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    US VC MaC Backs Nigerian Fintech Carrot Credit in $4.2M Round, Eyes Africa With New $150M Fund

    MaC Venture Capital has previously backed African startups including Big Cabal Media (media), Afya Rekod (healthtech), and IdentityPass (identity verification).
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    UK Development Financier BII Backs Kenya’s ARC Ride with $5m to Expand Electric Motorcycle Network

    The UK has invested more than £600m in climate-related projects in Kenya over the past decade, ranging from off-grid solar to green manufacturing.
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    South Africa’s MIC Turns to Black Women Founders in Inclusive VC Push

    MIC, together with Grindstone — a business accelerator co-owned by Knife Capital and Thinkroom — has designed the programme to accelerate high-growth, Black female-owned businesses with scalable models.
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    Cheap at What Cost? Inside Temu’s Existential Fight Against Fake Goods

    Since its 2022 launch, the company — owned by Chinese conglomerate PDD Holdings — has rapidly expanded into 90+ markets, luring shoppers with $5 wireless earbuds, $10 sneakers, and $3 T-shirts.
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    Egypt Salvages Startup Accelerator After USAID Collapse

    ITIDA stepped in to fund a programme that lost its US development finance backing, as 61 startups from Upper Egypt collectively attracted EGP 200 million in investment
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    Breega Nets $8.5m From AfDB as Development Bank Ramps Up VC Appetite

    Both recent AfDB commitments were structured as first-loss tranches via the European Commission’s Boost Africa programme—a blended finance move designed to shield private capital from initial losses.

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    Egypt’s Telda Abandons the Unbanked to Chase Egypt’s Consumer Credit Boom

    Startup backed by Sequoia Capital abandons original focus on the unbanked to build a vertically integrated financial group.
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    Moniepoint Rides Wave of Nigerian Fintech Consolidation as Venture Funding Retreats

    While Orda currently operates in Nigeria and Kenya, this acquisition only covers its Nigerian operations, leaving the future of its Kenyan arm undecided.

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    Egypt Salvages Startup Accelerator After USAID Collapse

    ITIDA stepped in to fund a programme that lost its US development finance backing, as 61 startups from Upper Egypt collectively attracted EGP 200 million in investment
    Ecosystem News

    Breega Nets $8.5m From AfDB as Development Bank Ramps Up VC Appetite

    Both recent AfDB commitments were structured as first-loss tranches via the European Commission’s Boost Africa programme—a blended finance move designed to shield private capital from initial losses.
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    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here’s a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we’re tracking this month.
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    Bonds to Builders: Ci Gaba Hits $35m First Close to Turn Ghana’s Pensions into Venture LPs

    A policy push in Accra is reshaping who finances growth companies in West Africa.

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