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    South Africa’s Largest Bank Capitec Taps Fintech Mama Money to Capture Migrant Remittance Market

    This bank-fintech tie-up is a noteworthy example of embedded finance in an emerging market, where a large incumbent institution opts to integrate a specialist’s technology rather than build its own competing product.

    A Calendar of Funding Deadlines for African Startups

    Check out the latest startup funding headlines for African startups you may have missed.

    After Ditching Subscriptions, Egypt’s Wuilt Raises $2M to Build Free E-Commerce Infrastructure

    The Cairo-based startup is sacrificing recurring revenue and betting on a free platform to capture the MENA region's vast market of small businesses and social sellers.

    I Took My Algerian Startup to Silicon Valley with ASEP. The Biggest Lesson Wasn’t About Funding

    Abdelbasset Meghraoui, founder of Survision, on his journey from an Algerian university to the heart of US tech - and the key mindset shifts needed to unlock Africa's potential.
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    Debt Structures Drive $185m Rebound in African Tech Funding in March

    Capital raised in April recovers from March slump but remains 30 per cent below 2025 levels as founders turn to alternative financing.

    The Quiet Extinction of the African Seed Round: Ten Hard Truths From April’s Funding Data

    If you are a first-time founder with a prototype and a pitch deck, you are competing for a sliver of a sliver.

    Profit, Pivot, and Panic: Swvl Faces Nasdaq Delisting Threat Despite $1.3m Turnaround

    Mobility technology company reports first annual profit since going public, but auditors raise going concern doubt and Nasdaq listing remains under threat

    A New Expansion Map: African Startups Redraw Routes Through Accra

    From Nigerian defence contractors to Kenyan logistics software, a new cohort of well-capitalised tech firms is bypassing traditional hubs to set up operational bases in Accra.

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    Debt Structures Drive $185m Rebound in African Tech Funding in March

    Capital raised in April recovers from March slump but remains 30 per cent below 2025 levels as founders turn to alternative financing.

    The Quiet Extinction of the African Seed Round: Ten Hard Truths From April’s Funding Data

    If you are a first-time founder with a prototype and a pitch deck, you are competing for a sliver of a sliver.

    South African Logistics Startup Shiprazor Secures $2.65m to Streamline E-Commerce Deliveries

    Founded in 2023 by CEO Sahil Affriya, Shiprazor operates as an infrastructure layer connecting online merchants with a disparate network of delivery providers.

    African Biotech Investor OneBio Secures $6m First Close in Test for Continent’s Deep Science Sector

    The fundraising effort marks a notable development in an African venture ecosystem that has historically directed the vast majority of its capital toward financial technology