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Market Report

Startups in Africa - 2026 Latest Funding Rounds, Trends and News - Tracxn

Africa has over 149,028 startups, with 12.6K funded companies raising $182B in venture capital and private equity. In...

ABAAug 25, 2026
Market Report

Clean Cooking in Africa 2026: The 900 Million Access Gap and the Slow Transition From Wood to Clean Fuels

Approximately 900 million Africans lack access to clean cooking fuels, relying on wood, charcoal, kerosene, or other...

ABA EditorialMar 31, 2026
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The African EdTech Adult Learning Pivot 2026: Why the Sector Is Abandoning Children for Adults and What It Means

African edtech is undergoing a structural pivot away from K-12 consumer models toward adult learning, driven by the...

ABA EditorialMar 26, 2026
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African Warehousing and Fulfillment Infrastructure 2026: The Grade A Shortage, the Industrial Park Push, and the E-commerce Fulfillment Layer

African warehousing infrastructure is dominated by informal storage facilities with limited Grade A capacity for modern...

ABA EditorialMar 25, 2026
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African Pension Tech and the Long-Term Savings Gap

Only a small fraction of African workers participate in any formal retirement savings system. Nigeria's Contributory...

ABA EditorialMar 24, 2026Nigeria
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African Vaccine Manufacturing 2026: Afrigen's mRNA Technology Transfer Hub, Biovac, Moderna's USD 500 Million Kenya Plant, and the BioNTech BioNTainers

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed African dependence on imported vaccines and triggered a wave of commitments to build...

ABA EditorialMar 21, 2026South Africa
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African Alternative Proteins and Emerging Food Systems 2026: Black Soldier Fly, Plant-Based, and the Protein Gap

African protein consumption lags most other regions, creating both a public health challenge and a commercial...

ABA EditorialMar 20, 2026
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Natural Gas and LNG in Africa 2026: Mozambique, Senegal-Mauritania GTA, Egypt Export, and the Transition Question

African natural gas projects represent the largest fossil fuel investments being made on the continent in the 2020s...

ABA EditorialMar 14, 2026Mozambique
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CBDCs in Africa: The eNaira, the eCedi, and the Adoption Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About

Nigeria launched the eNaira in October 2021, becoming the first African country and only the second globally to roll...

ABA EditorialMar 13, 2026Nigeria
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Mobile Money Agent Networks: The Cash-In Cash-Out Economy Underpinning African Fintech

Safaricom M-Pesa operates approximately 298,890 agents serving 35.82 million customers and KSh 38.29 trillion in FY25...

ABA EditorialMar 4, 2026Kenya
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African Carbon Markets and Climate Finance 2026: The Voluntary Market Credibility Crisis and the ACMI Opportunity

The African Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) launched with ambitions to scale African carbon credit issuance...

ABA EditorialFeb 26, 2026
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African Bank-Fintech Partnerships in 2026: The End of the Disruption Story

Equity Bank operates across six African countries with over 19 million customers. Ecobank Group spans 33 African...

ABA EditorialFeb 25, 2026Kenya