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    South Africa’s Lula Bags $21M to Double Down on SME Lending

    The Cape Town-based fintech has secured R340m ($21m) in local currency funding from the Dutch development bank FMO to bridge the country's massive credit gap.
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    GoCab Secures $45M to Challenge Moove in the Race for Africa’s Gig-Worker Assets

    Founded in 2024 by former investment bankers Azamat Sultan and Hendrick Ketchemen, GoCab’s strategy bypasses the traditional leasing model.
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    Koko Networks’ Lenders in Limbo as World Bank-Backed Clean Cooking Giant Collapses

    The era of carbon-subsidised clean cooking has hit a wall
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    From Payments to Credit: Nigerian Fintech Moniepoint Deploys $720M to Corner Shops and Supermarkets

    Moniepoint asserts that businesses accessing this credit saw an average growth rate of 36%.
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    Over $500M Lost in Two Years: Eight Graphs That Map the Blind Spots Behind Recent African Startup Collapses

    The period between early 2024 and mid-2026 has been the most unforgiving in the short history of African venture-backed entrepreneurship.
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    From an Angry Post to a $50m Ribbon-Cutting: The Land Battle Behind an Egyptian Deeptech Scaleup’s $50m Factory

    Sixteen months later, on a hot July day in 2026, Egypt's finance minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, returned to a company whose public frustration had once laid bare the country's industrial bureaucracy.

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    1M Users in 8 Years, 9M in 6: The Smartphone Pivot Driving M-KOPA’s Hypergrowth

    The group now signs up about 10,000 new customers daily.
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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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    Over $500M Lost in Two Years: Eight Graphs That Map the Blind Spots Behind Recent African Startup Collapses

    The period between early 2024 and mid-2026 has been the most unforgiving in the short history of African venture-backed entrepreneurship.
    Partner Content

    From an Angry Post to a $50m Ribbon-Cutting: The Land Battle Behind an Egyptian Deeptech Scaleup’s $50m Factory

    Sixteen months later, on a hot July day in 2026, Egypt's finance minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, returned to a company whose public frustration had once laid bare the country's industrial bureaucracy.
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    Why Kenya’s Crypto Clampdown Is a Fortress for Banks

    The new virtual asset rules demand high capital, local custody, and bank-held reserves - creating a moat that traditional lenders are perfectly positioned to fill.
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    Near Zero Equity Deals in H1: What Happened to Tunisia’s Startup Ecosystem?

    Data compiled by Launch Base Africa tells the story starkly.

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