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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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    NewTrails Capital, Backed by Africa’s Leading Smartphone Manufacturer, Invests $55M in EV Startup Spiro

    The Chinese growth-stage fund - whose backers include Transsion Holdings, the Shenzhen company that dominates Africa's mobile phone market ...

    The Short, Unfinished Life of PayPal’s $100 Million Emerging Markets Fund

    Emerging market fintech funding has already cooled from its 2021–2022 peaks.

    Africa’s Electric Mobility Pioneers Turn to Operators in Race for Profitability

    The sector has attracted unprecedented capital.

    Fintech Margins Under Pressure as Pan-African Payments Race Reaches Ghana

    Ghana's fintech sector has attracted intensifying interest from both regional and international players.

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    NewTrails Capital, Backed by Africa’s Leading Smartphone Manufacturer, Invests $55M in EV Startup Spiro

    The Chinese growth-stage fund - whose backers include Transsion Holdings, the Shenzhen company that dominates Africa's mobile phone market ...

    The Short, Unfinished Life of PayPal’s $100 Million Emerging Markets Fund

    Emerging market fintech funding has already cooled from its 2021–2022 peaks.

    The VC Waiting Game: Why a 7% Distribution Is a Major Win for Early-Stage African Funds

    The pan-African seed fund returns $2.5m to LPs - a rare liquidity signal in a market still waiting for its post-boom reckoning.

    Nigeria’s Startup Graveyard Has Become a Bargain Bin for Buyers

    With fewer, larger funds calling the shots, patience for fragmented markets has evaporated.