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    Acumen Invests $5M in d.light to Expand Clean Energy Access Across East Africa

    d.light allows customers to pay for solar products in installments, making them more affordable.

    Saudi’s Edafa Venture Capital to Inject $30M into Egyptian Startups, Eyes Kenya Next

    Edafa recently acquired a strategic stake in Taskedin, an Egyptian task management and digital workspace platform.

    Egyptian Freight Startup Nowlun Lands $1.7 Million to Streamline Logistics

    Nowlun aims to disrupt this landscape by leveraging technology to simplify and optimize freight operations

    Egypt Nears $1B Fund of Funds Deal to Back Local VCs and Startups After Initial $50M Win

    The fund has already backed prominent venture capital firms such as Endure Capital, which in 2022 closed its $50 million Africa-focused fund.
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    Stablecoins and Data-Driven Lending: What African Tech Investors Backed in July

    Foreign investors accounted for about 70 per cent of all investor participations in July.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

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

    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.

    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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    Stablecoins and Data-Driven Lending: What African Tech Investors Backed in July

    Foreign investors accounted for about 70 per cent of all investor participations in July.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

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

    Ghost Workers, a BMW X5, and $700K Missing: The Insider Fraud Rocking Francophone Africa’s HR Darling

    Socium, founded in 2021 by Samba Lo and Serigne Seye, provides payroll, recruitment and workforce management software to businesses across 21 Francophone African countries.

    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.