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May 8, 2026 ∙ 3 min
AfricArena Celebrates $1 Billion in Alumni Funding, A Decade in the Making
$1 billion.
That's the total funding raised by AfricArena alumni startups since we opened our doors in 2017. Not a projection. Not a target. A result, quietly accumulated across hundreds of founder journeys, pitch stages, late-night conversations, and deals that started with a handshake in a room we helped fill.
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May 5, 2026 ∙ 4 min
They Worked Without Salaries for 3 Years. Now AI Diagnostics Raised R115 Million to Fight Africa's Deadliest Disease.
In many parts of Africa, the biggest challenge in healthcare isn't treatment, it's detection.
By the time a patient reaches a specialist, it's often too late. The system is overloaded, resources are stretched, and the people best positioned to catch diseases early, nurses and community health workers, are left without the tools they need.
That's the gap AI Diagnostics set out to close.
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Apr 7, 2026 ∙ 3 min
PayGenius Expands Across Africa While Powering Seamless Payments for Businesses
Africa’s fintech scene is buzzing and if payments are the lifeblood of business, then PayGenius is quietly building the arteries.
In a recent Wired conversation with Mandilakhe Somdle, Sebastien Lacour Co-founder and CEO of PayGenius, unpacked how the company is scaling across the continent, tackling complexity head-on, and making it just a little easier for businesses to get paid (which, as it turns out, is quite important).
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