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    After MoneyFellows, ElGameya Joins Egypt’s Digital ROSCA Funding Rush

    The back-to-back funding rounds signal rising investor interest in Egypt’s fintech sector, particularly in startups digitising traditional financial practices.

    From Elmenus to Sylndr: Ex-Foodtech Exec Raises Fresh $25.7M to Overhaul Egypt’s Used Car Market

    The company aims to formalize Egypt’s highly fragmented used car market — estimated at $10 billion — by introducing standardized pricing, digital financing, and secure ownership transfers.

    From Mail to Money: Nigeria’s Postal Service Takes on Remittance Startups

    “Sending money from Cameroon to Nigeria is harder than sending money from the U.S. to Nigeria.”

    Prosus Backs Egypt’s Thndr in $15.7M Round to Boost Retail Investing

    The company recorded impressive growth in 2024, adding over 1 million users who placed more than 15 million investment orders worth approximately EGP 170bn ($3.4bn).
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    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here's a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we're tracking this month.

    Ghost Workers, a BMW X5, and $700K Missing: The Insider Fraud Rocking Francophone Africa’s HR Darling

    Socium, founded in 2021 by Samba Lo and Serigne Seye, provides payroll, recruitment and workforce management software to businesses across 21 Francophone African countries.

    1M Users in 8 Years, 9M in 6: The Smartphone Pivot Driving M-KOPA’s Hypergrowth

    The group now signs up about 10,000 new customers daily.

    Donor-Backed AI Health Tools Proliferate Across Africa, but Sustainability Remains Elusive

    Gates-funded report finds 20 deployed solutions delivering tangible results, yet most rely on short-term grants and lack independently verified cost savings

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    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here's a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we're tracking this month.

    Ghost Workers, a BMW X5, and $700K Missing: The Insider Fraud Rocking Francophone Africa’s HR Darling

    Socium, founded in 2021 by Samba Lo and Serigne Seye, provides payroll, recruitment and workforce management software to businesses across 21 Francophone African countries.

    Over $500M Lost in Two Years: Eight Graphs That Map the Blind Spots Behind Recent African Startup Collapses

    The period between early 2024 and mid-2026 has been the most unforgiving in the short history of African venture-backed entrepreneurship.

    From an Angry Post to a $50m Ribbon-Cutting: The Land Battle Behind an Egyptian Deeptech Scaleup’s $50m Factory

    Sixteen months later, on a hot July day in 2026, Egypt's finance minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, returned to a company whose public frustration had once laid bare the country's industrial bureaucracy.