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A Pivot or a Life Raft?Ghana’s BezoMoney Becomes Exo AI After Its VC Closes Shop
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Demo Day, Then Decay: The Reality of Africa’s Makeshift Startup Accelerators
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How a Nigerian Engineer’s Bet on Moniepoint Built a $1B Fintech Giant — ‘It Starts With the Founder’s Character’
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From $100M Exit to 26 Startup Investments: Expensya Co-Founder Karim Jouini’s Strategy — “Focus Is Key”
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‘We Were Targeting Markets in America and the UK, Thinking They Were Bigger’ — SWVL Founder on Failed Acquisitions
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Fractional Executives: Executive Search CEO Shares How Top Companies in Africa Are Accessing Top Talent for Less
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Algeria’s Startup Playbook Puts Sub-Saharan Policies to Shame
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Egypt’s New Fintech Sandbox Comes With Limitations — And Hackathons
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When Should South African Graduates Start Applying for Jobs?
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Inside the Deal: How a Cameroonian Web3 Founder Ended Up on the Board of a $45M State-Rescued ‘Zombie Bank’
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Elmenus Founder Steps Down, Latest in a Wave of Egyptian Startup CEO Changes
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Lagos, a Swarm of Data Centers: Nigeria’s First Digital Free Zone — Itana — Joins Infrastructure Race
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From Washington to a Lagos Cell — Binance’s Crime Chief Closes the Chapter
Gambaryan, who built Binance’s global investigations team from scratch, said he now plans to shift focus.
June 6, 2025
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With 5 Unicorns, Lagos Overtakes Istanbul and Mumbai in Global Tech Growth Index
Lagos' tech ecosystem is now valued at $15.3 billion, with unicorn production growing 3x since 2019.
May 21, 2025
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How a Nigerian Edtech Exposed a Major National Exam Glitch — and Saved Thousands of Students from Mass Failure
Over the past week, a bootstrapped Nigerian edtech company saved the country's education sector from widespread chaos.
May 15, 2025
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West Africa’s Fintech Freeze: Central Bank Says ‘Applications Have Many Defects’ as Startups Face Collapse
Users across the WAEMU zone reported frozen wallets, failed merchant transactions, and blocked salary payments.
May 12, 2025
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