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Peekabox Raises $1.5 Million to Curb UAE Food Waste, Eyes GCC...

Ronald Bwire
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Wapi Pay Expands into Jamaica as Remittances Hit $3.49 Billion

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Dodai Raises $13 Million to Scale Electric Motorbikes and Battery Swapping...

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Stellar Launches $150,000 EMEA Accelerator with CV Labs

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Trashcoin Raises Backing from Jambaar Capital to Expand Incentivised Recycling in...

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UNCDF, Bayer Foundation Fund Omia, SokoFresh in $1m Food Systems Push

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iSchool Acquires Rubikal to Build In-house AI Education Stack

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Edafa Venture Acquires Egypt’s Cyclex in Six-figure Sustainability Play

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Egypt’s INVIA Raises $1.2M to Scale AI Financial Operating System for...

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Egypt-based Startup Sinai.ai Raises $1.45 Million to Build an AI-native Book...

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World Cup Boost Drives Football Podcast Boom Across Africa

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These 9 African Organisations Are Joining the AWS Global Social Impact...

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Pauline Namwakira Becomes Kenya’s Second AWS Golden Jacket Recipient

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Absa Bank Kenya, Google Hustle Academy to Fund 3,000 SMEs

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World Cup Boost Drives Football Podcast Boom Across Africa

Spotify data shows football fans across Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly turning to podcasts for match analysis, commentary and fan-led discussion, with a sharp increase in listening across the region due to the 2026 Word Cup. Average daily streams of football-related podcasts rose significantly between June 1 and June 20 compared...