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    Ethiopia Picks Nigeria’s Kuramo Capital to Lead $100M Fund Targeting Startups

    Kuramo Capital will serve as the general partner, overseeing the fund’s establishment and mobilizing capital to achieve a first close by 2025.

    LeapFrog Raises $1.15B to Scale Healthcare, Finance, and Climate Solutions in Africa

    LeapFrog has a strong history of investing in Africa, with past investments in companies such as JUMO and Interswitch.

    Ghana’s State-Backed Planned $120M Venture Capital Fund Wrestles with Foreign Interests

    Currently, over 90% of VCTF funding originates from foreign sources.

    North African VCs Extend Overseas Foray with $1.2M Investment in France’s Upfund

    CDG Invest’s involvement in Upfund follows its recent participation in a $2.4 million seed round for Amsterdam-based hospitality tech startup Userguest.
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    Lorax and Fawry Double Down on Egyptian Logistics Startup Mylerz With $2mn Top-Up

    The involvement of Fawry, Egypt’s dominant digital payments platform, also signals the growing convergence of payments and logistics in the country’s e-commerce ecosystem.

    With 160% ARR Growth, SA Customer Support Startup Cue Lands $5m to Target the UK

    “We’re at an inflection point for AI in customer service, and we see more businesses starting to realise that they need a unified platform to succeed, not a patchwork of point solutions.”

    Koko Networks Puts Ethanol Platform on the Block in $15m Asset Sale

    The sale is being targeted at corporate and institutional participants with demonstrated financial capacity to conclude a transaction exceeding $15m.

    GoCab Recruits Former Anka CEO as Ivory Coast Head Months After Anka’s Collapse

    Tabouré takes operational role at vehicle-financing platform months after the collapse of his e-commerce venture

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    Lorax and Fawry Double Down on Egyptian Logistics Startup Mylerz With $2mn Top-Up

    The involvement of Fawry, Egypt’s dominant digital payments platform, also signals the growing convergence of payments and logistics in the country’s e-commerce ecosystem.

    With 160% ARR Growth, SA Customer Support Startup Cue Lands $5m to Target the UK

    “We’re at an inflection point for AI in customer service, and we see more businesses starting to realise that they need a unified platform to succeed, not a patchwork of point solutions.”

    Why Europe’s Development Bank Is Writing Multi-Million Euro Checks for Egyptian Fintechs

    “This isn’t just about capital; it’s a powerful validation.''

    MazaoHub’s Josephat Urassa, Engineer Behind Tanzania’s Soil-Data Farming Platform, Dies

    MazaoHub co-founder and chief technology officer, who helped build one of Tanzania's most closely watched agritech ventures, has died.