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    Plans to Leave Nigeria? Netflix Faces Pressure to Rethink Amid Film Investment Surge

    The African film and media industry is experiencing a surge in investment
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    France’s Largest VC Firm Backs Senegalese AI Startup LAfricaMobile in $7M Series A

    The company raised €500,000 in seed funding in 2020 and secured €4.3 million ($4.6 million) in the first tranche of its Series A in April 2024.
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    Digital Freight Startup MVX Shutters Amid Nigeria’s Worsening Currency Crisis

    The company raised $1.3 million in seed funding in 2021 from investors.
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    Prolific Nigerian Tech Investor Spins Out JADA, to Train AI Talent for the Global Market

    JADA's latest funding represents an important step for the startup, but it is also part of a broader strategy to establish Africa as a hub for AI expertise.
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    ‘Stay in It’: How Over 200 Interviews and a LinkedIn Post Led to a $2.35M Seed Round for Orca

    The startup’s latest raise marks a landmark achievement as one of the largest seed rounds ever secured by an all-female founding team in Africa.
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    South African Anti-Fraud Startup Orca Secures $2.35M Seed Round to Protect Emerging Market Payment Rails

    The round was led by pan-African venture capital firm Norrsken22, which previously anchored the company’s $550,000 pre-seed round in early 2024.

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    Western Union and Cassava’s Sasai Target South Africa’s $1bn Outbound Remittance Market

    While the narrative around African remittances often focuses on inflows from Europe and the US, South Africa presents a lucrative inverse opportunity.
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    SolarAfrica Buys Out Its Own Backer in $39m Secondary

    The CESA buyout comes as SolarAfrica is simultaneously executing a broader transition in its business model 

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    ‘Stay in It’: How Over 200 Interviews and a LinkedIn Post Led to a $2.35M Seed Round for Orca

    The startup’s latest raise marks a landmark achievement as one of the largest seed rounds ever secured by an all-female founding team in Africa.
    Updates

    South African Anti-Fraud Startup Orca Secures $2.35M Seed Round to Protect Emerging Market Payment Rails

    The round was led by pan-African venture capital firm Norrsken22, which previously anchored the company’s $550,000 pre-seed round in early 2024.
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    European VC Newion Leads $2.1M Seed Round for SA Fintech NjiaPay

    The Amsterdam and South Africa-based startup, spun out of communications app Talk360, is bringing European-style payment orchestration to the African mid-market.
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    Algerian Super-App Yassir Buys Uno Hypermarkets to Fill the Jumia-Shaped Hole

    The rumoured unicorn is capitalising on Jumia's recent market exit by merging its digital ecosystem with a brick-and-mortar footprint.

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