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Spiro Lands $215M to Expand Its Battery-Swapping Network for Africa’s Motorcycle Taxis
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Agri-Fintech Startup Livestock Wealth Placed Under Liquidation After Failed Rescue Bid
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Egypt’s Beltone Reaps 271% Venture Capital Revenue Jump as Bosta Exit Validates Strategy
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AFC Injects $100M into African VC Funds to Bridge the Local Capital Gap
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Appeal Dismissed, Liquidation Confirmed: Court Delivers Final Blow to Mastercard-Backed $106m African Startup Fund
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France’s Digital Africa Launches $58M Seed Fund to Back Overlooked African Tech Markets
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SA’s Yoco Hands CEO Role to German Turnaround Specialist as Founders Step Back
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Local VCs Are Quietly Retreating From African Startup Cap Tables
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The Elite Funnel: Why African Tech’s New Financing Mix Signals a Hollowing of the Core
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Geographic Borders Blur as Africa-Focused Funds Chase Global Infrastructure
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Africa’s New VC Funds Missing from Early 2026 Dealmaking
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The Quiet Extinction of the African Seed Round: Ten Hard Truths From April’s Funding Data
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Who Funds the Outliers? US Investors Are Bankrolling Nigeria’s Most Experimental Deals
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13 Charts From a Decade of African Exits — And the Uncomfortable Takeaway
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‘Don’t Wait for a Cash Crunch’: The $70M Debt Playbook from Lula’s Trevor Gosling
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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 Wait to Be Perfect’: How Selling Imperfect Produce Helped Farm to Feed Land a $1.5M Seed Round
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The $150m Pivot: Can Yango Outrun African Regulators by Targeting Smaller Cities?
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South Africa’s AI Framework Fails the Ultimate Turing Test
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South African Fintech Flagship Yoco Buys Restaurant Software Platform Dyner.ai
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From Profitability to $10M ARR: How Prembly Cracked Africa’s Identity Infrastructure
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Nigeria’s Alerzo Dissolves Singapore SPVs Amid Asset Freeze and Legal Battle
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The Hidden Machinery Behind Egypt’s Quiet Adtech Exit Boom
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E-Mobility, Stablecoins, and DFI Retreat to Debt: African Funding Themes Take Shape in 2026
Taken together, these three themes point to a funding environment that is becoming increasingly polarised.
June 3, 2026
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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.
June 3, 2026
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E-Mobility, Stablecoins, and DFI Retreat to Debt: African Funding Themes Take Shape in 2026
Taken together, these three themes point to a funding environment that is becoming increasingly polarised.
June 3, 2026
Analysis & Opinions
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.
June 3, 2026
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Franchising and the 90-Day Threshold
If you stepped away for 90 days, would your franchise brand survive?- By Larry Hodes, CEO Grow Franchising & FASA Board Member
June 3, 2026
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SA Serial Founder Vinny Lingham Locks In Fastest Exit Yet With Rumi.ai Sale
The South African-born entrepreneur and investor continues his run of form, selling his AI meeting startup to the US subsidiary of ASX-listed Decidr.
June 2, 2026
