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Africa NewsMay 6, 2025 Ghana’s GVCA Champions Local Asset Allocation with Bold Private Capital Compact. The Ghana Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (GVCA), one of byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMay 6, 2025 Money Fellows Secures $13M in Latest Funding Round to Expand Fintech Innovation Across Egypt and Beyond. Egyptian fintech startup Money Fellows has announced the successful close of a byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 29, 2025 MultiChoice Issues Update on Equity Funding to Showmax Africa Holdings MultiChoice Group Limited has issued a formal update to its shareholders byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupApril 25, 2025 Twiga Foods Acquires Majority Stakes in Three FMCG Firms as It Pivots its Business. Kenyan agri-tech firm Twiga Foods has taken a major strategic step in its byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupApril 23, 2025 Apply Now: UNICEF StartUp Lab Accelerator Seeks Ghanaian Startups Advancing SDGs for Youth. Applications are now open for the 2025 cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab, a byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupApril 23, 2025 DPI Launches Venture Arm to Back Africa’s Next Tech Innovators. Development Partners International (DPI), a leading Africa-focused private byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 17, 2025 Afreximbank and Egypt Host Inaugural FOCUS Africa Forum to Drive Trade and Investment on the Continent. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with Egypt’s byBolu Babalola
NewsApril 16, 2025 Stitch Raises $55M Series B to Expand Omnichannel Payments Infrastructure Across Africa. South Africa-based payments infrastructure company Stitch has announced the byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 16, 2025 Visa Expands Fintech Footprint in Africa with Strategic Investments and Partnerships. Visa, a global leader in digital payments, has announced strategic investments byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 8, 2025 Ivory Coast’s Djamo Secures $17M to Expand its Mobile Banking. Ivory Coast-based fintech startup Djamo has raised $17 million in equity funding byBolu Babalola
