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    Can Timbuktoo Creative Hub Be the Y Combinator for Africa’s Creative Economy?

    The project is backed by UNDP, DEDAT, UVU Accelerate, the Craft and Design Institute, and Snake Nation.

    Can Tunisia Become Africa’s GreenTech Hub? EU and Investors Think So

    “The future will be written by those who solve real problems."

    Meet the 7 African Healthtech Startups Picked for Bill Gates’ i3 Accelerator— Cohort Trimmed Amid U.S. Foreign Aid Freeze

    Each selected company will receive up to $225,000 in non-dilutive grant funding, as well as technical assistance and commercial support from a network of partners.

    Lagos Venture Builder Acquires Fintech Bankly Amid Reports of Trapped Customer Funds

    Reports from the preceding year suggested Bankly was seeking to raise USD 4 million in a mix of equity and debt, though the outcome of this fundraising effort remains uncertain.
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    Opera Quietly Liquidates Kenyan Ad Unit Ahead of OPay’s $4B US IPO

    Opera’s fintech play in Africa extends well beyond its Kenyan operating entities.

    “Directly Selling Insurance to Farmers Does Not Work”: Pula CEO on Avoiding Agtech’s Deadliest Trap

    From rural Kenya to the Earthshot shortlist: Pula CEO Thomas Njeru reveals to Launch Base Africa how the profitable agtech reached 24 million farmers and why impact and profitability are not mutually exclusive.

    Tunisia’s State Startup Fund Looks Beyond Capital City Tech Elites

    The $60m ANAVA initiative is taking venture capital on the road to hunt for deal-flow in forgotten interior provinces.

    SunCulture Closes $10m Securitisation Deal as African Climate Tech Turns to Capital Markets

    The transaction is designed to allow SunCulture to recycle capital that would otherwise be tied up in longer-dated customer receivables.