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    Cheap, Collateral-Free, and Non-Dilutive: The ‘Unicorn’ Debt African Founders Are Chasing

    By the time Abuja-based founders start looking for their first serious debt facility, many have already spent months hearing versions of the same answer.

    From Capiter’s Wreckage, a Chinese VC Finds a New Egyptian Bet

    The Beijing-based venture firm was once among the most active early-stage investors in Egypt and the broader African tech market.

    The Unwritten Rules of Running a Blended Finance Fund in Africa

    Nobody publishes them. Nobody formally acknowledges them. But spend enough time inside the data, and the operating logic of Africa’s blended finance ecosystem becomes difficult to ignore.

    The Graduation Gap: Mapping Africa’s Current High-Liquidity Post-Seed Corridors

    Approximately 5% to 21% of African seed-stage startups successfully secure Series A funding, significantly lower than the global average of roughly 33%.
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    The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

    SA Repeat Founders Process Over $60m in Six Months With Stablecoin Safari Startup

    Cape Town-based start-up uses stablecoins and a merchant-of-record model to undercut transaction fees that have long burdened African tourism businesses.

    From an Angry Post to a $50m Ribbon-Cutting: The Land Battle Behind an Egyptian Deeptech Scaleup’s $50m Factory

    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.

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    Africa to LatAm: Busy Mobility Fintech Route Gets a Yango Mafia Boost

    Fuelled by informal workforces and bank credit gaps, vehicle-financing platforms are building cross-continental empires.

    Inside dLocal’s $23.7M AZA Finance Deal: $22.8M of Customers, IP and Goodwill

    The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

    Telegram Ads, Money Mules and $16bn: The Shadow Corridors Linking China to Africa

    Chinese-language money laundering networks (CMLNs) have begun openly marketing their financial services to operators in five sub-Saharan African countries, according to latest reports.

    Long Detection Lag: The Thread Running Through Senegal’s Fintech Heists

    Several insider-fraud cases in twelve months share less to do with the amounts stolen than with how long nobody noticed.