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    Ivory Coast’s State-Backed Fund Doubles Down on Fintech With New Green Pay Investment

    The transaction, whose financial terms were not disclosed, is the latest in a growing series of CDC-CI investments into local technology companies 

    Why Egypt Is Plugging Fintechs Directly Into the State Tax Grid

    The system entered a one-month pilot phase on January 1, 2026, and includes a specialized hotline (19659) to troubleshoot technical hurdles during the transition.

    The Geopolitics of the Cap Table: How African Startup Investors Behaved in 2025

    For founders in 2025, the lesson was clear.

    African Startups Raise $3.1bn in 2025 as Nigeria Slips to Fourth Place

    While the “Big Four” still dominate, their internal hierarchy has been upended.
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    New CEO, $110M Mandate: responsAbility’s Plan to Mainstream Emerging-Market Climate Finance

    responsAbility is perhaps best known in impact-investing circles for its early backing of Greenlight Planet, the off-grid solar company that rebranded as Sun King.

    Pitch Decks vs. Prospectuses: The Messy Courtship of Africa’s Tech Scene and Old-Money Bourses

    From Windhoek to Lagos, stock exchanges across the continent are wooing startups with structured pipelines, listing incentives, and MOU ceremonies. The startups are mostly politely non-committal.

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    New CEO, $110M Mandate: responsAbility’s Plan to Mainstream Emerging-Market Climate Finance

    responsAbility is perhaps best known in impact-investing circles for its early backing of Greenlight Planet, the off-grid solar company that rebranded as Sun King.

    Pitch Decks vs. Prospectuses: The Messy Courtship of Africa’s Tech Scene and Old-Money Bourses

    From Windhoek to Lagos, stock exchanges across the continent are wooing startups with structured pipelines, listing incentives, and MOU ceremonies. The startups are mostly politely non-committal.

    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...