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Egypt’s Tech IPO Freeze Thaws as MNT-Halan Draws Record Demand
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Climate Fintech Nithio Launches $150M Debt Fund to Back Africa’s Electric Vehicle Fleets
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Airtel Money Begins Unconditional Trading on London Stock Exchange in Landmark African Fintech Listing
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Uber and Jumia Alumni Close Moroccan Agritech YoLa Fresh After Failing to Secure Series A
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The Local Airbnb Rival That Held Off the Giant: South Africa’s LekkeSlaap Bought by Banking Royalty
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IFC Eyes $90M Equity Stake in Airtel Money as London IPO Gathers Momentum
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Is African Healthtech Facing a Terminal Diagnosis?
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African Fintech’s Debt Shift Comes With a Catch
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From DFS Lab to Mubadala: The Rare Repeat Alliances Funding African Tech in 2026
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South Africa’s Electric Car Shift Bypasses Full Battery Models as Chinese Brands Tighten Grip
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The East Is Settling Into African Tech, Quietly
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Five Countries, Half a Million Dollars: Inside Nigeria’s New Startup Funding Math
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Priced Out of London: Why Nigeria’s Fintechs Are Abandoning UK Remittances
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From Wages to Fraud to Deliveries: The Pattern Behind South Africa’s Recent Startup Funding
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“Directly Selling Insurance to Farmers Does Not Work”: Pula CEO on Avoiding Agtech’s Deadliest Trap
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‘Timing Is Critical’: How a Pandemic Almost Killed Weego and Accidentally Built Its B2B Engine
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From Profitability to $10M ARR: How Prembly Cracked Africa’s Identity Infrastructure
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‘Stay in It’: How Over 200 Interviews and a LinkedIn Post Led to a $2.35M Seed Round for Orca
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‘Don’t Wait for a Cash Crunch’: The $70M Debt Playbook from Lula’s Trevor Gosling
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The ₦100m Question Facing Lagos’ Gaming Founders
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The Secret Antitrust Battle That Helped Sink Koko Networks
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Free Transfers, Capped Fees: Inside the Pricing Shock Facing West Africa’s $267B Mobile Money Market
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Fintech Unicorn Wave Caves to Regulators as BCEAO Holds Firm on West Africa’s Payment Deadline
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Tunisia’s Fintech Crackdown
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Open Rails, Closed Doors: West Africa’s Central Bank Is Entrenching Bank Monopolies
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Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options
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Aries Media Ventures Launches Fund I to Back Underfunded Mediatech Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa
Former NBCUniversal exec is ditching Hollywood to back African mediatech
October 21, 2026
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South African IoT Scaleup Karooooo Takes on Debt to Hoard AI Memory Chips
The central question is whether the chip stockpile proves to be prudent insurance or an expensive bet.
October 20, 2026
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Aries Media Ventures Launches Fund I to Back Underfunded Mediatech Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa
Former NBCUniversal exec is ditching Hollywood to back African mediatech
October 21, 2026
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South African IoT Scaleup Karooooo Takes on Debt to Hoard AI Memory Chips
The central question is whether the chip stockpile proves to be prudent insurance or an expensive bet.
October 20, 2026
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“It’s a Fad, like Crypto Coins”: Why a Developer Built a Census for Nigeria’s Chaotic Gaming Scene
In the space of a fortnight, a handful of browser games built by Nigerian developers has generated more attention, and more argument, than the country’s game industry has seen in years. The question is whether any of it constitutes a market.
October 20, 2026
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Egypt’s Tech IPO Freeze Thaws as MNT-Halan Draws Record Demand
MNT-Halan begins trading on the Egyptian Exchange today, marking a significant step forward for the company and Egypt’s fintech sector.
October 20, 2026