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    New Wave of Mergers in African Cleantech: Consolidation Heats Up as Investors Seek Scalable Impact

    As the African cleantech sector matures, more consolidation (whether mergers or acquisitions) is likely — signalling a shift from small pilots to regional platforms capable of delivering both access and efficiency.

    Afrimobility: Akwa Group’s Venture Capital Arm Backs 25 Startups in Under Five Years

    “Many VCs just provide money and wait. We invest in the founders themselves, because their success determines ours.”

    Musk’s Starlink Takes On Hormuud Telecom in Somalia as Satellite Internet Spreads Across Africa

    With one of the cheapest internet services in Africa and zero tariffs from the Trump administration, Starlink is set to confront the decades-old Hormuud Telecom.
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    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

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    M-KOPA’s Product Margins Halve as Lending Becomes the Main Event

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    Small Checks, Big Shift: What October’s Deal Flow Reveals About African Climate Tech

    With supply chains bottlenecked and venture equity thin, DFIs are stepping in with debt, working capital, and a new funding playbook.

    West Africa’s Unified Payments Network Is Off to a Rocky Start

    The BCEAO’s ambitious plan to mirror India’s UPI or Brazil’s Pix via its new PI-SPI platform has run headfirst into West Africa’s fragmented digital infrastructure on day one.

    Seventy-Two Hours: OPay CTO Held Zero Shares on Eve of Aborted $4bn US Listing

    Power of attorney filings and blank Form 3s trace the high-stakes final days before payment giant pulled its IPO.

    ‘The Future Isn’t Just Grants’: How Salient’s i3 Network Brokered $19M in Deals for African Healthtech Startups

    Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, i3 is helping African healthtech startups move beyond donor-funded pilots towards commercial partnerships and sustainable scale. Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke discusses the initiative with Launch Base Africa.