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    Namibia’s Bellatrix Launches $10M Fund to Tackle Southern Africa’s ‘Capital Desert’

    The fund represents a rare equity-focused play from Namibia, a country better known for its commodities and institutional pension funds than its tech exports.

    Africa’s Payment Plumbing Gets a $2 Million Boost from France’s DFI

    The $2 million ticket into the Guinean fintech is modest, but it signals growing development-finance appetite for the unglamorous plumbing that connects global money-senders to mobile wallets and cash agents on the continent

    Beltone Clocks 75% IRR as it Exits Egyptian Logistics Play Bosta

    This transaction represents BVC’s fifth successful exit since it began operations in 2023 and the second for its joint vehicle with Citadel.

    Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture Rides Securitisation Wave with $2.1M Local-Currency Deal

    The core infrastructure enabling the transaction was provided by Kaleidofin through its “ki” platform.
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    Nigerian Defence-Tech Startup Terra Industries Closes $52M Seed Round and Plots London Office

    The Lagos-founded autonomous systems company has added $18m to its seed financing and plans to expand manufacturing in Ghana while opening its first international office in London.

    Africa to LatAm: Busy Mobility Fintech Route Gets a Yango Mafia Boost

    Fuelled by informal workforces and bank credit gaps, vehicle-financing platforms are building cross-continental empires.

    SA Repeat Founders Process Over $60m in Six Months With Stablecoin Safari Startup

    Cape Town-based start-up uses stablecoins and a merchant-of-record model to undercut transaction fees that have long burdened African tourism businesses.

    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.

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    Nigerian Defence-Tech Startup Terra Industries Closes $52M Seed Round and Plots London Office

    The Lagos-founded autonomous systems company has added $18m to its seed financing and plans to expand manufacturing in Ghana while opening its first international office in London.

    Africa to LatAm: Busy Mobility Fintech Route Gets a Yango Mafia Boost

    Fuelled by informal workforces and bank credit gaps, vehicle-financing platforms are building cross-continental empires.

    Inside dLocal’s $23.7M AZA Finance Deal: $22.8M of Customers, IP and Goodwill

    The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

    Telegram Ads, Money Mules and $16bn: The Shadow Corridors Linking China to Africa

    Chinese-language money laundering networks (CMLNs) have begun openly marketing their financial services to operators in five sub-Saharan African countries, according to latest reports.