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    The AI Startups Winning African VC Backing in 2025 — and Why

    An investigation into recent funding rounds reveals four major themes defining the African AI landscape in 2025 so far .
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    Nigeria’s Ventures Platform Taps Zipline and TapTap Send Exec to Scout Francophone Africa Deals

    The announcement is part of a broader strategy by Ventures Platform to bridge Africa’s intra-continental funding disparities.
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    Kenya’s Peach Cars Raises $11M to Build Africa’s Most Trusted Used Car Marketplace

    Founded in 2020 by Kaoru Kaganoi and co-founder Zachary Petroni (former Safeboda Kenya operators), Peach emerged from years of lived experience in sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Egypt’s Fintech Firms Given 12 Months to Get Licensed or Shut Down

    Importantly, the new rules also apply to foreign firms offering payment services to customers inside Egypt.
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    ‘The Future Isn’t Just Grants’: How Salient’s i3 Network Brokered $19M in Deals for African Healthtech Startups

    Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, value-creation network i3 is proving that the future of African healthtech hinges on commercial partnerships, not just donor grants. In an exclusive conversation with Launch Base Africa, Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke shares how the initiative is moving startups from pilot stage to sustainable scale.
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    ABA Life Secures $40Mn from Admaius to Test Morocco’s Unicorn Ambitions in Sovereign Health AI

    Growth-equity deal values Casablanca-based HealthTech platform at a fraction of the billion-dollar threshold, as African healthtech funding remains subdued.

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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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    ‘The Future Isn’t Just Grants’: How Salient’s i3 Network Brokered $19M in Deals for African Healthtech Startups

    Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, value-creation network i3 is proving that the future of African healthtech hinges on commercial partnerships, not just donor grants. In an exclusive conversation with Launch Base Africa, Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke shares how the initiative is moving startups from pilot stage to sustainable scale.
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    ABA Life Secures $40Mn from Admaius to Test Morocco’s Unicorn Ambitions in Sovereign Health AI

    Growth-equity deal values Casablanca-based HealthTech platform at a fraction of the billion-dollar threshold, as African healthtech funding remains subdued.
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    Mauritius Tightens Its Grip on Africa’s Startup Cap Tables

    Funds domiciled on the island have made a string of investments this year. The money is rarely Mauritian - and that is the point.
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    Why Your Cheapest Hire Can Be the Most Costly

    Thuto Motsie CEO of Thamani, writes from Gauteng, South Africa

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