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    From iROKOtv to Showmax: Is the ‘Netflix of Africa’ Dream Officially Dead?

    As Showmax begins its shutdown in the wake of a capital-intensive global streaming war, it joins a long list of well-funded, ambitious local platforms...
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    Zeno Raises $25m Series A to Build Africa’s Full-Stack E-Motorcycle Challenger

    Zeno’s ability to turn a $9.5m seed round (raised in 2024) into a functioning network of 1,000 motorcycles and 150 charge points suggests...
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    Egypt’s Breadfast Caught in Geopolitical Crossfire After $50m Raise

    Last month, Breadfast announced it had raised $50m in a pre-Series C round led by Novastar Ventures through its People and Planet Fund III (NVIII).
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    Hlayisani Raises $30M to Tackle South Africa’s Series A Drought

    The firm typically seeks significant minority stakes in companies requiring equity investments of between USD600K — USD6M
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    Small Checks, Big Shift: What October’s Deal Flow Reveals About African Climate Tech

    With supply chains bottlenecked and venture equity thin, DFIs are stepping in with debt, working capital, and a new funding playbook.
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    West Africa’s Unified Payments Network Is Off to a Rocky Start

    The BCEAO’s ambitious plan to mirror India’s UPI or Brazil’s Pix via its new PI-SPI platform has run headfirst into West Africa’s fragmented digital infrastructure on day one.

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    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

    A court judgment proves OPay granted share options in 2020. Its US filing never mentions them, and investors are left to guess whether that’s a gap or a non-issue.
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    M-KOPA’s Product Margins Halve as Lending Becomes the Main Event

    The African fintech’s gross profit from device sales fell to $57.9m even as revenue rose 45%, exposing a structural shift in the economics of financing smartphones and e-bikes for the continent’s informal earners.

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    Small Checks, Big Shift: What October’s Deal Flow Reveals About African Climate Tech

    With supply chains bottlenecked and venture equity thin, DFIs are stepping in with debt, working capital, and a new funding playbook.
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    West Africa’s Unified Payments Network Is Off to a Rocky Start

    The BCEAO’s ambitious plan to mirror India’s UPI or Brazil’s Pix via its new PI-SPI platform has run headfirst into West Africa’s fragmented digital infrastructure on day one.
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    South Africa and Egypt Contest Africa’s AI Funding Crown

    South Africa leads on disclosed dollars, but Egypt’s broader pipeline and state-backed strategy suggest the contest is closer than headline figures imply
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    Seventy-Two Hours: OPay CTO Held Zero Shares on Eve of Aborted $4bn US Listing

    Power of attorney filings and blank Form 3s trace the high-stakes final days before payment giant pulled its IPO.

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