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    Cauris Finance Lands $40M to Fund Africa’s Fintech Ecosystem

    In 2023, the firm participated in a $13 million pre-Series A funding round for Ghanaian e-logistics startup Jetstream Africa, blending equity and debt to drive growth.
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    France’s Largest VC Firm Backs Senegalese AI Startup LAfricaMobile in $7M Series A

    The company raised €500,000 in seed funding in 2020 and secured €4.3 million ($4.6 million) in the first tranche of its Series A in April 2024.
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    EASTERN AFRICA

    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.
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    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.
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    60-Second Loans, 4-Year Refunds: The Digital Illusion Inside Kenya’s $9.3bn Sacco Sector

    Savings co-ops now manage $9.3bn for nearly 8 million members, but behind the shiny USSD menus lies a system where automated debt collection masks a total breakdown in back-office accountability.
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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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    Cairo’s BPO Ecosystem Opens a New Front for Transatlantic Dealmaking

    While greenfield setups remain the main vehicle for corporate expansion in Egypt's tech export sector, cross-border M&A is emerging as an alternative for North American buyers seeking rapid scale.
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    Is Talent Export the New Impact Thesis? Daniel Yu’s $100M Fund Makes Its First Bet

    Move signals fund's focus on labour migration as a pathway out of poverty.

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    60-Second Loans, 4-Year Refunds: The Digital Illusion Inside Kenya’s $9.3bn Sacco Sector

    Savings co-ops now manage $9.3bn for nearly 8 million members, but behind the shiny USSD menus lies a system where automated debt collection masks a total breakdown in back-office accountability.
    Industry

    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 Local Airbnb Rival That Held Off the Giant: South Africa’s LekkeSlaap Bought by Banking Royalty

    17 years after starting TravelGround on a shoestring budget, UCT co-founders bow out to a high-profile investor syndicate.
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    4x More Mobile Wallets Than Bank Accounts: PawaPay Wins PSP Licence in Mozambique

    PawaPay, a pan-African mobile money payments aggregator, has been granted a Payment Service Provider...

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