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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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    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.

    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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    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.

    Africa’s First EV Battery Gigafactory Secures $114M in AfDB Funding

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    The Promise and Peril of Lending to Egypt’s Unbanked: Inside Valu’s Growth Dilemma

    Egypt's largest consumer finance platform has built a business on financial inclusion, but a mysterious data discrepancy in its annual report raises questions about the true cost of that mission.