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    A Decade in the Making: How a 10-Year Partnership Turned into a $150M African Tech Acquisition

    AZA was once nearly acquired by the now-defunct FTX for $220M.

    UNDP’s timbuktoo Platform Is Hunting for Africa’s Next Creative-Tech Founders

    Despite incredible talent and innovation, African creatives contribute just 2.9% of global creative exports.

    Ex-Expensya Staff Back Thunder Code in $9m Seed Round to Bring AI Agents to Software Testing

    The idea behind Thunder Code emerged while Jouini was serving as CTO at Medius, overseeing integration across six acquired software companies.

    Bad Reporting Is Killing African Startups’ Funding Chances. Egypt’s VCs Have a Fix

    Under the new system, startups will now report a uniform set of metrics.
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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.