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    Africa’s Tech Reckoning: Why 2025 Became the Year of Deals, Departures and Difficult Truths

    A headline funding recovery masks a fundamental restructuring of the continent's startup landscape.

    The Hunt Is On: Tracking African Startup-Led Acquisition Spree of 2025

    Unsurprisingly, the deals are largely concentrated in the continent’s most competitive sectors.

    Mapped: Where Gulf VC Money Is Currently Flowing in Africa — And Where It Isn’t

    In 2025, Gulf investors rarely lead African tech rounds.

    DFIs and European Funds Keep Africa’s 2025 Rebound on Track in November Despite Cooling VC Flows

    With one month remaining in 2025, the African tech ecosystem has firmly rebounded from the lows of 2024.
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    Washington-based impact investor deploys non-dilutive funding to early-stage fintech and agtech ventures facing persistent early-stage funding gaps.

    Why Business Owners Get Trapped in Firefighter Mode and How to Get Out

    Graham Mitchell (Business Coach, Author and Founder of Grow), writes from Sandton, South Africa

    Is Talent Export the New Impact Thesis? Daniel Yu’s $100M Fund Makes Its First Bet

    Move signals fund's focus on labour migration as a pathway out of poverty.

    Shuttlers Launches Carpooling Service as Rivals Race for Uber’s Market Share in Nigeria

    Findings by Launch Base Africa found that fares on several ride-hailing platforms operating in Nigeria have risen sharply since Uber’s exit.

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    Washington-based impact investor deploys non-dilutive funding to early-stage fintech and agtech ventures facing persistent early-stage funding gaps.

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    Graham Mitchell (Business Coach, Author and Founder of Grow), writes from Sandton, South Africa

    Township Fibre, Mortgage Tech, and $168M in Domestic Dry Powder

    Four years after spinning out of Ethos PE, the Johannesburg-based firm signals a rare vote of confidence from local pension funds.

    The Secret Antitrust Battle That Helped Sink Koko Networks

    The collapse of Kenya's largest clean-cooking company is blamed on a government refusal to authorise carbon credit sales. A court ruling in Nairobi shows that a competition inquiry into its main supply contract was running alongside that dispute.