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    After Major Failures Across Africa, Investors Look for a New Breed of Foreign Startup Founders

    From recent funding rounds, three categories of seemingly “acceptable” foreign founders stand out.

    A Finnish Two-step: Money + Nokia

    Nokia has a deep place in Africa's internet infrastructure startups.

    The $250M Researcher: Inside the AI Bidding War Where African Talent Is Invisible

    40% of top US AI researchers come from Chinese universities. 0% come from Africa.

    The Great Return: Stablecoins Win Back Africa’s Fleeing Crypto Startup Investors

    The institutional capital we are seeing is now more than just a fleeting conviction.
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    Nearly 80% of African Startup Funding in May Was Debt

    A month without a single equity round above $10m also raises questions.

    The Elite Funnel: Why African Tech’s New Financing Mix Signals a Hollowing of the Core

    Priced equity rounds from US and Gulf venture capital have all but vanished.

    From Profitability to $10M ARR: How Prembly Cracked Africa’s Identity Infrastructure

    "We’re processing around seven million unique verifications per month, up from 4.7 million."

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    Nearly 80% of African Startup Funding in May Was Debt

    A month without a single equity round above $10m also raises questions.

    The Elite Funnel: Why African Tech’s New Financing Mix Signals a Hollowing of the Core

    Priced equity rounds from US and Gulf venture capital have all but vanished.

    NALA Secures up to $50M Credit Facility From MUFG-Backed Liquidity to Pre-Fund Stablecoin Payment Corridors

    "At some point our business was more than doubling every other quarter, we grew faster than we could handle pre-funding for single-direction payments and everything broke."

    South African Fintech Flagship Yoco Buys Restaurant Software Platform Dyner.ai

    The South African payments group is bolting on an AI-native operating system for restaurants, while a new European CEO prepares to take the helm.