Tag: Africa
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Top 12 African VCs Making Waves in the Tech Industry
by AU-Startups May 31, 2023 Africa’s startup ecosystem is thriving with innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirit. From fintech and agritech to healthcare and renewable energy, entrepreneurs across the continent are getting due credits for creating tech-enabled solutions to local challenges while driving economic growth. But behind many of these success stories are venture capitalist firms…
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AVCA African VC Activity Report (H1 2022)
As we wind down 2022, we thought it would be useful to look back at some numbers from the broader African Venture Capital industry for the first half of the year, as contained in the African Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Africa VC Report H1 2022 released in Q3 of this year. As…
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Africa’s VC Landscape (CNBC Africa)
8th Season Capital founding partner spoke to CNBC Africa’s Power Lunch on Friday 11th November 2022 and provided high level insights into Africa’s growing Venture Capital (VC) landscape. Some notable points included: Access the full interview HERE: https://www.cnbcafrica.com/media/6315384289112/
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Africa Funding for Startups Surges During H1 2022 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-03/africa-defies-global-trend-with-funding-for-startups-surging Africa Defies Global Trend With Funding for Startups Surging Companies more than doubled funding in the first-half All other regions have shown declines; Latin America fell 43% By – Antony Sguazzin, Samuel Gebre and Rene Vollgraaff 3 August 2022 at 08:32 GMT+2 As funding for startups falls across the globe, Africa is standing out…
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Funding raised by startups in Africa since 2019 (in the 4 key markets)
Article by Max Cuvellier (www. thebigdeal.substack.com)21 May 2022 A more granular view of the performance of the ecosystem since 2019 Looking at funding raised from a calendar year point of view (between Jan and Dec) is both convenient and intuitive… but it feels a bit unfair sometimes, in particular because the deals announced at the…
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