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    Post-Mortem: How Fintech Startup Zazuu Left Barely £3000 for Investors to Redeem After $2M Funding

    The statement shows that Zazuu's assets are alarmingly meager, totaling a mere £3,300 in cash.
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    How £21M of Debt Sank the Fresh Funding Quest for Failed SA Startup WhereIsMyTransport

    Despite raising over $27 million in funding since its inception in 2016, the company had only £180,000 (approximately $225,000) left to settle its obligations as of the date of filing for insolvency...
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    Kenyan HR-Payroll Provider Workpay Raises $8.8 Million in New Funding Round

    Kenyan HR and payroll platform Workpay has recently raised $8.8 million in a new...
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    Tax Breaks, Funding: Inside the New Startup Act in Ivory Coast 

    Signed into law by President Alassane Ouattara on January 22, 2024, this new Startup Act in Ivory Coast marks a new era for tech entrepreneurship in the country.
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    SA Fintech Yoco Snags $100m Private Credit Facility to Scale SME Lending

    As traditional banks hesitate, the TPG-backed payments group turns to global private credit to shrink South Africa's ZAR 350bn SME credit deficit.
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    In 2026, Just One in Ten African Startup Rounds Is Led by Local Money

    Local banks and funds are appearing in more deals, but they still rarely lead equity rounds, according to Launch Base Africa’s deal records.

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    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

    A court judgment proves OPay granted share options in 2020. Its US filing never mentions them, and investors are left to guess whether that’s a gap or a non-issue.
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    M-KOPA’s Product Margins Halve as Lending Becomes the Main Event

    The African fintech’s gross profit from device sales fell to $57.9m even as revenue rose 45%, exposing a structural shift in the economics of financing smartphones and e-bikes for the continent’s informal earners.

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    SA Fintech Yoco Snags $100m Private Credit Facility to Scale SME Lending

    As traditional banks hesitate, the TPG-backed payments group turns to global private credit to shrink South Africa's ZAR 350bn SME credit deficit.
    Analysis & Opinions

    In 2026, Just One in Ten African Startup Rounds Is Led by Local Money

    Local banks and funds are appearing in more deals, but they still rarely lead equity rounds, according to Launch Base Africa’s deal records.
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    Zipline Doubles Down on US Expansion With $1.5bn Raise Ring-Fenced for American Network

    Drone delivery group's valuation nearly triples to $21.5bn as Walmart commits to 300 new sites, but capital is explicitly earmarked for US build-out while African operations rely on separate government-backed financing.
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    Why This Ex-Lantmäteriet Developer Is Building a SaaS Layer for African Property

    James Muricho says he began building a land information system in 2004 and has...

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