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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.

    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…

    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.

    Adumo Shareholders to Receive $12M in Cash Post-Exit as Lesaka Completes Acquisition

    Lesaka’s acquisition of Adumo was valued at approximately ZAR 1.67 billion ($96.2 million).
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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.

    SA Repeat Founders Process Over $60m in Six Months With Stablecoin Safari Startup

    Cape Town-based start-up uses stablecoins and a merchant-of-record model to undercut transaction fees that have long burdened African tourism businesses.

    Airtel Africa Picks London for $245bn Mobile Money IPO but Faces Independence Test

    Rapid growth and 56.5m users make it Africa’s hottest tech float. But privately negotiated intra-group fees threaten to cloud its standalone public valuation.

    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.

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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.

    SA Repeat Founders Process Over $60m in Six Months With Stablecoin Safari Startup

    Cape Town-based start-up uses stablecoins and a merchant-of-record model to undercut transaction fees that have long burdened African tourism businesses.

    Stablecoins, Remote Work, and Sweeping Levies: Can Nigerian Crypto Survive Its Tax Winter?

    Nigeria’s proposed plan—demanding that withholding tax be paid in the native token and remitted to a government-controlled wallet—is a radical departure from global norms.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

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