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    VestedWorld’s Rising Star Fund Nears Target with $20m Raise for African Startups

    The Rising Star Fund will focus on deploying capital into early-stage ventures across seven key African markets.

    Sequoia-Backed Telda Expands Market Reach with Brokerage Acquisition After Regulatory Nod

    By 2023, Telda reported 1.5 million app downloads, 500,000 active users, and processed transactions worth $300 million.

    Okra-backer Susa Ventures Launches $175M Seed-Stage Fund — ‘We Don’t Care Who Else Is in the Round.’

    The firm was an early investor in Andela, a company that trains software developers across the continent, and in Okra, a Nigerian open finance fintech infrastructure company.

    Who Runs Egypt’s Fintech? One Firm is Calling the Shots After a New Licensing Wave

    This surge in fintech licensing comes on the heels of the FRA’s decision last year to grant a one-year extension for non-banking finance companies to meet increased capital requirements.
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    An analysis of how African tech companies navigated failure, fraud, and funding shortfalls - and what Launch Base Africa learned from tracking their crises

    Nigeria’s Most Anticipated Tech IPO Hits Pause After Lead Investor Pushback

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    Sanlam Enters Morocco’s Startup Market With $2.2m Woliz Investment

    The insurer said the transaction is aimed at supporting the modernisation of small retail — a sector that remains largely informal but underpins daily commerce across the country .