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Egypt Nears $1B Fund of Funds Deal to Back Local VCs and Startups After Initial $50M Win
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Digital Freight Startup MVX Shutters Amid Nigeria’s Worsening Currency Crisis
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Ethiopia Picks Nigeria’s Kuramo Capital to Lead $100M Fund Targeting Startups
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Prolific Nigerian Tech Investor Spins Out JADA, to Train AI Talent for the Global Market
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LeapFrog Raises $1.15B to Scale Healthcare, Finance, and Climate Solutions in Africa
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Kenya’s Mawingu Secures $15M to Acquire Habari for East African Expansion
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How Valuable Are ESOP Plans in African Tech? Fawry Offers a Compelling Case
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Just Like in Fintech, New Secondary Funds Are Coming for Africa’s CleanTechs
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Is Africa Missing Out on Its Own Deeptech Revolution?
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The Ecosystem Within: Nigerian Startups Partner More With Each Other Than With Outsiders
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Over $120M Raised, $20K Left: Copia Global’s Investors Turn Cold Post-Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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A Lonely Path: More African Founders Turn to Family Over Colleagues for Mental Wellbeing
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Back to Build: The Growing Influence of Returnee Emigrants in Africa’s Tech Ecosystem
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The Rise of Full-Time VCs: African Accelerators Pivot to Venture Capital in Record Numbers
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At What Price? The Real Cost of Free Legal Aid and Templates for African Startups
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In Francophone West Africa, Payment Cards are Run by Banks, Not Fintechs
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Kenyan Agri-Fintech VunaPay Tops Latitude59 Pitch, Sets Sights on Europe
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Acasia Ventures Joins $1.5M Pre-Seed Funding Round to Boost Kenyan Ecommerce Startup Tappi
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Starlink’s potential entry into Namibia has generated significant interest, particularly among rural and underserved communities.
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Egypt Nears $1B Fund of Funds Deal to Back Local VCs and Startups After Initial $50M Win
The fund has already backed prominent venture capital firms such as Endure Capital, which in 2022 closed its $50 million Africa-focused fund.
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Digital Freight Startup MVX Shutters Amid Nigeria’s Worsening Currency Crisis
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