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    Nigeria’s Platos Health Raises $1.4M to Scale Preventive Health Platform Amid Rising Chronic Disease Burden

    Platos Health (formerly Zest), a Nigerian health-tech startup focused on preventive care, has secured $1.4 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI-driven metabolic health platform...

    Africa’s Patent Office Wants to Fund Startups in Francophone Africa — Here’s the $69m Plan

    Most of the fund’s backers are non-African entities, including Denmark, France, Germany, and the U.S.

    Two-Year-Old Egyptian Fintech Bokra Flips the VC Script With $3M Investment in Pharmacy Tech iSupply

    The iSupply deal follows Bokra’s recent 3 billion Egyptian pound ($58.9 million) sukuk issuance, the first of its kind for the fintech.

    Digital Africa’s Fuzé Lands in Zimbabwe in Push Beyond Francophone Africa’s Startups

    The expansion follows a record year for Digital Africa, which facilitated 29 startup deals in 2024 across 18 African countries.
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    Opera Quietly Liquidates Kenyan Ad Unit Ahead of OPay’s $4B US IPO

    Opera’s fintech play in Africa extends well beyond its Kenyan operating entities.

    “Directly Selling Insurance to Farmers Does Not Work”: Pula CEO on Avoiding Agtech’s Deadliest Trap

    From rural Kenya to the Earthshot shortlist: Pula CEO Thomas Njeru reveals to Launch Base Africa how the profitable agtech reached 24 million farmers and why impact and profitability are not mutually exclusive.

    Is Talent Export the New Impact Thesis? Daniel Yu’s $100M Fund Makes Its First Bet

    Move signals fund's focus on labour migration as a pathway out of poverty.

    Shuttlers Launches Carpooling Service as Rivals Race for Uber’s Market Share in Nigeria

    Findings by Launch Base Africa found that fares on several ride-hailing platforms operating in Nigeria have risen sharply since Uber’s exit.

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    Opera Quietly Liquidates Kenyan Ad Unit Ahead of OPay’s $4B US IPO

    Opera’s fintech play in Africa extends well beyond its Kenyan operating entities.

    “Directly Selling Insurance to Farmers Does Not Work”: Pula CEO on Avoiding Agtech’s Deadliest Trap

    From rural Kenya to the Earthshot shortlist: Pula CEO Thomas Njeru reveals to Launch Base Africa how the profitable agtech reached 24 million farmers and why impact and profitability are not mutually exclusive.

    Tunisia’s State Startup Fund Looks Beyond Capital City Tech Elites

    The $60m ANAVA initiative is taking venture capital on the road to hunt for deal-flow in forgotten interior provinces.

    SunCulture Closes $10m Securitisation Deal as African Climate Tech Turns to Capital Markets

    The transaction is designed to allow SunCulture to recycle capital that would otherwise be tied up in longer-dated customer receivables.