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    Equator Africa Raises $54 Million to Invest in African Startups, Backed by IFC’s First Venture into ClimateTech

    While the fund’s primary focus is on Kenya and Nigeria, it has already backed companies with operations in a diverse set of countries, including Côte D’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Senegal, South Africa, Sierra Leone, and Zambia.
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    Pan-African Startup AMAKA Studio Raises $2M Seed Funding to Connect Brands with Content Creators

    The round was led by Equitane (formerly known as the Africa Transformation and Industrialization Fund: ATIF), alongside contributions from Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab, Silverbacks Holdings, and a network of angel investors.
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    Dubai’s Global Ventures Sets Sights on Expanding African Startup Portfolio with New Fund

    Global Ventures has previously made notable investments in a variety of African startups, including Kenya's Ilara Health, Egypt's Paymob, Nigeria's Moniepoint. Others include Helium Health, Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (MAX), Elmenus…
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    SA’s Scale Raises $700K Pre-Seed to Enable African Fintechs Launch and Manage Card Payments

    The $700,000 in pre-seed funding will allow Scale to accelerate its market entry into three African nations, where the company aims to enable fintechs and other businesses to offer payment solutions that are otherwise challenging to deploy.
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    Loud, Quiet, or Contextual? What European and African Consumer Behaviour Reveals About Status, History and Power

    The most enduring luxury brands we encounter are those that understand why consumers signal status, not just how they do it.
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    Egypt’s Follow-on Formula: Inside the $54m Venture Engine Built by 500 Global and the State

    Since 2022, the partnership has put 380 founders from 197 startups through its seed and scale-up programs.

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    Dot Com Zambia’s IPO Caps a Lively Year for African Tech Listings

    The massive oversubscription in Morocco (Cash Plus) and the solid retail turnout in Zambia (DCZ) debunk the myth that African retail investors won’t buy tech.
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    From Idea to Investable: The ‘Product-First’ Playbook Behind Africa’s ‘Toughest’ Fund

    With an acceptance rate of just 0.1%, the fund is deliberately designed to filter aggressively for ideas that can survive real-world scrutiny before capital ever becomes the differentiator.

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    Loud, Quiet, or Contextual? What European and African Consumer Behaviour Reveals About Status, History and Power

    The most enduring luxury brands we encounter are those that understand why consumers signal status, not just how they do it.
    Updates

    Egypt’s Follow-on Formula: Inside the $54m Venture Engine Built by 500 Global and the State

    Since 2022, the partnership has put 380 founders from 197 startups through its seed and scale-up programs.
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    The Anti-Herd: 12 Deals That Defied Africa’s Tech Funding Playbook in 2025

    In a year when "following the herd" described most African venture activity, these outlier deals stand out for actually taking risk. Which is, theoretically, what venture capital is supposed to do.
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    Congo’s €1m “Slow-Build” VC Fund Aims to Defy Central Africa’s Startup Odds

    The centerpiece of the initiative is a 24-month incubation and acceleration program starting in 2026.

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