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🎓 Intella bags $12.5M Series A | Float has secured $2.6M from Invenfin | 🛒 Justyol raises $1M | 🛡️ Nucleon Security raises $3.5M to defend Africa |
💰 Breadfast raises $10M | 🛵 eBee scales back and lays off staff | 💰 AyaHQ raising $10M |
💰 Nedbank acquires iKhokha for $94M | 💳️ Street Wallet raises $350K | 🌍 Craydel enters Burundi and Tanzania |
Africa’s startups aren’t just raising capital — they’re building rails, owning distribution, and gunning for super app dominance.
💰️ Suplyd raises $2M pre-Series A | 💸 Flood raises $2.5M | 🛵 Chowdeck hits 1,000 daily orders in Ghana | 🏦 Peach Payments partners with MoneyBadger |
💰 Sun King closes a record $156M | Lipa Later’s $5M rescue bid 🪦 | 🎙️ Meta acquires voice AI startup PlayAI | Egypt’s Flend raises $3M |
👀 Copia’s founders are back | ⚖️ M-KOPA faces lawsuit | 💰 ORA raises $7.5M Series A | 🔴 54 Collective shut down |
💰️ Engage Capital bids $24.5M for Lipa Later | 💸 Village Capital launches $4M Fund | 🛣️ Leta expands to Ghana | 🏦 Stitch acquires Efficacy |
Okra shuts down 🪦 | Cerebrium raises $8.5M 💰 | 🌾 Complete Farmer raises $2.5M | 🚌BuuPass gets Yango Ventures |
Wave secures $137M in debt 💰 | 🍽 Chowdeck acquires Mira | Lesaka buys Bank Zero 🏦 | Liquify raises $1.5M 💰 | Sabi Lays off 20% | PaidHR raises $1.8M 💰 |
Wetility raises $27.8M 💰 | 🚚 Octane raises $5.2M | Chpter x Flutterwave Deal | 🚕 MyNextCar lands $10M |