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    DBSA Doubles Down on EV Charging With Backing for Zimi

    The investment follows the DBSA's $5.6m (R100m) commitment to Zero Carbon Charge last year
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    AFC Injects $100M into African VC Funds to Bridge the Local Capital Gap

    Despite African startups raising $3.8bn in 2025, the vast majority of that venture funding flowed from international sources.
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    Appeal Dismissed, Liquidation Confirmed: Court Delivers Final Blow to Mastercard-Backed $106m African Startup Fund

    A South African high court has rejected a final attempt by Africa Founders Ventures and its business rescue practitioner to overturn a winding-up order.
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    France’s Digital Africa Launches $58M Seed Fund to Back Overlooked African Tech Markets

    The pan-African initiative backed by the French development finance system is launching its first dedicated seed vehicle, targeting 30 startups across 20 countries.
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    SA’s Yoco Hands CEO Role to German Turnaround Specialist as Founders Step Back

    “Exploring a potential IPO would be a two-step process."
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    Analysis & Opinions

    Analysis & Opinions

    Charging Depots, Battery Swaps and Fleet Finance: The 5 Models Winning African EV Capital

    A Launch Base Africa analysis of publicly disclosed electric mobility deals across 2025 and the first half of 2026 shows capital clustering around five distinct business models .
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    Local VCs Are Quietly Retreating From African Startup Cap Tables

    Analysis of deal data for the first half of 2026 shows a sharp decline in the presence of Africa‑based investors on cap tables.
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    Analysis & Opinions

    The 90% Collapse: How US Tech and Infrastructure Debt Turned African AI Into a Rounding Error

    The divergence threatens to hollow out the continent’s early‑stage software pipeline and risks a brain drain of technical talent.
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    Morocco’s Done.ma Raised $2M to Challenge Glovo. Now It Faces Bankruptcy Speculation

    The Rabat-based super app's mobile application is unavailable and the company has not communicated publicly for several days.
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    AI-First Telcos Will Lead the Race in Africa

    Author: Kitso Lemo, Associate Director, TMT Practice at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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    South African Fintech Flagship Yoco Buys Restaurant Software Platform Dyner.ai

    The South African payments group is bolting on an AI-native operating system for restaurants, while a new European CEO prepares to take the helm.
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    Ghana’s Draft ICT Law Could Make Foreign-Backed Startups Illegal

    For the foreign founder eyeing Accra's growing tech scene, the advice is shifting.
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    End of the $500k Barrier for Foreign-Owned Firms: What Ghana’s New Investment Law Means for Tech Founders

    The country's first major overhaul of investment law in over a decade removes the capital entry thresholds that have quietly blocked hundreds of foreign founders from registering in Ghana.
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    AFC Injects $100M into African VC Funds to Bridge the Local Capital Gap

    Despite African startups raising $3.8bn in 2025, the vast majority of that venture funding flowed from international sources.
    Read more
    Analysis & Opinions

    The 90% Collapse: How US Tech and Infrastructure Debt Turned African AI Into a Rounding Error

    The divergence threatens to hollow out the continent’s early‑stage software pipeline and risks a brain drain of technical talent.
    Read more
    Updates

    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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