Africa: The Big Deal

2025 IN REVIEW - Mapping the money 🗺️

The Big Four dominate once again. Nigeria continues to slip...

18 hrs ago • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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Vital yet At Risk: How to build resilience in Pre-Seed financing in Africa

[Guest blog] Grégoire de Padirac of Digital Africa - the most active investor in Africa in number of deals in 2025 - advocates for a renewed focus on…

Jan 12 • Gregoire de Padirac

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2025 IN REVIEW: The big numbers 💰

Start-ups in Africa raised $3.2 billion in 2025, more than they had in both 2024 and 2023

Jan 7 • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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December 2025

HO HO HO...MG: It's the end of the year already!

One last public service announcement before we log off...

Dec 16, 2025 • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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🏅 Milestone alert 🏅 2025 beats 2023 🏅

Start-ups in Africa have now raised more funding this year than they had back in 2023

Dec 9, 2025 • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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Two IPOs for the price of one! 🔥🔥

November was a pretty (below?) average month. It was also quite an extraordinary one.

Dec 3, 2025 • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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November 2025

Early. Not Broken.

[Guest blog] Seasoned investor Ido Sum offers a data-driven alternative take on where we might be, hoping to ignite a discussion...

Nov 25, 2025 • Ido Sum

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Patience​ is ​the​ name 🐌​ of 🐌​ the 🐌​ game

It is now taking start-ups in Africa up to twice as long to raise their next round...

Nov 18, 2025 • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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🇿🇦 South Africa: the (quiet) equity leader

For the third year in a row, South Africa is topping the charts in terms of start-up equity funding on the continent

Nov 10, 2025 • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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All key growth indicators are green 💚

After a strong October, start-up funding continues on its upward trajectory

Nov 4, 2025 • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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October 2025

What's so special about 2025? 🔢​ - cont'd

After looking at sectors and debt last week, we now focus on geography and quite an encouraging upward trend...

Oct 28, 2025 • Max Cuvellier Giacomelli

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What's so special about 2025? 🔢​

Taking stock of key trends in terms of start-up fundraising in Africa as we enter the last quarter of 2025

Oct 21, 2025

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