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💰Intella bags $12.5M

💰Intella bags $12.5M

🎓 Intella bags $12.5M Series A | Float has secured $2.6M from Invenfin | 🛒 Justyol raises $1M | 🛡️ Nucleon Security raises $3.5M to defend Africa |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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🚨 eBee’s Big Fall? Kenya’s eBee Just Slashed 90% of Its Team.

🚨 eBee’s Big Fall? Kenya’s eBee Just Slashed 90% of Its Team.

💰 Breadfast raises $10M | 🛵 eBee scales back and lays off staff | 💰 AyaHQ raising $10M |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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🔴 Nedbank acquires iKhokha for $94M

🔴 Nedbank acquires iKhokha for $94M

💰 Nedbank acquires iKhokha for $94M | 💳️ Street Wallet raises $350K | 🌍 Craydel enters Burundi and Tanzania |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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🍯 HoneyCoin Hits $4.9M | 🛵 Chowdeck Scales with $9M Series A | Gozem’s $30M Bet 🚛

🍯 HoneyCoin Hits $4.9M | 🛵 Chowdeck Scales with $9M Series A | Gozem’s $30M Bet 🚛

Africa’s startups aren’t just raising capital — they’re building rails, owning distribution, and gunning for super app dominance.

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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$2M+ for Suplyd & Flood, and Chowdeck’s Ghana Surge 🚀

$2M+ for Suplyd & Flood, and Chowdeck’s Ghana Surge 🚀

💰️ Suplyd raises $2M pre-Series A | 💸 Flood raises $2.5M | 🛵 Chowdeck hits 1,000 daily orders in Ghana | 🏦 Peach Payments partners with MoneyBadger |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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💰 Sun King's $156M record.

💰 Sun King's $156M record.

💰 Sun King closes a record $156M | Lipa Later’s $5M rescue bid 🪦 | 🎙️ Meta acquires voice AI startup PlayAI | Egypt’s Flend raises $3M |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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🔴 54 Collective shut down!

🔴 54 Collective shut down!

👀 Copia’s founders are back | ⚖️ M-KOPA faces lawsuit | 💰 ORA raises $7.5M Series A | 🔴 54 Collective shut down |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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Is Lipa Later Back?

Is Lipa Later Back?

💰️ Engage Capital bids $24.5M for Lipa Later | 💸 Village Capital launches $4M Fund | 🛣️ Leta expands to Ghana | 🏦 Stitch acquires Efficacy |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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🪦 R.I.P. Okra

🪦 R.I.P. Okra

Okra shuts down 🪦 | Cerebrium raises $8.5M 💰 | 🌾 Complete Farmer raises $2.5M | 🚌BuuPass gets Yango Ventures |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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Wave Secures $137M 💰💰

Wave Secures $137M 💰💰

Wave secures $137M in debt 💰 | 🍽 Chowdeck acquires Mira | Lesaka buys Bank Zero 🏦 | Liquify raises $1.5M 💰 | Sabi Lays off 20% | PaidHR raises $1.8M 💰 |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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Wetility raises $27.8M ⚠️💰

Wetility raises $27.8M ⚠️💰

Wetility raises $27.8M 💰 | 🚚 Octane raises $5.2M | Chpter x Flutterwave Deal | 🚕 MyNextCar lands $10M |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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On the Moove to Unicorn status

On the Moove to Unicorn status

Moove eyes $1B+ valuation | KERA raises $10M from IFC | Zero Carbon Charge raises $5.6M | Nile secures $11.3M |

Gitonga Mwaura
Gitonga Mwaura
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