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    Africa’s Startup Graveyard: The Eerie Patterns Behind 2025’s Biggest Failures

    While each collapse has its own story, a closer look at the debris reveals eerie patterns.

    From Accra to Toronto: The Alternative Routes African Startups Are Taking to Expand Overseas

    For African startups, expanding overseas has traditionally meant one clear path: acquisition.

    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.

    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.
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    Vercel Extends Acquisition Spree With Egypt’s Stakpak Deal

    P1 Ventures vindicated as Vercel snaps up second portfolio company in a week.

    Karooooo’s Delivery Arm Rides Quick-Commerce Wave as Fleet-Tracking Core Matures

    South African vehicle-tracking group Karooooo is quietly building a second growth engine in the form of an ultra-fast delivery business that is expanding at more than twice the pace of its established Cartrack fleet-management operations. The company, which is listed on Nasdaq with a secondary...

    From Pilot to Profit: Kenya’s Jackfruit Finance Takes Its School Lending Model Across East Africa

    The move to a revenue-sharing arrangement marks a transition away from subsidised pilot funding.

    Koko Networks Puts Ethanol Platform on the Block in $15m Asset Sale

    The sale is being targeted at corporate and institutional participants with demonstrated financial capacity to conclude a transaction exceeding $15m.

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    Vercel Extends Acquisition Spree With Egypt’s Stakpak Deal

    P1 Ventures vindicated as Vercel snaps up second portfolio company in a week.

    Karooooo’s Delivery Arm Rides Quick-Commerce Wave as Fleet-Tracking Core Matures

    South African vehicle-tracking group Karooooo is quietly building a second growth engine in the...

    Uber to Acquire Glovo and Talabat’s African Operations Under Delivery Hero’s $16.9bn Takeover

    Transaction will give US ride-hailing and delivery group a foothold in fast-growing markets including Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria.

    Rooibos Becomes South Africa’s Latest Export — to Space

    Low-Earth orbit becomes testing ground for South African agritech Rooibos seeds bound for the International Space Station in initiative linking space plant science with skills development.