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    LeapFrog Raises $1.15B to Scale Healthcare, Finance, and Climate Solutions in Africa

    LeapFrog has a strong history of investing in Africa, with past investments in companies such as JUMO and Interswitch.

    Kenya’s Mawingu Secures $15M to Acquire Habari for East African Expansion

    The acquisition of Habari is part of Mawingu’s broader buy-and-build strategy to scale its footprint in East Africa.

    IFC Backs Nigeria’s Solar Growth with $80M Local Currency Financing for Sun King

    Nigeria's inflation rate surged to 33.88% in October, making foreign currency financing increasingly costly for businesses.

    Egypt’s Swvl Raises $4.7M for US Market Expansion

    Swvl intends to channel the proceeds into working capital and operational expansion, particularly in regions with high growth potential.
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    Familiar Money Bolsters OPay’s IPO Demand as Thin Float Raises Liquidity Questions

    As the Nigerian payments giant prepares to hit Wall Street, filings reveal an IPO heavily reliant on existing money.

    Khazna Joins Egypt’s Consumer Finance M&A Rush With Pharos Acquisition

    A regulatory clampdown has turned existing consumer finance licences into scarce commodities, sparking a rush of high-stakes deals across Cairo.

    Two Exits in Six Years: Dan Kleinbaum’s GTXN Acquired by Luno

    Deal gives the crypto exchange an owned settlement layer across developed–emerging market corridors - but proposed South African rules may restrict the very activity it enables.

    Cairo’s BPO Ecosystem Opens a New Front for Transatlantic Dealmaking

    While greenfield setups remain the main vehicle for corporate expansion in Egypt's tech export sector, cross-border M&A is emerging as an alternative for North American buyers seeking rapid scale.

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    Familiar Money Bolsters OPay’s IPO Demand as Thin Float Raises Liquidity Questions

    As the Nigerian payments giant prepares to hit Wall Street, filings reveal an IPO heavily reliant on existing money.

    Khazna Joins Egypt’s Consumer Finance M&A Rush With Pharos Acquisition

    A regulatory clampdown has turned existing consumer finance licences into scarce commodities, sparking a rush of high-stakes deals across Cairo.

    Aries Media Ventures Launches Fund I to Back Underfunded Mediatech Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Former NBCUniversal exec is ditching Hollywood to back African mediatech

    9,228 Daily Swaps: Egyptian Billionaire-Backed Blu EV Tests the Limits of Battery-as-a-Service in MENA

    Naguib Sawiris's battery-swapping group has built the largest network of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa. Whether each cabinet earns back the batteries it cycles is a question it has not answered.