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    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.

    South African Banks Are Becoming Africa’s Go-To Lenders for Venture-Scale Startups

    South African banks’ growing involvement in tech-aligned debt is no accident.

    Where the Money’s Going: What Investors Are Backing Outside Africa’s ‘Big Four’ in 2025

    North Africa — especially Morocco and Tunisia — is becoming a testing ground for AI, vertical SaaS, and bundled apps.

    The Unwritten Rule: Why 2025’s Most Funded African Startups Are Becoming the Most Aggressive Buyers

    Too early to call it a trend? Maybe. But the signals are getting louder.
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    South African fintech secures backing from two of the country's largest lenders to tackle a chronic funding gap for small businesses.

    Handymesh Is Building the Digital rails for Africa’s Multibillion-Dollar Artisan Market

    Handymesh founders deploy AI, escrow and verifiable work histories to bring structure to Africa’s vast informal home services sector

    LemFi Acquires UK Wealth Platform Wealth8 in Push to Build Migrant Financial Hub

    London-based fintech adds investment services to remittance and credit offering after securing regulatory approval

    From Tax Bots to Farm Finance, Hyper-Local AI Is South Africa’s New Battleground

    In an ecosystem often criticised for importing foreign business models, this wave of localised AI, built on proprietary, hard-to-replicate datasets, represents a native competitive advantage.

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    Handymesh founders deploy AI, escrow and verifiable work histories to bring structure to Africa’s vast informal home services sector

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

    Coca-Cola Joins Egypt’s High-Value Tech Offshoring Wave

    The newly launched Coca-Cola HBC Digital Hub will serve as a centralized digital delivery platform supporting the company’s operations across 27 markets in Europe and Africa.