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Bonds to Builders: Ci Gaba Hits $35m First Close to Turn Ghana’s Pensions into Venture LPs
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FirstRand Doubles Down on AI Lender Optasia as SA Banks Hunt for Fintech Exits
Ecosystem News
The $267bn Crown: Wave Edges Closer to Dethroning Orange in West Africa
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A $23M Pivot: dLocal Takes AZA Finance’s Cameroon Assets After Third-Party Suit Is Dropped
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Europe’s EIB Backs Speedinvest to Channel $230M Into African Fintech Startups
Venture Capital & Funding Sources
Dutch VC Aqua-Spark Secures $48m for African Blue Economy Fund, Backed by KfW and AgriFI
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Algerian Super-App Yassir Buys Uno Hypermarkets to Fill the Jumia-Shaped Hole
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The Five Countries Capturing 90% of Africa’s AI Funding
Analysis & Opinions
South Africa’s University Technology Fund Leans Into Alumni for New Startup Thesis
Analysis & Opinions
$15bn in Dry Powder: 8 Structural Trends Currently Defining Africa’s New Wave of Tech Funds
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International Investors Pour Into Morocco One Year After $1.9B Fund Launch
Analysis & Opinions
Beyond ‘Market Access’ Apps: Why Ghana Is the New Frontier for High-Ticket Agritech Deals
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African Startup Funding in Early 2026: More Money, Less Venture
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Ten Key Trends That Shaped African Tech Funding in February
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What Failed African Startups Taught Their Most Active Investors
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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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“Harder to Build, but More Defensible”: Enakl Co-Founder on Tackling Morocco’s Commuter Chaos
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‘Valuations Still Far Too High’: Lexi Novitske on Investing a $205m Africa Tech Fund Amid Market Turbulence
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“Don’t Build for Hypothetical Problems”: What Immobazyme’s Founders Learned While Dragging University IP Into the Marketplace
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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
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‘I Collapsed and Cried for Hours’: How Hypeo AI’s Founder Turned Her Worst Day Into a Venture-Backed Startup
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Eskom’s Monopoly Gets a Reprieve as South Africa Stalls Energy Trading, Millions in Limbo
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Time to Talk Tech Startups in Angola? Luanda Passes Bill for Ecosystem Running on 2% Funding
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‘Asking Nicely Doesn’t Work’: The Startup-Led Coup Against Morocco’s 100-Year-Old Postal Rule
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DICON’s Open-Door Policy Complicates Life for Nigeria’s Defence Tech Startups
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How Swvl Ditched the Auditors Who Doubted Its Survival
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OneBank: Egypt’s $114m State-Backed Digital Challenger Gets the Final Green Light
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The March 11 Ultimatum: Why Half of SA’s E-Hailing Industry Is Racing the Clock
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SafeBoda Pivots to Corporate Clients as Kampala’s Regulatory Crackdown Threatens Its Ride-Hailing Core
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Apis Logs $1B in Gains as iKhokha and Baobab Deals Heat Up African Fintech
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Moniepoint Rides Wave of Nigerian Fintech Consolidation as Venture Funding Retreats
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From Kiosks to Cloud: The Tech Stack That Made GoTyme Bank Africa’s First Profitable Neobank
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Going Public Cost Africa-Focused Fintech Optasia Over $23M — 31% of Its Primary Raise
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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.
March 27, 2026
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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.
March 27, 2026
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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.
March 27, 2026
Ecosystem News
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.
March 27, 2026
Partner Content
SafeBoda Pivots to Corporate Clients as Kampala’s Regulatory Crackdown Threatens Its Ride-Hailing Core
This latest pivot suggests the company may be approaching the limits of its ability to absorb sustained regulatory pressure.
March 27, 2026
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Nigeria’s Digital Natives Are in Financial Distress. Tech Firms Should Be Worried.
For the better part of a decade, Nigeria’s consumer technology sector has operated on a reassuringly straightforward demographic premise.
March 26, 2026