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    Solarise Africa Secures $8.9M Boost for Renewable Energy Push

    “Despite a recent slowdown in residential solar installations due to reduced load-shedding, the C&I solar market remains robust.”

    From Herding Cows to Raising $12.6M: Africa’s Pioneer University Venture Fund Shifts Focus to Major Profits

    A university once known for managing a herd of cows through its technology venture unit is now leading Africa’s tech revolution.

    Investment Firm Taps into African Sports Tech Market with NERGii Deal

    This technology is poised to not only elevate the performance of athletes but also address common pain points experienced by consumers.

    Zimbabwe’s National Venture Capital Fund Hunts for Investors in Local Startups

    National venture capital funds are rare in Africa, but where they exist, they have demonstrated effectiveness.
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    The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

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    From an Angry Post to a $50m Ribbon-Cutting: The Land Battle Behind an Egyptian Deeptech Scaleup’s $50m Factory

    Sixteen months later, on a hot July day in 2026, Egypt's finance minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, returned to a company whose public frustration had once laid bare the country's industrial bureaucracy.

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    Africa to LatAm: Busy Mobility Fintech Route Gets a Yango Mafia Boost

    Fuelled by informal workforces and bank credit gaps, vehicle-financing platforms are building cross-continental empires.

    Inside dLocal’s $23.7M AZA Finance Deal: $22.8M of Customers, IP and Goodwill

    The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

    Long Detection Lag: The Thread Running Through Senegal’s Fintech Heists

    Several insider-fraud cases in twelve months share less to do with the amounts stolen than with how long nobody noticed.

    Egypt’s Licence Freeze Spawns $95m Tamweely Deal

    Egyptian digital payments and fintech group e-Finance for Digital and Financial Investments has agreed...