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    FAB-Backed Lime Launches in Egypt with $9.4M to Disrupt School Financing

    Lime Consumer Finance, a newly launched fintech platform focused on education financing, has secured a substantial $9.4 million in initial funding.

    Morocco’s Journify Doubles Valuation After Fresh Investment — and Sets a New Benchmark for MENA’s Adtech Scene

    At the heart of Journify’s model is a simple but timely proposition: helping brands across the Middle East activate and monetise first-party data — the data customers willingly share with them — across platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok, X, and Snapchat.

    Stahili: The New Startup from Copia Founders Promises Privacy and Instant Rewards

    The decision to pivot from an e-commerce company to a reward-based survey platform appears to reflect a strategic shift in focus.

    Europe’s Largest Private Pharma Channels $50m Fund Into African Health Startups

    Launched in 2021, it provides non-traditional financing models—such as concessional loans and revenue-based investments—to plug the financing gap for early-stage social businesses beyond what conventional grants or equity rounds can offer.
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    Capital raised in April recovers from March slump but remains 30 per cent below 2025 levels as founders turn to alternative financing.

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

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    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

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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