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From King to Fourth: How Nigeria Missed Africa’s Funding Rebound in 2025
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African Startups Raise $3.1bn in 2025 as Nigeria Slips to Fourth Place
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What Q4 Investor Behaviour Hints at for African Founders Raising Capital in 2026
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The Anti-Herd: 12 Deals That Defied Africa’s Tech Funding Playbook in 2025
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IFC Mulls $13M Equity Stake in Egyptian Grocery Leader Breadfast
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Egypt’s Nawah Scientific Raises $23M Series A to Export Its “Cloud Lab” Model to Rwanda and Saudi Arabia
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Lagos Enters the Mobility Wars With a $100m War Chest to Rival Uber’s Moove
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Fragile but Forming: The Reality of Francophone Africa’s Angel Investing Landscape in 2025
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The $2bn Power Play: Why Egypt Is Suddenly Africa’s Hottest Battery Market
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Nigeria Leads the Charge as Local African VCs Look Beyond Their Borders in 2025
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Local Capital First: Why SA’s R4.6bn Startup Buyout Spree Is Reshaping Africa’s Startup Exit Playbook
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Africa’s Tech Reckoning: Why 2025 Became the Year of Deals, Departures and Difficult Truths
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The Hunt Is On: Tracking African Startup-Led Acquisition Spree of 2025
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Mapped: Where Gulf VC Money Is Currently Flowing in Africa — And Where It Isn’t
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DFIs and European Funds Keep Africa’s 2025 Rebound on Track in November Despite Cooling VC Flows
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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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How a Nigerian Engineer Helped Build a $1 Billion Fintech Giant
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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”
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Why Morocco’s 2026 FX Reform Matters More Than Another $100m Funding Round
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Nigeria’s Allegedly ‘Forged’ Tax Laws, Growing Uncertainty — and What Comes Next for Tech Workers
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Egyptian Fintechs Pivot to Real Estate Funds as Inflation Bites
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End of the Road for Banxso Executives: South Africa’s Fintech Dream Turns Into a $118M Nightmare
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Egypt Mandates State Insurance Funds to Pump Cash Into Local Equities
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Tunisia Scraps 50-Year Forex Rule to Retain Tech Talent and Startups
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2026 Forecast: New CBN Rules Could Turn Nigeria’s Fintech Growth Engine Into a Cost Centre
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Dot Com Zambia’s IPO Caps a Lively Year for African Tech Listings
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From Idea to Investable: The ‘Product-First’ Playbook Behind Africa’s ‘Toughest’ Fund
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“Open” vs “Owned”: A Two-Track EV Strategy Emerges in East Africa
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A Bank of Its Own: Will Paystack’s MFB Licence Solve Its Growth Ceiling?
The acquisition of Ladder MFB provides Paystack with three critical capabilities it previously lacked.
January 14, 2026
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Fragile but Forming: The Reality of Francophone Africa’s Angel Investing Landscape in 2025
The 2025 data reveals a notable gap: the lack of disclosed investments from successful local entrepreneurs.
January 14, 2026
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A Bank of Its Own: Will Paystack’s MFB Licence Solve Its Growth Ceiling?
The acquisition of Ladder MFB provides Paystack with three critical capabilities it previously lacked.
January 14, 2026
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Fragile but Forming: The Reality of Francophone Africa’s Angel Investing Landscape in 2025
The 2025 data reveals a notable gap: the lack of disclosed investments from successful local entrepreneurs.
January 14, 2026
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Silverbacks Posts 13.7x Fintech Returns as It Pivots to Sports and Entertainment
The Mauritius-based firm reports a 13.7x return on its fintech blueprint and is now pivoting capital into African sports and entertainment.
January 13, 2026
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US Defense Hawk 8VC Backs Terra Industries to Build the ‘Anduril of Africa’
The startup aims to displace Chinese and European incumbents in the African security market with locally built, vertically integrated autonomous systems.
January 12, 2026
