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    End of the $500k Barrier for Foreign-Owned Firms: What Ghana’s New Investment Law Means for Tech Founders

    The country's first major overhaul of investment law in over a decade removes the capital entry thresholds that have quietly blocked hundreds of foreign founders from registering in Ghana.

    Sunset for the Blue Flame: Koko Networks Begins Its Final Liquidation Journey

    Employees, some of whom are owed salary arrears following the abrupt February shutdown, will rank behind secured creditors under Kenyan insolvency law.

    The Ultimate Corporate Shield? How SA Fintech Lesaka Escaped the $5m Ghost of Its Liquidated Subsidiary

    Cash Paymaster Services, the defunct South African fintech and subsidiary of Lesaka Technologies that administered welfare payments to millions...
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    OpenAI, Google Mentors Join MEST’s Hunt for Africa’s AI Startup Talent

    The Meltwater-backed tech school is hunting for early-stage AI founders in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Kenya, blending months of training with a route to its investment portfolio.

    GrowthLabs Acquires Startup Gate to Unify MENA’s Fragmented Tech Ecosystem

    With the integration underway, GrowthLabs is stepping on the gas for geographic and product expansion.

    The Hidden Machinery Behind Egypt’s Quiet Adtech Exit Boom

    Global buyers are snapping up Cairo-based marketing startups, capitalising on years of rigorous local consolidation.

    78% Below Cost: The Unforgiving Math Behind Digital Health Startup Vezeeta’s Pivot to Bricks and Mortar

    The deal is the most tangible sign yet that Egypt’s best known digital health platform is pivoting towards a hybrid model at a time when the purely online playbook is struggling

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    OpenAI, Google Mentors Join MEST’s Hunt for Africa’s AI Startup Talent

    The Meltwater-backed tech school is hunting for early-stage AI founders in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Kenya, blending months of training with a route to its investment portfolio.

    GrowthLabs Acquires Startup Gate to Unify MENA’s Fragmented Tech Ecosystem

    With the integration underway, GrowthLabs is stepping on the gas for geographic and product expansion.

    AFC Injects $100M into African VC Funds to Bridge the Local Capital Gap

    Despite African startups raising $3.8bn in 2025, the vast majority of that venture funding flowed from international sources.

    London’s Lightrock Closes $500M Fund to Back Energy Access Firms Across Africa and Asia

    The fund targets a critical bottleneck in emerging market climate tech: the lack of growth-stage capital for established operators.