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Village Capital has made its first Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility investments in Ghana, backing Rivia Clinics' primary-care network and logistics firm VDL.
VentureSouth Africa's Aions Ventures has closed a $6.1m seed fund, backed by the SA SME Fund's HISFoF and the Technology Innovation Agency, to fund early-stage startups.
MobilityEthiopia's Dodai has closed a $13m Series A, led by BII and Japanese investors, to scale locally assembled electric motorbikes and battery swapping in Addis Ababa.
VentureNamibia's Bellatrix has launched the $10m Ndjaba Seed Fund to back 35 to 50 early-stage startups across Southern Africa, a region long starved of seed capital.
CleanTechCrossBoundary Energy has secured $40m from Inspired Evolution to expand its solar, storage and hybrid power systems for businesses across Africa.
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