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    Over $100M Funding Fails to Save Copia: 1060 Jobs on the Line as Kenyan Ecommerce Startup Considers Shutdown

    In a somber announcement on May 16th, 2024, Kenyan ecommerce startup Copia notified its...
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    More Debt Funding for Kenyan Climate-Tech: New $95 Million Available

    Kenyan climate-focused businesses and women entrepreneurs received a funding boost this week with a...
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    SOUTHERN AFRICA

    One Year After Launch, South Africa’s Suppple Goes on IPO in Europe

    South African technology company Suppple, founded by former GovChat CEO Eldrid Jordaan and Chief...
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    EASTERN AFRICA

    Here Is a List of New Taxes Your Startup Should Worry About as Kenya VAT Readies to Climb to 16%

    Kenyans brace themselves for a potential hike in the cost of financial transactions and...
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    71% of WAEMU Transaction Value Still Flows Through Cheques — Despite BCEAO’s New Instant Payment Rail

    BCEAO’s annual report reveals why getting 100m people to ditch paper is a multi-year slog.
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    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here's a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we're tracking this month.

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    Donor-Backed AI Health Tools Proliferate Across Africa, but Sustainability Remains Elusive

    Gates-funded report finds 20 deployed solutions delivering tangible results, yet most rely on short-term grants and lack independently verified cost savings
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    Rooibos Becomes South Africa’s Latest Export — to Space

    Rooibos seeds bound for the International Space Station in initiative linking space plant science with skills development.

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    71% of WAEMU Transaction Value Still Flows Through Cheques — Despite BCEAO’s New Instant Payment Rail

    BCEAO’s annual report reveals why getting 100m people to ditch paper is a multi-year slog.
    Updates

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here's a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we're tracking this month.
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    Africa’s First EV Battery Gigafactory Secures $114M in AfDB Funding

    The 10GWh Rabat facility—led by Chinese giant Gotion High-Tech—marks the first integrated LFP battery site in Africa and the Middle East.
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    The Promise and Peril of Lending to Egypt’s Unbanked: Inside Valu’s Growth Dilemma

    Egypt's largest consumer finance platform has built a business on financial inclusion, but a mysterious data discrepancy in its annual report raises questions about the true cost of that mission.

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