African venture capital: A cautious comeback in 2025
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After two difficult years marked by global uncertainty, shrinking liquidity and investor hesitation, Africa’s venture…

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African venture capital: A cautious comeback in 2025

Venture capital in Africa 2025: Recovery, jobs, and the development dividend
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After a turbulent 2023–24, when venture capital in Africa dipped to multi-year lows, the 2025…

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Venture capital in Africa 2025: Recovery, jobs, and the development dividend

Bringing fund domiciliation home: Unlocking Africa’s capital potential
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Africa’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) form the backbone of the continent’s economies, accounting…

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Bringing fund domiciliation home: Unlocking Africa’s capital potential

Navigating Africa’s venture capital landscape: Trends, challenges & opportunities
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Africa’s venture capital (VC) ecosystem has entered a defining moment. Despite global headwinds and reduced…

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Navigating Africa’s venture capital landscape: Trends, challenges & opportunities

Africa looks to Japan as a source of capital
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Solving Africa’s development challenges will require a huge boost to capital investment. Some $454bn is…

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Africa looks to Japan as a source of capital

Can Africa hook into growing ‘local capital start-ups’ trend?
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In 2017, I gave a TEDx talk entitled‘Who Will Own Our Future Unicorns?’ At the…

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Can Africa hook into growing ‘local capital start-ups’ trend?

4G Capital: Building a better world, one small business at a time
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This article was produced with the support of 4G Capital 4G Capital, the leading neobank…

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4G Capital: Building a better world, one small business at a time

Country platforms can unlock climate and development capital
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Walk through the streets of Johannesburg, Lagos, or Kinshasa, and the story is the same:…

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Country platforms can unlock climate and development capital

Open Society Foundations expert warns on Africa capital outflows
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The Open Society Foundations’ director of economic and climate prosperity says that capital flows from…

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Open Society Foundations expert warns on Africa capital outflows

Venture capital still struggles to grasp Africa's unique challenges
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Entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors are increasingly questioning whether the traditional VC model – largely…

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Venture capital still struggles to grasp Africa's unique challenges