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Inside Olu Akanmu’s two years at Opay as President and co-CEO

Opay Nigeria has appointed Daudu Gotring, a former CBN director as its Managing Director following the resignation of Olu Akanmu after his two years run at the company.

Opinion

What is the impact of “the great market reset” on African startups?

VC investments in African tech dropped by 48% in the first half of 2023, we talk to Victor Asemota, an African tech entrepreneur on how this is affecting the ecosystem.

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Meet the 20 Ghanaian startups who graduated from UNICEF StartUp Lab Accelerator

The UNICEF StartUp Lab is an accelerator program dedicated to support businesses working towards advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for children and young people.

Startup Life

How these African female founders navigate co-founder relationships

Research shows that 65% of all startups will fail because of co-founder tension, these African female founders; Juliet Odumosu and Ijeoma Akwiwu, talk about how they manage co-founder relationships.

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MNT-Halan secures $400M investment, becoming Africa’s latest unicorn

The Egyptian fintech and e-commerce company secured over $400 million in equity and debt financing from local and global investors.

Funding Tracker

BD Funding Tracker 2023

Filter through our curated list of African startup deals since the start of the year 2023.

Deep Tech

Five African AI startups to watch in 2023

These African startups are deploying artificial intelligence to solve problems in healthcare, business, and marketing.

Spotlight

Soyombo’s Voltron Africa invested in one startup every week of 2022. Here is our analysis

Could Olumide Soyombo's Voltron Africa have been the most prolific local VC firm on the continent for 2022? Here is a list and an analysis of all the 53 startups that Voltron invested in.

Insider

BD Insider, Letter 143: African startups raised $3.6 billion in 2022

Letter 143 examines the state of funding in Africa, the venture capital landscape in 2023 and the top tech policy that were introduced in Nigeria

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Nigerian fintech startups, Kora and Kandon cleared of money laundering allegations in Kenya

Following investigations by Kenyan authorities, Nigerian fintech startups, Kora and Kandon have been cleared of money laundering allegations.

Venture Capital

14 global VC firms investing in African startups

Out of several global venture capital firms investing in African startups, we curated a list of the 14 that are active.

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Meet the 7 African startups shaping the future of B2B and B2C financial services

7 African Fintech Startups make CB Insights annual global list of 250 most promising private fintech companies

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