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    Swoop, Led by 19-Year-Old Thiel Fellow, Raises $7.3m from Silicon Valley to Take on Chowdeck

    UC Berkeley dropout Aubrey Niederhoffer is using food delivery as a wedge to build Africa's next super app. But he is entering a notoriously difficult market.

    Google Joins the Infrastructure Wave: Why the Latest African Cohort is Swapping Apps for ‘AI Plumbing’

    The era of the “AI-enabled” consumer app in Africa is quietly being dismantled in favor of something much less flashy: digital plumbing.

    Only One in Eight African Tech Investors Wrote Repeat Cheques Last Year. Here’s Why It Matters

    The gap is not a rounding error. It maps directly onto the experience of founders who, after warm introductions and investor meetings

    Egyptian Fintech Bokra Secures VC Licence to Take on Banks and VCs

    For Bokra, founded in 2023, the regulatory green light clears the path for a highly active 2026.
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    BII Backs Okra Solar with $7m Debt Facility to Scale Mesh-Grids in Nigeria

    British development finance institution bets that a lighter, decentralised alternative to mini-grids can help close one of the world's largest electricity access gaps - but the model's commercial viability still hinges on procurement and policy execution.

    LemFi Turns Pillar Acquisition into £100m Capital Markets Bet

    Sixteen months after acquiring credit fintech Pillar, the FT-backed startup is swapping equity for debt markets to fund its £100m lending ambitious.

    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

    A court judgment proves OPay granted share options in 2020. Its US filing never mentions them, and investors are left to guess whether that’s a gap or a non-issue.

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

    The African fintech’s gross profit from device sales fell to $57.9m even as revenue rose 45%, exposing a structural shift in the economics of financing smartphones and e-bikes for the continent’s informal earners.

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    BII Backs Okra Solar with $7m Debt Facility to Scale Mesh-Grids in Nigeria

    British development finance institution bets that a lighter, decentralised alternative to mini-grids can help close one of the world's largest electricity access gaps - but the model's commercial viability still hinges on procurement and policy execution.

    LemFi Turns Pillar Acquisition into £100m Capital Markets Bet

    Sixteen months after acquiring credit fintech Pillar, the FT-backed startup is swapping equity for debt markets to fund its £100m lending ambitious.

    African Frontier Capital’s $125M Platform Tests a Faster Route to Debt for African E-Mobility

    Multi-originator warehouse facility backed by IFC, Norfund, AfDB and SEDF aims to extend asset-backed finance beyond pay-as-you-go solar into electric vehicles and productive equipment.

    Arson and License Revocations: UK-Backed Climate Startup nextProtein Faces Total Ruin in Tunisia

    A fatal road accident, local outcry over odours, and a burnt-out facility: Inside the regulatory and social crisis tearing apart one of North Africa’s premier green tech darlings, just months after it secured €18m with backing from British International Investment.