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    Lorax and Fawry Double Down on Egyptian Logistics Startup Mylerz With $2mn Top-Up

    The involvement of Fawry, Egypt’s dominant digital payments platform, also signals the growing convergence of payments and logistics in the country’s e-commerce ecosystem.

    MazaoHub’s Josephat Urassa, Engineer Behind Tanzania’s Soil-Data Farming Platform, Dies

    MazaoHub co-founder and chief technology officer, who helped build one of Tanzania's most closely watched agritech ventures, has died.

    Morocco’s Fintechs Win Access to a Card Payments Market Long Controlled by Banks

    Rabat's regulators confirm the forced break-up of the bank-owned payments monopoly, opening merchant acquiring to a new generation of digital players and slashing transaction fees for small shops.

    Africa’s Venture-Backed Shutdowns Converge on Two Hotspots in 2026

    Edtech and clean-tech in Kenya, fintech in Nigeria bear the brunt of a prolonged funding drought and investor flight to quality.
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    BCEAO’s annual report reveals why getting 100m people to ditch paper is a multi-year slog.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

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

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    The Promise and Peril of Lending to Egypt’s Unbanked: Inside Valu’s Growth Dilemma

    Egypt's largest consumer finance platform has built a business on financial inclusion, but a mysterious data discrepancy in its annual report raises questions about the true cost of that mission.