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    Uber Backer Founder Collective Joins $2M Bet on South African Stablecoin Payments

    The round was led by Raba Partnership, a VC firm with a strong track record in African fintech (including Flutterwave and Stitch).

    Walletdoc Founders Exit as Capitec Acquires South African Fintech for $23.5M

    Capitec is paying a premium for the established payment stack.

    The Hunt Is On: Tracking African Startup-Led Acquisition Spree of 2025

    Unsurprisingly, the deals are largely concentrated in the continent’s most competitive sectors.

    ‘We Are Here to Stay’: Inside Estonia’s Long-Term Play for Africa’s Tech Ecosystem

    Estonia, the tiny digital nation that rewrote its own future, is now scripting a new chapter 6,000 kilometers away.
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    ‘It’s Not a Pipeline Problem’: Why African VCs Are Ghosting Female Founders

    “It was pretty heartbreaking to be technically competent and have a team composed of a second-time founder and still have to deal with this type of sexism.”