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    Who Replaces a Founder-CEO? Africa’s Top Startups’ Succession Playbooks Are Taking Shape

    After a decade of hustle, a wave of founder-CEOs are handing over the keys. But who will succeed them? We dig deeper.

    An ‘Abuse of Process’: The Inside Story of How 54 Collective Lost Its $106M Fund

    The provisional liquidation process will continue, with a final court hearing scheduled for 11 August 2025.

    The Politics of Co-founder Breakups in Nigeria: Who Gets Burned?

    Co-founder conflict isn’t a glitch in the startup scene  in Nigeria— it’s a feature.

    The Legal Booby Traps That Sink Early-Stage Startups

    What advising dozens of African and global founders has taught me about the hidden legal pitfalls startups can't afford to ignore.
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    New CEO, $110M Mandate: responsAbility’s Plan to Mainstream Emerging-Market Climate Finance

    responsAbility is perhaps best known in impact-investing circles for its early backing of Greenlight Planet, the off-grid solar company that rebranded as Sun King.

    Pitch Decks vs. Prospectuses: The Messy Courtship of Africa’s Tech Scene and Old-Money Bourses

    From Windhoek to Lagos, stock exchanges across the continent are wooing startups with structured pipelines, listing incentives, and MOU ceremonies. The startups are mostly politely non-committal.

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    New CEO, $110M Mandate: responsAbility’s Plan to Mainstream Emerging-Market Climate Finance

    responsAbility is perhaps best known in impact-investing circles for its early backing of Greenlight Planet, the off-grid solar company that rebranded as Sun King.

    Pitch Decks vs. Prospectuses: The Messy Courtship of Africa’s Tech Scene and Old-Money Bourses

    From Windhoek to Lagos, stock exchanges across the continent are wooing startups with structured pipelines, listing incentives, and MOU ceremonies. The startups are mostly politely non-committal.

    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...