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    Investing in a Greener Africa: Meet the VC Funds Backing Climate Tech Startups in 2024

    A new wave of venture capital (VC) funds is emerging, specifically targeting climate tech...

    How Egyptian Online Grocery Startup Breadfast Doubled Its Revenue and Turned Profitable Despite Currency Depreciation

    Egypt has devalued its currency four times since 2022, but one startup seems to...

    African Founders as Investors: A List of Those Transitioning to VC

    Just days before the outbreak of the Coronavirus in 2020, Nigerian fintech startup Carbon...

    Commercial Paper or Bonds: Which Should Cash-Strapped African Startups Resort to?

    In September 2020, Nigeria’s embattled Metro Africa Xpress (MAX) found itself gasping for survival....
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