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    Tracking Google’s AI Interests in Africa: A Strategy of Venture, Grants, and Skilling

    The tech giant’s latest moves—spanning venture funding, academic grants, and digital upskilling—signal a long-term bet on Africa’s potential to drive AI innovation tailored to local challenges.

    Looking for VC in Ghana in 2025? Accra’s Not Where the Money Is

    This year so far, most Ghanaian startups raised from a single institutional backer.

    Demo Day, Then Decay: The Reality of Africa’s Makeshift Startup Accelerators

    There’s also a chronic geographic imbalance. Cities like Lusaka, Douala, and Bamako appear only sporadically on the accelerator map, despite emerging tech scenes. And of the few programs based in Somalia, Cameroon, or Tanzania, nearly all are inactive.

    Bizao Post-Mortem: What Went Wrong at Africa’s B2B Payments Infrastructure Startup?

    Following its entry into receivership, a Paris court opened a bidding process in April 2025 to attract acquirers. None emerged.
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    ‘It’s Not a Pipeline Problem’: Why African VCs Are Ghosting Female Founders

    “It was pretty heartbreaking to be technically competent and have a team composed of a second-time founder and still have to deal with this type of sexism.”

    Delivery Hero and Careem Alumni Raise $2.8M to Fix North Africa’s E-Commerce Logistics Headache

    “Everything we build starts with sitting down with merchants and understanding where they are losing time, money or customers,”

    Donor-Backed AI Health Tools Proliferate Across Africa, but Sustainability Remains Elusive

    Gates-funded report finds 20 deployed solutions delivering tangible results, yet most rely on short-term grants and lack independently verified cost savings

    Rooibos Becomes South Africa’s Latest Export — to Space

    Rooibos seeds bound for the International Space Station in initiative linking space plant science with skills development.

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    ‘It’s Not a Pipeline Problem’: Why African VCs Are Ghosting Female Founders

    “It was pretty heartbreaking to be technically competent and have a team composed of a second-time founder and still have to deal with this type of sexism.”

    Delivery Hero and Careem Alumni Raise $2.8M to Fix North Africa’s E-Commerce Logistics Headache

    “Everything we build starts with sitting down with merchants and understanding where they are losing time, money or customers,”

    71% of WAEMU Transaction Value Still Flows Through Cheques — Despite BCEAO’s New Instant Payment Rail

    BCEAO’s annual report reveals why getting 100m people to ditch paper is a multi-year slog.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here's a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we're tracking this month.