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    Back to Build: The Growing Influence of Returnee Emigrants in Africa’s Tech Ecosystem

    Gregory Johnson, co-founder of mPharma, left behind a promising career at Google to return to Africa and confront the challenges in healthcare head-on.

    The Rise of Full-Time VCs: African Accelerators Pivot to Venture Capital in Record Numbers

    For many African-focused VC firms, transitioning to the VC model comes with thinking mostly like VCs.

    Africa’s Billion-Dollar Dream: Who Will Lead the Next Unicorn Wave?

    By the time they reach unicorn status, most African startups have extended beyond their home markets.

    Meet the Funder: Nobesuthu Ndlovu, Director SME, Old Mutual Corporate

    "Our focus is on sectors recovering well post-COVID, like manufacturing, trade, construction, technology, and retail services."
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    Africa to LatAm: Busy Mobility Fintech Route Gets a Yango Mafia Boost

    Fuelled by informal workforces and bank credit gaps, vehicle-financing platforms are building cross-continental empires.

    Inside dLocal’s $23.7M AZA Finance Deal: $22.8M of Customers, IP and Goodwill

    The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

    SA Repeat Founders Process Over $60m in Six Months With Stablecoin Safari Startup

    Cape Town-based start-up uses stablecoins and a merchant-of-record model to undercut transaction fees that have long burdened African tourism businesses.

    From an Angry Post to a $50m Ribbon-Cutting: The Land Battle Behind an Egyptian Deeptech Scaleup’s $50m Factory

    Sixteen months later, on a hot July day in 2026, Egypt's finance minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, returned to a company whose public frustration had once laid bare the country's industrial bureaucracy.

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    Africa to LatAm: Busy Mobility Fintech Route Gets a Yango Mafia Boost

    Fuelled by informal workforces and bank credit gaps, vehicle-financing platforms are building cross-continental empires.

    Inside dLocal’s $23.7M AZA Finance Deal: $22.8M of Customers, IP and Goodwill

    The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

    Egypt’s Licence Freeze Spawns $95m Tamweely Deal

    Egyptian digital payments and fintech group e-Finance for Digital and Financial Investments has agreed...

    Africa’s Founder Exit Wave Is Hitting Health-Tech Hardest

    Growing CEO departures in 18 months mark the end of the continent's "blitz-scaling" era and the uncomfortable arrival of institutional governance.