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    Senegalese B2B E-commerce Startup Maad Secures $3.2 Million to Streamline FMCG Distribution in Africa

    Maad, a Senegalese B2B e-commerce startup, has secured a significant $3.2 million seed funding...

    Global South VC Capria Ventures Appoints African Partner to Double Down on Investment

    Global South venture capital leader Capria Ventures has announced the promotion of Mobola da-Silva...

    Egyptian VC Firm Sequence Ventures Targets $10 Million Close for Deep Tech Fund

    Egyptian venture capital firm Sequence Ventures is looking to significantly increase the size of...

    MainOne Restores West Africa Connectivity: Submarine Cable Repaired After March Outage

    MainOne, an Equinix Company, has successfully completed the repair of its submarine cable system,...
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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.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

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

    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

    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.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

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

    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.

    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.