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    Kenya Defies High-Profile Startup Failures to Retain Top Spot for African Tech Funding in 2024

    Much of the investment flowing into Kenya has been directed towards climate tech companies.

    Four Key Predictions for the African Tech Startup Ecosystem in 2025

    Here are four key predictions for the African tech startup ecosystem in the year ahead.

    Top Lessons African Startups Can Learn from Ecosystem Trends in 2024

    As Y Combinator and other global investors scale back their focus on emerging markets, African startups may need to rely more on local ecosystem builders and support systems.

    Gone But Not Forgotten: African Startups That Closed in 2024

    While 2024 has been a year of reckoning for African startups, it also offers a moment for recalibration.
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    For decades, commercial operations in Nigeria have been forced to operate as their own utility providers.

    Renew Capital Is Hunting for Founders Who Can Unlock Africa’s $330bn Untapped Credit Market

    Renew Capital is anchoring its new program on the premise that this exclusion is driven by underutilized data rather than inherent borrower risk.

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