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Inside Egypt’s 80-Point Plan to Win Back Its Startups
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Afreximbank Doubles Down on Gagan Gupta: Spiro Founder Bags New $300M for Minerals Platform A2MP
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Equinix Escalates Lagos ‘Data Centre War’ With $100M Expansion Plan
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Ventures Platform Gets $64M First Close to Move Beyond Seed Stage in Africa
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Why Own the Balance Sheet? Optasia’s $1.3B IPO Crowns the Platform Model for African Fintech
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NextProtein Lands $20.7M Series B to Scale Insect Protein in Tunisia
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Fintech CashPlus Jolts Morocco’s Quiet IPO Market with Rare $82M Listing
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From Shell’s Hedges to Standard Bank’s Defence: The Hotbed of Corporate Venture Capital in Africa in 2025
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Fawry’s 20% AI-Written Code Shows African Tech’s Most Important Shift Yet
Analysis & Opinions
Seed Swarms vs. Mega-Checks: Inside the Two-Speed Strategy of French VCs in Africa In 2025
Analysis & Opinions
Kenya’s Startup Crash Makes Way for Japanese Capital and Climate Dominance
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The 2025 Angel Map: Who’s Investing Where, from M Empire in Cairo to MAX Founders in Lagos
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YC’s New African Playbook: From Accelerator to Continuity Fund
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American and French Investors Lead $392M African Startup Funding Wave in October
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The Blind Spots and Their Backers: What Africa’s ‘Big Four’ Tech Markets Avoid and Why
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‘Don’t Wait to Be Perfect’: How Selling Imperfect Produce Helped Farm to Feed Land a $1.5M Seed Round
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“We Carry the Weight for Others”: Inside the $2M Raise for Tanzania’s Hybrid AgriTech Pioneer MazaoHub
Hard Talks
‘I Collapsed and Cried for Hours’: How Hypeo AI’s Founder Turned Her Worst Day Into a Venture-Backed Startup
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How a Nigerian Engineer Helped Build a $1 Billion Fintech Giant
Hard Talks
GENIUS Act: “America is catching up to Africa on stablecoins” — Yellow Card’s Gillian Darko on Regulation, B2B Pivot
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From $100M Exit to 26 Startup Investments: Expensya Co-Founder Karim Jouini’s Strategy — “Focus Is Key”
Hard Talks
Meet the Funder: Nobesuthu Ndlovu, Director SME, Old Mutual Corporate
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‘We Were Targeting Markets in America and the UK, Thinking They Were Bigger’ — SWVL Founder on Failed Acquisitions
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Egypt Wipes Out a Quarter of Its Microfinance Sector
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One Scandal a Year: Paystack CTO Suspension Spotlights Nigerian Tech’s Leadership Crisis
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M-KOPA: From $160M Funding Round to Courtroom Battle
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Morocco’s Fintech Revolution Hits the Snooze Button
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Nigeria’s New Tax Teeth Bite Into Fintech’s Public Debt Party
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Kenya’s Crypto ‘Grey Zone’ Ends: Operators Have 12 Months to Join Annual Licensing Club
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Africa’s Two Tech Hubs Get FATF Regulatory Upgrade. Will Global Banks (and VCs) Finally Hit ‘Resume’?
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Cannibalise to Conquer: Why Egyptian Fintech Valu Is Killing Its Legacy Loans for a Payment Moat
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Germany’s develoPPP Ventures Steps Up Its Hunt for Africa’s Next Breakout Startups
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How Fawry Outgrew Payments and Became Egypt’s Fintech Profit Machine
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Jumia’s Fintech Ambitions Remapped as JumiaPay App Transactions Collapse
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Lifestores CEO Steps Down as African Tech’s “Great Handover” Continues
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From Media Giant to Family Business: Meet the First Firms Tapping Nigeria’s Landmark $200M Cleantech Fund — Updated
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‘Don’t Wait to Be Perfect’: How Selling Imperfect Produce Helped Farm to Feed Land a $1.5M Seed Round
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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
November 18, 2025
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Cannibalise to Conquer: Why Egyptian Fintech Valu Is Killing Its Legacy Loans for a Payment Moat
For years, Valu has been one of Egypt’s standout buy now, pay later (BNPL) players. But its latest earnings report shows something more striking.
November 18, 2025
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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
November 18, 2025
Partner Content
Cannibalise to Conquer: Why Egyptian Fintech Valu Is Killing Its Legacy Loans for a Payment Moat
For years, Valu has been one of Egypt’s standout buy now, pay later (BNPL) players. But its latest earnings report shows something more striking.
November 18, 2025
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Meet the Local Heavyweights Leading Revolut’s Africa Charge
As the $75bn fintech submits banking licence applications in South Africa and Morocco, seasoned industry veterans are taking the helm in what could prove the company's most complex expansion yet.
November 17, 2025
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Egypt Wipes Out a Quarter of Its Microfinance Sector
Why go through the hassle?
November 17, 2025