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    AfricInvest Ends Multi-Year Bet on Egyptian Fintech MDP

    The company, co-founded and led by Ahmed Nafie, offers an end-to-end digital payment infrastructure solution across Africa and the Middle East.

    New AfDB Chief Inherits Mixed Venture Capital Portfolio — Will He Stick With It?

    While Mauritania, Tah’s home country, has historically been absent from the African tech map, it recently made a bold move that may hint at his outlook on innovation policy.

    Japan’s SORA Technology Raises $4.8m to Scale Drone-Powered Health Interventions in Africa

    As international donors and governments increasingly seek scalable, technology-enabled solutions to long-standing development challenges, companies like SORA are positioning themselves as intermediaries between innovation and impact.

    Catalytic Capital Targets Africa’s Female Founders in Latest Village Capital Move

    In a region where women founders receive a disproportionately small share of venture capital, this deal is emblematic of a slow but steady shift in strategy among development-minded investors.
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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.