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    Brass Customers Await Answers as Paystack-Led Group Acquires Fintech Amid Financial Questions

    In a significant development for Nigeria’s burgeoning fintech landscape, a consortium of investors led...

    Zap Africa Secures $300,000 in Pre-Seed Funding to Advance Financial Inclusion in Nigeria

     Zap Africa, a Nigerian software development company specializing in cryptocurrency tools, has raised $300,000...

    Leading South African Insurer Acquires Home Services Marketplace, Kandua

     Santam, South Africa’s largest short-term insurer, has announced the acquisition of Kandua, a leading...

    4DX Ventures Fund III Raises $48.9M to Target African Startups

    4DX Ventures Fund III will focus on companies offering tech solutions that enhance productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness across Africa. The firm’s previous funds have invested in notable companies like Egypt’s e-commerce platform MaxAB, Ghana’s health tech firm mPharma, and Kenya’s B2B e-commerce platform Wasoko.
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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.

    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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    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.