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Onafriq’s stablecoin push shows cross-border settlement is becoming a treasury question
Onafriq is putting stablecoins into treasury and settlement workflows, a quieter use case that may matter more to African payments than another consumer crypto app.
Africa50’s data-centre bets show infrastructure capital is preparing for heavier compute demand
Africa50 already backs PAIX Data Centers and Raya Data Center, placing long-lived infrastructure capital behind the cloud and compute capacity African markets are expected to need.
Namibia’s green-hydrogen buildout is quietly creating a technical skills market
Namibia’s hydrogen projects are now building training pipelines in instrumentation, process control, TVET and engineering, turning energy investment into a workforce problem.
ADvTECH’s MathU stake shows private education groups are starting to buy AI capability
ADvTECH has bought 25% of MathU, turning a three-year school deployment into an equity relationship and securing exclusive access to its AI-enhanced tools.
The World Bank wants African governments to rent AI compute instead of building every data centre themselves
The World Bank’s new AI infrastructure initiative proposes shared, pay-as-you-go GPU capacity as an alternative to every country building a standalone national data centre.
Chowdeck's 'Small Bet' on Groceries Just Delivered a ₦1.5 Billion Month
Chowdeck delivered over N1.5 billion worth of groceries in June, now 11% of its business, as the startup's quick-commerce push starts to pay off.
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Yoco’s push beyond card acceptance is becoming a small-business operating-system play

Aqar Exit’s $200,000 deal tests a resale market for payment-stressed property contracts






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Orange Money’s super-app push in francophone Africa is really a retention strategy


M-KOPA’s product bundling is turning device finance into a customer-acquisition engine
M-KOPA has reached 10 million customers by using financed smartphones as the first product in a longer relationship that can include loans, health cover and protection.
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VentureAfrica50’s data-centre bets show infrastructure capital is preparing for heavier compute demand
EdTechADvTECH’s MathU stake shows private education groups are starting to buy AI capability
E-CommerceChowdeck's 'Small Bet' on Groceries Just Delivered a ₦1.5 Billion Month

CleanTechMaia Capital Puts R150M Behind Nesa Power's Bet on Corporate Solar

AgriTechRoboCare Raises From 216 Capital to Take Tunisian Farm AI Regional

AgriTechA FONSIS-Linked Fund Puts $2.2m Into Senegal Poultry Firm La Ripaille

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