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    E-Commerce Startup Copia Retreats from East and West Kenya as Cash Crunch Bites

    Copia Kenya, an e-commerce startup once hailed for its innovative business model, has ceased...

    South African Health-Tech Startup ALMA Clinics Secures $2.8 Million for Expansion

    ALMA Clinics, a nurse-led, tech-enabled private primary healthcare clinic, has successfully secured $2.8 million...

    Tech Dream Goes Haywire: Salaries Crash, Software Developers Seek Emigration from South Africa

    The information technology (IT) sector in South Africa experienced a slowdown in hiring during...

    Diplomatic Showdown: US Congress Pressures Biden to Free Binance Executive Detained in Nigeria

    In an urgent appeal, a coalition of US lawmakers has called on President Joe...
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    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.

    South African IoT Scaleup Karooooo Takes on Debt to Hoard AI Memory Chips

    The central question is whether the chip stockpile proves to be prudent insurance or an expensive bet.

    “It’s a Fad, like Crypto Coins”: Why a Developer Built a Census for Nigeria’s Chaotic Gaming Scene

    In the space of a fortnight, a handful of browser games built by Nigerian developers has generated more attention, and more argument, than the country’s game industry has seen in years. The question is whether any of it constitutes a market.