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Africa NewsApril 29, 2026 Gozem Secures €21M IFC Debt to Scale Vehicle Financing in Francophone Africa Gozem, the Francophone West and Central African super-app, is set to receive up byFatima Oladunni
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Africa NewsApril 27, 2026 Inside Egypt’s Fintech Regulation: How the FRA Is Shaping the Market Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority is quietly reshaping the country's byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsApril 27, 2026 Revenue-Based Financing: What It Is and Why African Startups Are Turning to It Revenue-based financing is gaining traction among African startups as an byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaApril 24, 2026 A 19-Year-Old Thiel Fellow Just Raised $7.3M to Build Africa’s Super App — Starting With Food Delivery in Yaba Swoop, an Eswatini-born consumer startup, has raised $7 byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsApril 24, 2026 Bokra Secures VC and PE Licences in Egypt to Expand Revenue-Based Financing for Startups Egyptian fintech Bokra has secured venture capital and private equity licences byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsApril 23, 2026 Proparco Puts $17.25m Into Alterra Africa Fund at Final Close, Completing a DFI-Heavy Capital Stack France's Proparco has committed $17 byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaApril 23, 2026 Kredete Spotlighted at Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Demo Day as Its Stablecoin Card Goes Live Across 11 Markets Kredete has been spotlighted at the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Cohort 5 byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaApril 22, 2026 Google Picks 15 African AI Startups for Milestone Class 10 Accelerator Google has named 15 African startups to its milestone Class 10 accelerator byFatima Oladunni
