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Ingressive Capital’s monthly market report, June 2026 edition. It tracks disclosed startup funding across Africa by deal, sector and debt-to-equity mix, and sets it against inflation, interest rates and unemployment in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria.
Partech Africa’s tenth annual review of African tech funding. It covers every equity and debt round of US$200K or more raised in 2025, broken down by country, sector, stage, founder gender and investor, and compares Africa with global venture trends.
The first edition of a planned annual survey of pay in African investment firms. It reports salaries, bonuses, carry, benefits and pay currency for pre-partner roles in venture capital, private equity and impact investing.
A study of Africa’s startup support organisations: incubators, accelerators and hubs. It looks at how they are funded, what they offer founders and why most struggle to stay sustainable, and ends with recommendations for the wider ecosystem.
A white paper from the Legatum Center at MIT, summarising a two-day roundtable held in Tunisia in October 2023. It sets out what founders, investors, governments, universities and corporates each need to do for deeptech to grow in Africa.
A mapping study of deeptech in 11 African countries by the BRAIN programme, Digital Africa and Briter Bridges. It defines deeptech for the African context, maps active startups and their funding since 2013, and reviews the role of universities, corporates and policy.
A statistical and machine-learning analysis of 2,521 African startup deals from January 2019 to March 2023. It finds a gender gap in funding, links deal size to founder experience and education, and closes with policy recommendations.
A journal article arguing that Western technology and AI exported to Africa repeat patterns of colonial control, driven by corporate rather than state agendas. It calls for AI built around local community needs.
A working paper that uses generative AI and retrieval-augmented generation to build narratives of African unicorn founders from videos, podcasts and reports. It picks out funding milestones, mentorship and ecosystem links along each founder’s path.
An essay on how African startups reach liquidity. It traces the history of exits on the continent, weighs acquisitions against IPOs, and argues for more small exits and founders who plan for an exit from the start.
A blog post on how ventures can reach impact at scale as aid budgets shrink. It sets out five steps, from building products people love to shifting culture, illustrated with examples from Africa and South Asia.
An essay on how Silicon Valley ideas such as the lean startup and nudge theory have shaped development work in Africa. It argues that these models recast development problems as opportunities for profitable startups.
A Financial Times feature on how foreign-owned startups are driving Africa’s tech boom, and why that revives old fears of exploitation.
An overview of Africa’s technology ecosystem from The Generalist, written by Mario Gabriele with contributions from a group of experts. The full text is limited to paid subscribers.
A book on funding options beyond venture capital for startups and small businesses. It covers revenue-based financing, recoverable grants, redeemable equity and distributed ownership, with founder stories and frameworks for choosing between them.
The fifth book in Taleb’s Incerto series. It argues that people who make decisions should bear their consequences, and looks at how the lack of that symmetry distorts business, politics and expertise.
