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    Familiar Paths Forged Anew: African Investors Tread Carefully as AI Buzz Struggles to Echo in Q1

    Across the globe, the first quarter of 2025 witnessed an unprecedented surge in venture capital flowing into artificial intelligence.

    From Burn Rate to Balance Sheets: Africa’s Public Markets Offer Emerging Credit Fintechs a Path to Profitability and Scale

    Scaling up? Africa's leading credit fintechs are turning to a new financing playbook.

    Solar Bonds or Equity Stakes? European Retail Investors Pour Millions into African Cleantech Startups, Lured by Tax-Free Gains

    Amid the rise of elusive institutional funds targeting African cleantech, startups in the cleantech and climatetech sectors have found a reliable destination in their search for hard-to-come-by funding.

    African Startups Raised $604M in Q1 2025 Amid Shifting Investor Trends

    The first quarter of 2025 suggests a stable and cautiously optimistic funding environment for African startups.
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    Satellites, Biotech, and HR: Stocks & Strauss Locks in $24m to Take Campus Tech Global

    Its mandate is to back start-ups and spin-outs built around technologies, patents and talent emerging from South African tertiary institutions and their alumni networks.

    Beyond the Remittance Hype: The 3 Business Models Winning VC Cash in Africa’s Stablecoin Boom

    A wave of offshore venture and private credit capital is flooding into African stablecoins—but a close look at recent deals reveals a split market.

    Proparco Anchors Rare Moroccan LP Position in EmTech’s New $60M Early-Stage Fund

    The fund plans to invest in around 20 startups, writing cheques of between $500,000 and $3m in pre-Series A and Series A rounds.

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    Satellites, Biotech, and HR: Stocks & Strauss Locks in $24m to Take Campus Tech Global

    Its mandate is to back start-ups and spin-outs built around technologies, patents and talent emerging from South African tertiary institutions and their alumni networks.

    Beyond the Remittance Hype: The 3 Business Models Winning VC Cash in Africa’s Stablecoin Boom

    A wave of offshore venture and private credit capital is flooding into African stablecoins—but a close look at recent deals reveals a split market.

    Free Licences, Open Batteries and a 6-Month Time Bomb — Rwanda Plays Chicken With EV Founders

    Kigali's ambitious regulation offers zero-cost market entry but demands near-perfect operational performance - and a promise to tear down proprietary battery walls.

    No Bank Account Needed: Inside Budge AI’s Plan to Fix Personal Finance in Markets Open Banking Left Behind

    As open banking APIs remain patchy across much of Africa, two software engineers are betting that the key to mass-market expense tracking is already buzzing in users' pockets.