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    Udoh Charles

    Charles operates at the forefront of African technology ecosystems as a lawyer, analyst, researcher, and go-to expert with several years of experience working across Africa’s tech sector. In addition to advising on multi-million-dollar cross-border venture capital, private equity, IP, and governance deals across Africa, the US, Europe, and Asia, he is an award-winning writer passionate about chronicling the rise of African innovation.
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    Egypt’s Non-Bank Lenders Get Another Year Behind a Regulatory Moat

    For institutions that had hoped to enter the market, the window remains closed.
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    Enza Capital Raises $21M to Back African AI as Venture Funding Retreats

    Pan-African venture firm reaches $21mn first close on Enza Capital III LP, betting that AI can narrow a funding gap that has left African AI rounds with a median size of just $1.9mn
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    African Tech Predictions for 2026: After the Rebound

    2025 ended with a notable rebound in startup financing across Africa.
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    Revisiting the 2025 Predictions for African Tech

    Capital can return quickly. Credibility and time are far harder to earn.
    Ecosystem News

    ‘Valuations Still Far Too High’: Lexi Novitske on Investing a $205m Africa Tech Fund Amid Market Turbulence

    In this exclusive interview, Launch Base Africa asks one of the continent’s top VCs about the key lessons from backing Africa’s leading growth-stage deals — and what’s behind the slowdown in later-stage funding.
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    “Don’t Build for Hypothetical Problems”: What Immobazyme’s Founders Learned While Dragging University IP Into the Marketplace

    " Our aim has always been to build globally competitive biotechnology capabilities here in South Africa"
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Brinkmanship and Secrecy: Lessons From a Year of Tech Trench Warfare in Africa

    Strip away the geographic and sectoral differences, and a consistent narrative emerges from 2025’s major African regulatory actions:
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    ‘Don’t Wait to Be Perfect’: How Selling Imperfect Produce Helped Farm to Feed Land a $1.5M Seed Round

    Pushing a problem that you think is important onto a customer doesn’t work.
    Corporate Governance Forum

    What New Delaware Investor Information Rules Mean for African Startups

    Ultimately, Delaware’s new rules raise the stakes for transparency and communication.
    Hard Talks

    “We Carry the Weight for Others”: Inside the $2M Raise for Tanzania’s Hybrid AgriTech Pioneer MazaoHub

    I learned that business is not a selfish journey. It’s about being the reason for others to succeed.
    Hard Talks

    ‘I Collapsed and Cried for Hours’: How Hypeo AI’s Founder Turned Her Worst Day Into a Venture-Backed Startup

    This proved that I could bounce back.
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    OPay and Moniepoint’s Agent Banking Empire Faces Its Biggest Threat Yet

    Nigerian fintechs can no longer just distribute terminals; they must actively manage, monitor.
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Algeria Opens for Fintech: New PSP Rules Create a Playbook for Payments Startups

    For international investors, it offers a degree of regulatory certainty that has been lacking.
    Venture Capital & Funding Sources

    Mapping Africa’s VC Firepower: Which Funds Still Have the Most to Deploy?

    Earlier this year, we released a comprehensive report on newly launched funds in Africa targeting African startups. Eight months into the year, the majority of funding rounds across the continent have seen participation from firms featured in that report.
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    Egypt’s Non-Bank Lenders Get Another Year Behind a Regulatory Moat

    For institutions that had hoped to enter the market, the window remains closed.
    Updates

    Enza Capital Raises $21M to Back African AI as Venture Funding Retreats

    Pan-African venture firm reaches $21mn first close on Enza Capital III LP, betting that AI can narrow a funding gap that has left African AI rounds with a median size of just $1.9mn
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    South African Fintech Lumepay Raises $6M Pre-Seed to Build Africa’s Institutional Cross-Border Payments Rails

    Cape Town-based start-up, founded by former Ovex executives, secures funding and a $10m liquidity float as it targets B2B corridors across a continent moving away from correspondent banking. But its early growth has coincided with litigation over restraint of trade.
    Ecosystem News

    MNT-Halan Shifts From Risky SME Lending as ‘Super-App’ Strategy Lifts Third-Quarter Profit

    The group has actively curtailed its exposure to higher-risk SME lending, which previously formed a larger share of its disbursements.

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