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U.A.E

DFDF joins Partech Africa II's $300 million second close

The UAE's Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF) has participated in the second close of pan-African fund Partech Africa II at $300...

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Global

The illusion of inclusion: the landscape of digital banking in Africa

Khadija Ba is an MIT Legatum Fellow Africa’s financial landscape is undergoing a seismic shift driven by the rapid ascent of...

africa Digital banking

Regional

Flat6Labs launches $95 million Seed fund to back early-stage startups in Africa

Seed investor and accelerator Flat6Labs, has launched a new $95 million Africa Seed Fund (ASF) to nurture the growth and development of...

Flat6Labs Africa Seed Fund ASF

Global

African growth promise tempts investors

By Joseph Cotterill A list of Africa’s fastest-growing companies that is topped by Kenyan tech disrupters, South African...

africa

Global

Digital delivery transforms trade for Africa’s stallholders

By David Pilling Nancy Auma, a 35-year-old market trader, sits by a large mound of finger-sized silvery fish caught in Lake...

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Morocco

Morocco’s Al Mada launches pan-African $109.5 million VC fund

Morocco-based Al Mada Holding Group has launched a $109.5 million pan-African venture capital fund to invest in fast-growing...

Al Mada africa Venture Capital

Tunisia

GOMYCODE: The Tunisian startup upskilling Africa's youth

Unemployment has long been a concern for governments across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, which suffers from the...

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Global

What can Mena learn from the African experience in fintech?

Mahmood Ahmadu is the chairman of Innovate 1 Pay, a Nigerian financial technology (fintech) company established in 2012, providing online...

Fintech financial inclusion africa

Egypt

Nawah Scientific wins second place and $150,000 at Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize

Source: MenaBytes Nawah Scientific, a Cairo-based science startup has won second place at the first edition of Jack Ma’s Africa...

Science Research prize

Global

Jumia shares “pop” 75 per cent on NYSE debut

Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce player, went public today on the New York Stock Exchange with a closing price of $25.46 per...

africa

Regional

Seedstars announces $100m fund to invest in African tech startups

Source: Ventureburn Emerging markets startup competition Seedstars yesterday announced it would launch a $100-million...

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Global

East Africa’s thriving tech ecosystem

By Maryam Mgonja, associate for East Africa at Seedstars Africa, home to more than 1.2 billion people, of whom over 60 per cent make up...

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Morocco

In conversation with Niama El Bassunie of Morocco's WaystoCap

WaystoCap is a business-to-business e-commerce marketplace that enables companies in Africa to import and export goods. The platform...

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Egypt

Egypt's growing interest in Africa

Toward the end of last year, billboards adorned Egypt’s capital city of Cairo with adverts for Africa-focused conferences and...

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Regional

A look at Francophone Africa's tech ecosystem

By Fanny Dauchez - head of business development and regional alliances of Central and West Africa at Seedstars World The...

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Regional

Beyond m-Banking: How Africa’s fintech startups are bringing power to the people

Africa is in a constant battle against its colossal geographic scale, political unrest, and lack of legacy infrastructure, creating a host...

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Regional

Connecting Lusophone Africa: “Are the African Portuguese-speaking countries ready for investment?”

By Claudia Makadristo - Regional Manager for Africa at Seedstars The countries that make up Lusophone, or Portuguese-speaking, Africa...

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Ivory Coast

How Ivory Coast is attempting to lead Francophone-African entrepreneurial ecosystems

A review by the World Economic Forum has identified three major trends expected to prompt Africa’s economic growth in the upcoming...

Ivory Coast startups africa

Global

Africa, a missed opportunity for MENA investors?

Every country has its own identity and challenges, let alone a continent. For most of the investors and stakeholders who are solely...

africa Afrikonnect Startup your Life

Global

What undeserved emerging markets achieved through tech: Success stories from Seedstars Global Summit

Switzerland was named the fourth happiest place on earth by the United Nations. This European country is home to one of the best...

Emerging Markets Seedstars Global africa

Algeria

Afrikonnect - Engaging Corporates with African Startups

StartupYourLife and LaFactory, two key ecosystem players in the Moroccan tech scene, are building a platform to connect leading...

MENA africa Afrikonnect

Morocco

4 Moroccans aiming at becoming the Alibaba of Africa

Working in the energy and industry sectors in various African countries helped Niama El Bassunie, a Casablanca-born entrepreneur, discover...

Trade financing for trade suppliers

Morocco

Afrimarket raises $11M for regional expansion

Moroccan entrepreneur Rania Belkahia has raised 10 million euros (US$11 million) for ecommerce platform Afrimarket, which targets the...

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Maghreb

Tech investor AIG to become first African unicorn

Africa Internet Group (AIG) is set to become Africa’s first unicorn, after international insurer AXA bought an 8 percent stake in the...

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