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NewsApril 2, 2026 Kulipa Raises $6.2M Seed Round to Make Stablecoin Spending Feel Like Swiping a Visa The Paris-based startup wants to be the invisible rails that let any fintech or byBolu Babalola
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Africa NewsMarch 17, 2026 EIB Commits €40M to Speedinvest’s €200M Africa Fund: Why Vienna Becoming a New Fundraising Corridor Matters More Than the Money On March 16, 2026, EIB Global committed €40 million to Speedinvest's first byBetty Wangari
News NigeriaMarch 17, 2026 Nigeria’s iDICE Tech Fund Finally Lands With a $729K Startup Grant: Three Years, $618M Pledged, and the First Check Is ₦1 Billion for 100 Founders Three years after Nigeria launched one of Africa's most ambitious digital byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaMarch 11, 2026 CcHUB’s 2025 Impact Report: 3,312 African Startups Backed, $4.18M Deployed. Most African tech hubs talk about supporting startups byBolu Babalola
