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Local investors now provide close to half of African startup funding, with the total near $900m for the year. It's a structural win, and a fragility worth naming.
OpinionGoing pan-African early is treated as ambition. More often it is a trap. An argument for proving one market deeply before chasing a continent of 54.
OpinionAfrican startups crossed $1.3bn in 2026 funding, but the mix has flipped to debt, e-mobility and stablecoins as classic venture equity retreats. What it means.
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