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    Africa’s 100 Most Active Tech Startup Investors — Ranked by Deal Activity (2025)

    Local and pan-African funds such as Digital Africa and Launch Africa Ventures continue to drive volume at the earliest stages, absorbing the risk of experimentation and market discovery.

    Helios Investment Partners Reaches $250m Second Close for African Climate Fund

    The funding gap for African climate initiatives is vast: currently, public finance covers only...

    Inside Lesaka’s Struggle to Make African Fintech Consolidation Pay

    The Johannesburg payments company has spent $80m acquiring competitors. Six months of data show why buying scale in African fintech doesn't guarantee profitability.

    ‘This Team Gave Everything’: Natalie Dowsett’s 11th-Hour Plea to Save OX Delivers

    The Warwickshire-based maker of "flat-pack" electric trucks for Africa is facing liquidation unless a rescue deal is found by the weekend. It is a stark reversal for a company that recently touted a $163m expansion deal.
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    Nigerian Fintech Bfree Secures New Funding to Buy Up Africa’s Bad Loans

    The latest capital injection adds to a steady string of financing for the startup.

    Former Molten Ventures CEO Moves Into Southern African Secondaries With New £50m Fund

    The pan-African VC firm takes on an investment advisory role for the Botswana Tech Fund, which is targeting Southern Africa's undercapitalised digital economy

    From Kitchens to Cockpits: The Egyptian Startup Turning Cooking Oil Into a 25x Investor Return

    Delta Oil operates at the intersection of waste management and energy production.

    “No Shortcuts Through the Data”: How Intron is Building African Voice Infrastructure from Scratch

    "The assumption we had to kill earliest was that the technical problem was the hardest one. It is not."

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    The latest capital injection adds to a steady string of financing for the startup.

    Former Molten Ventures CEO Moves Into Southern African Secondaries With New £50m Fund

    The pan-African VC firm takes on an investment advisory role for the Botswana Tech Fund, which is targeting Southern Africa's undercapitalised digital economy

    Major ValU Investor Sells Down Stake in First Secondary Deal Since Listing

    The sale comes as Egypt’s capital markets have shown signs of renewed activity following a period of muted equity capital markets (ECM) transactions.

    Profit, Pivot, and Panic: Swvl Faces Nasdaq Delisting Threat Despite $1.3m Turnaround

    Mobility technology company reports first annual profit since going public, but auditors raise going concern doubt and Nasdaq listing remains under threat