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    FAB-Backed Lime Launches in Egypt with $9.4M to Disrupt School Financing

    Lime Consumer Finance, a newly launched fintech platform focused on education financing, has secured a substantial $9.4 million in initial funding.

    Morocco’s Journify Doubles Valuation After Fresh Investment — and Sets a New Benchmark for MENA’s Adtech Scene

    At the heart of Journify’s model is a simple but timely proposition: helping brands across the Middle East activate and monetise first-party data — the data customers willingly share with them — across platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok, X, and Snapchat.

    Stahili: The New Startup from Copia Founders Promises Privacy and Instant Rewards

    The decision to pivot from an e-commerce company to a reward-based survey platform appears to reflect a strategic shift in focus.

    Europe’s Largest Private Pharma Channels $50m Fund Into African Health Startups

    Launched in 2021, it provides non-traditional financing models—such as concessional loans and revenue-based investments—to plug the financing gap for early-stage social businesses beyond what conventional grants or equity rounds can offer.
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    Satellites, Biotech, and HR: Stocks & Strauss Locks in $24m to Take Campus Tech Global

    Its mandate is to back start-ups and spin-outs built around technologies, patents and talent emerging from South African tertiary institutions and their alumni networks.

    Beyond the Remittance Hype: The 3 Business Models Winning VC Cash in Africa’s Stablecoin Boom

    A wave of offshore venture and private credit capital is flooding into African stablecoins—but a close look at recent deals reveals a split market.

    Proparco Anchors Rare Moroccan LP Position in EmTech’s New $60M Early-Stage Fund

    The fund plans to invest in around 20 startups, writing cheques of between $500,000 and $3m in pre-Series A and Series A rounds.

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    Satellites, Biotech, and HR: Stocks & Strauss Locks in $24m to Take Campus Tech Global

    Its mandate is to back start-ups and spin-outs built around technologies, patents and talent emerging from South African tertiary institutions and their alumni networks.

    Beyond the Remittance Hype: The 3 Business Models Winning VC Cash in Africa’s Stablecoin Boom

    A wave of offshore venture and private credit capital is flooding into African stablecoins—but a close look at recent deals reveals a split market.

    Free Licences, Open Batteries and a 6-Month Time Bomb — Rwanda Plays Chicken With EV Founders

    Kigali's ambitious regulation offers zero-cost market entry but demands near-perfect operational performance - and a promise to tear down proprietary battery walls.

    No Bank Account Needed: Inside Budge AI’s Plan to Fix Personal Finance in Markets Open Banking Left Behind

    As open banking APIs remain patchy across much of Africa, two software engineers are betting that the key to mass-market expense tracking is already buzzing in users' pockets.