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    Yassir Acquires Tunisian Delivery Startup KooL, Fresh off $150M Raise and Flink Deal

    One year and $150 million later, Algeria-based tech giant Yassir isn't slowing down. After snapping up European delivery service Flink, they've now set their sights on neighboring rival KooL.

    From Debanking to Backing: HSBC Egypt Launches Surprise $31M Startup Fund

    In a significant shift, HSBC Egypt is launching a 1.5 billion Egyptian pounds (approximately...

    France Launches “Fonds Maghreb,” a €100M Fund Backing Startups Expanding to North Africa

    In a landmark initiative announced by the President of the Republic, the French government...

    Two Years After Moroccan Buyout, EmergingTech Ventures Raising $60M Fund II to Back Local Startups

    EmergingTech Ventures, a Moroccan venture capital firm, is raising $60 million for its second...
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    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...

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    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...

    West African Payments Reform Gets Three-Month Reprieve for Fintech Operators

    The move offers a short reprieve in what has become a high-stakes infrastructure struggle between a determined regulator and an industry whose business models are built on proprietary rails.

    D.light Takes PAYGo Solar From Impact Funds to the London Stock Exchange

    A $50 million green bond listing marks the first time off-grid solar receivables from Africa have entered the public bond markets - and signals a structural shift in how energy access gets financed.