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    Senegal’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Backs Eyone Medical with $3M in First Deployment from $89M Oyass Capital Fund

    The investments are the first to be made by Oyass Capital, a 52 billion CFA franc ($89 million) SME-focused private equity fund sponsored by the Senegalese Sovereign Strategic Investment Fund (FONSIS).

    Lagos, a Swarm of Data Centers: Nigeria’s First Digital Free Zone — Itana — Joins Infrastructure Race

    “Africa will not win in the AI age by consuming what the rest of the world builds.”

    In Memoriam: Abiola Olaniran Built an African Startup Dream — His Legacy Is the Blueprint He Left Behind

    A week has passed since Abiola Olaniran died, and in the vibrant, sprawling tech...

    Kenya’s Burn Secures $5M from African Development Bank to Scale Electric Cooking Across East and Southern Africa

    AfDB backs carbon-financed clean cooking initiative targeting low-income households in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia.
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