders backed by VCs that have received support from Boost Africa have a significantly higher success rate in follow-on funding.
September 2, 2025
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Premium Brands Don’t Have a Quality Problem. They Have a Distinction Problem.
Nomaswazi Phumo, Head of Strategy of Leagas Delaney South Africa, writes from Cape Town, South Africa
August 28, 2026
Ecosystem News
Swedfund Injects $20M Into AfricaGoGreen to Plug Climate Debt Gap
The transaction is consistent with Swedfund’s demonstrated strategic priority.
August 28, 2026
Policy & Regulations Forum
How Moving Goalposts Are Freezing Francophone West Africa’s Fintech Scene
For investors considering Francophone West Africa’s fintech sector, the past eighteen months have been ‘a study in uncertainty’.
August 28, 2026
Analysis & Opinions
Five Countries, Half a Million Dollars: Inside Nigeria’s New Startup Funding Math
Nigerian founders are not failing to raise capital so much as raising it through instruments that didn't used to be the plan.
August 28, 2026
