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    Leadership Overhaul at Leatherback: Investors Take the Helm After CEO Departure

    Zedcrest Group, through its venture arm, Zedcrest Capital, which led the $10 million pre-seed round two years ago, retains a minority interest but exercises strategic oversight.
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    Backed by Africa’s Leading ClimateTech Investors, Nigerian IoT Startup Shyft Power Merges with UK Rival

    Shyft Power Solutions has made a unique mark as a female-founded and led African tech company, a rarity in the region’s venture capital ecosystem
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    WESTERN AFRICA

    Beacon Power Services Raises $29.8M Series A Funding, Backed by Partech

    The new funding will enable BPS to expand its operations beyond Nigeria and Ghana into additional markets across Eastern and Southern Africa.
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    CENTRAL AFRICA

    French Bank’s African Fintech Arm YUP Leaves Investors with Over $8M Loss Post-Liquidation

    Originally launched in 2017 across seven African countries, including Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ghana, Madagascar, and Cameroon, YUP was Société Générale’s attempt to penetrate Africa’s fast-growing mobile payments market.
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    The USAID-Shaped Hole: Nine Months On, African Tech Startup’s Story Has a New Plot

    A US aid pullout nine months ago triggered fears of an ecosystem collapse. But while early-stage startups are failing in record numbers, late-stage mega-deals are pushing funding to new highs. What's really going on?
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    Lifestores CEO Steps Down as African Tech’s “Great Handover” Continues

    Andrew Garza’s transition from CEO at Lifestores Healthcare is the latest in a wave of founder successions at major African startups

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    ‘Don’t Wait to Be Perfect’: How Selling Imperfect Produce Helped Farm to Feed Land a $1.5M Seed Round

    Pushing a problem that you think is important onto a customer doesn’t work.
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    TymeBank Names CCO Cheslyn Jacobs as New CEO Ahead of IPO Push

    Karl Westvig, who oversaw the fintech’s unicorn valuation, will move to an advisory role as the 11m-customer bank preps for a 2028 NYSE listing.

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    The USAID-Shaped Hole: Nine Months On, African Tech Startup’s Story Has a New Plot

    A US aid pullout nine months ago triggered fears of an ecosystem collapse. But while early-stage startups are failing in record numbers, late-stage mega-deals are pushing funding to new highs. What's really going on?
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    Lifestores CEO Steps Down as African Tech’s “Great Handover” Continues

    Andrew Garza’s transition from CEO at Lifestores Healthcare is the latest in a wave of founder successions at major African startups
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    Kenya’s Startup Crash Makes Way for Japanese Capital and Climate Dominance

    Kenya’s ecosystem has become highly specialised.
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    Equinix Escalates Lagos ‘Data Centre War’ With $100M Expansion Plan

    The US giant, which already owns MainOne, is building a new $22m facility as it battles rivals for dominance in West Africa's digital hub.

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