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News NigeriaAugust 13, 2025 MTN Nigeria Unleashes ₦100 Million War Chest: New Cloud Accelerator Program Set to Supercharge Africa’s Next Unicorns In a move that could reshape Africa’s startup landscape, MTN Nigeria has byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupAugust 12, 2025 HoneyCoin Raises $4.9M to Transform Stablecoin-Powered Payments Across Africa and Global Markets. HoneyCoin, a transformative global payment orchestration platform, announced a byFatima Oladunni
News Nigeria StartupAugust 11, 2025 Nigerian Food Delivery Unicorn Chowdeck Raises $9M Series A to Fuel Pan-African Expansion. Nigerian food delivery startup Chowdeck has closed a $9 million Series A round byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJuly 31, 2025 Sun King Secures $156M in Landmark Securitization to Scale Pay-As-You-Go Solar in Kenya. Kenyan off-grid solar energy company Sun King has closed a landmark $156 million byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 24, 2025 54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 24, 2025 Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu Babalola