funding

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  Analysis

  Why Nigeria’s startup ecosystem needs more corporate buyers

  Frank Eleanya

  3rd December 2025

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  Startups

  How two Nigerian graduates built a ₦2 billion trade machine

  Frank Eleanya

  26th November 2025

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  Follow the Money

  The firm betting $100 million to build startups, not just fund them

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  10th November 2025

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Chery EVs hit Kenya

  Opeyemi Kareem

  10th November 2025

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀 TC Daily — Make VC cool again

  Opeyemi Kareem

  7th November 2025

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  Funding

  Kenya’s Farm to Feed raises $1.5 million to give imperfect farm produce a market

  Opeyemi Kareem

  3rd November 2025

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  Startups

  Antler’s new Lagos cohort features TC Battlefield startups

  Opeyemi Kareem

  29th October 2025

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  Artificial Intelligence, Funding

  Madica bets $400,000 on North African AI startups, deepens ties with Africa’s angel investors

  Opeyemi Kareem

  20th October 2025

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  Collections, Moonshot, Moonshot Conversations

  Too many fundraises, not enough returns: A story of African tech

  Opeyemi Kareem

  15th October 2025

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  Collections, Moonshot, Moonshot Conversations

  African startups are unprepared for exits 

  Opeyemi Kareem

  15th October 2025

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  Collections, Moonshot, Moonshot Conversations

  Why de-risking is key to unlocking Africa’s investment potential

  Ifeoluwa Aigbiniode

  15th October 2025

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  Funding

  Kuunda raises $7.5 million to drive expansion into the Middle East and North Africa

  Opeyemi Kareem

  15th October 2025

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  Startups

  What do African investors really look for in a pitch deck in 2025?

  Eme Agbor

  10th October 2025

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  Regulation

  Kenya to force large companies to back startups with their CSR funds

  Adonijah Ndege

  7th October 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Lend to drivers, bet on autonomous cars

  Kenn Abuya

  22nd September 2025

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  Funding

  Africa’s gender funding gap persists; women founders still get just 1 in 10 dollars

  Opeyemi Kareem

  16th September 2025

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  Funding

  Acumen’s new $90 million Kawisafi fund to back African climate-tech startups

  Ifeoluwa Aigbiniode

  12th September 2025

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  Ask An Investor

  With $61.6 million fund, Accion Ventures doubles down on early-stage fintechs 

  Muktar Oladunmade

  8th September 2025

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  Events

  GITEX Nigeria: Resilience, a word used one too many

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  5th September 2025

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  Delve into AI

  How foreign governments and Big Tech are racing to shape Africa’s AI future

  Ifeoluwa Aigbiniode

  4th September 2025

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  Funding

  Solar cooling startup Koolboks raises $11 million to expand across Africa

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  3rd September 2025

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  Ask An Investor

  Kola Aina on AI in Africa, local capital, and exits

  Muktar Oladunmade

  1st September 2025

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  Assistive Tech, Startups

  Signvrse is pushing for real-time sign language interpretation

  John Adoyi

  21st August 2025

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  Policy

  Lagos plans ₦31 billion innovation fund to back startups, hubs

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  20th August 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Can African banks pick up the startup funding baton?

  Adonijah Ndege

  18th August 2025

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  Startups

  Antler selects 24 founders to join inaugural cohort

  Faith Omoniyi

  13th August 2025

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  Funding

  Chowdeck raises $9 million to launch quick commerce strategy and expand operations

  Faith Omoniyi

  11th August 2025

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  Creators, Entertainment

  Nigeria’s $2 million animation bet

  Fancy Goodman

  6th August 2025

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  Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Money is coming back to African startups; we need a better story to make it stay

  Ngozi Chukwu

  28th July 2025

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  Ecosystem, Funding

  “Mastercard Foundation’s agreement was not terminated due to a breach,” Bongani Sithole, 54 Collective’s CEO

  Muktar Oladunmade

  22nd July 2025

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  Funding

  Village Capital taps local partners to deploy $4 million fund for early-stage African startups

  Opeyemi Kareem

  15th July 2025

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  Funding

  Luno co-founder’s MoneyBadger raises $400,000 pre-seed

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  15th July 2025

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  Analysis, Web3

  What Africa’s 2024 blockchain funding says about investor priorities

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  11th July 2025

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  Ask An Investor

  Ask an Investor: Africa’s new-crop of investors have a few things to teach the continent

  Muktar Oladunmade

  7th July 2025

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  Funding

  Kenya’s BuuPass secures undisclosed fresh investment from Yango Ventures

  Opeyemi Kareem

  7th July 2025

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  Exclusive

  Wave raises $137 million in debt to expand mobile money services across Africa

  Muktar Oladunmade

  30th June 2025

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  Ask An Investor

  Six founders ask investors questions about venture capital and investing

  Muktar Oladunmade

  9th June 2025

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  Ecommerce

  African e-commerce startups raise $11.3M in Q1 as investor caution grows

  Opeyemi Kareem

  21st May 2025

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  Ecommerce

  Why Flour Mills, Nigeria’s 64-year-old food giant, joined OmniRetail’s $20 million round

  Ngozi Chukwu

  15th May 2025

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  Venture Capital

  Everything I heard at the AVCA Conference

  Muktar Oladunmade

  10th May 2025