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    Five Years in the Making: Ethiopia’s Startup Act Finally Becomes Law

    The Ethiopian Startup Proclamation defines a startup as a tech-based company less than three years old with annual gross revenues below 5 million birr (about $38,000 at today’s exchange rate).

    Kenya’s Peach Cars Raises $11M to Build Africa’s Most Trusted Used Car Marketplace

    Founded in 2020 by Kaoru Kaganoi and co-founder Zachary Petroni (former Safeboda Kenya operators), Peach emerged from years of lived experience in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Shell- and USAID-Backed SolarNow Forced Into Liquidation After $20M+ Funding

    The company’s shareholders have resolved to wind up the firm via a creditors’ voluntary liquidation.

    The Eerie Reality of Twiga Foods’ ‘Project Easter’: Denials Fade as Layoffs and ‘NewCo’ Now Expose Hidden Plan

    Publicly, Twiga describes the move as a routine corporate alignment. Internally, however, the restructuring appears more complex.
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    The New Debt Fund Bringing $50k Tickets Back to African Climate Tech

    “Local entrepreneurs are deeply embedded in the markets they serve. But too often they encounter financing models that are not designed around their growth realities.”

    The $350m Proof: Inside South Africa’s Rising Cult of the Bootstrapped Exit

    Beyond the obvious — all South African, all bootstrapped — deeper patterns emerge.

    Optasia’s Growth Is Coming From Where Few Investors Are Looking

    The Dubai-headquartered lending platform's most revealing growth story is not in Africa's largest markets.

    South Africa’s OneBio Secures Funding to Build Africa’s ‘Biotech Factory’ Amid a Deep Tech Reality Check

    The Cape Town venture studio is doubling down on its hybrid model, but a high failure rate highlights the structural hurdles of scaling science in Africa.

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    The New Debt Fund Bringing $50k Tickets Back to African Climate Tech

    “Local entrepreneurs are deeply embedded in the markets they serve. But too often they encounter financing models that are not designed around their growth realities.”

    The $350m Proof: Inside South Africa’s Rising Cult of the Bootstrapped Exit

    Beyond the obvious — all South African, all bootstrapped — deeper patterns emerge.

    South African Medtech AI Diagnostics Lands $5m to Tackle the TB Epidemic With AI Stethoscopes

    The Cape Town-based startup will use the pre-Series A funding to scale its digital stethoscope