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    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...

    Nigeria’s Terra Aqua Secures $10M from TLG Capital for Climate-Smart Expansion

     TLG Capital, an investment firm focused on emerging markets, and Wema Bank Plc., a...

    Egypt’s i’SUPPLY Secures Pre-Series A Funding, Totaling $2.5 Million Raised

    i’SUPPLY, a leading Egyptian B2B medtech platform specializing in pharmaceutical distribution, has successfully closed...

    Renew Capital Investment Series: Rwanda’s Beauty Startup Zuri Joins the Roster

    Zuri, a tech-enabled beauty company founded in 2016, has announced a significant investment from...
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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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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...