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    Algeria’s Public Startup Fund Scores First Exit as Travel-Tech Völz Raises $5M

    The deal marks a liquidity event for the state-backed Algerian Startup Fund and signals the entry of local industrial capital into the tech ecosystem.

    Uganda’s Fintech Map Rewritten as Wave Crashes the Telco Stronghold

    The era of the “Wild West” in Ugandan fintech is officially over

    Helios Extends Data Centre Buying Spree Across North Africa

    The formation of 3MDC is not an isolated event. It follows closely on the heels of Helios’s aggressive move into the Egyptian market in September.

    The Lessons from Cash Plus’s $5.2bn Oversubscribed IPO

    Here are the numbers behind the frenzy and the four key lessons for the ecosystem.
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    Mauritius Tightens Its Grip on Africa’s Startup Cap Tables

    Funds domiciled on the island have made a string of investments this year. The money is rarely Mauritian - and that is the point.

    Why Your Cheapest Hire Can Be the Most Costly

    Thuto Motsie CEO of Thamani, writes from Gauteng, South Africa

    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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    Mauritius Tightens Its Grip on Africa’s Startup Cap Tables

    Funds domiciled on the island have made a string of investments this year. The money is rarely Mauritian - and that is the point.

    Why Your Cheapest Hire Can Be the Most Costly

    Thuto Motsie CEO of Thamani, writes from Gauteng, South Africa

    OPay Pulls $304M New York Listing After Regulatory Inquiry

    Nigerian fintech terminates underwriting agreement two days after signing, leaving its December 2027 preferred share deadline unresolved

    Kenafric Tests the Corporate VC Playbook for African Consumer Startups with $10M Fund

    Kenafric Group, the Kenyan consumer goods manufacturer whose brands range from chewing gum to...