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GITEX Nigeria 2026: A $1 Trillion AI Bet, 200 Investors, and a Sovereignty Pitch
GITEX Nigeria 2026 gathers 1,000+ startups and 200+ investors with $200B AUM around a $1T AI economy. What it signals for Algeria's ecosystem.
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Africa’s H1 2026 Funding: Egypt Leads, Nigeria Owns Equity, and Two Sectors Take 76%
African startups raised $1.36B in H1 2026 with fintech at 41% and Spiro at 24%. Egypt led totals, Nigeria led equity — and Algeria stayed off the board.
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Lovable’s $400M Round: How a Swedish “Vibe Coding” Startup Doubled Its Valuation in Nine Months
Stockholm's Lovable raised $400M at a $13.3B valuation, with ARR tripling to $600M since December — one of the fastest-scaling AI startups of 2026.
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Neros Triples to $2.5B: Inside the Drone Startup Racing to Build a Million Units a Year
Defense drone startup Neros raised $250M at a $2.5B valuation, tripling its worth. Here's what its Archer AI and Bandit programs reveal about the market.
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Moment’s $22M Series A: One API to Untangle Africa’s Payment Chaos
Pan-African fintech Moment closed a $22M Series A led by AlphaCode, with Canal+ and General Catalyst backing. It now processes 600K transactions daily.
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Emerald AI’s $150M Series A: Betting That the Grid, Not the Chip, Is the Real AI Bottleneck
Emerald AI raised $150M at a $1.05B valuation to turn AI data centers into flexible grid assets. Why investors are betting on power, not chips.
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Horizon3.ai’s $250M Round: Betting Big on AI-vs-AI Cybersecurity
Horizon3.ai raised $250M at a $2B+ valuation to fight AI-driven attackers with autonomous security testing. Here's what tripled its value in 15 months.
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Firmus Grid’s $2B Round: Why Blackstone Bet Big on AI Factories
Firmus Grid raised $2B from Blackstone, NVIDIA and Coatue at a $10.5B valuation to build AI factories across Australia and Asia-Pacific.
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Yellow Card’s $40M Round: How an African Fintech Is Wiring Stablecoins Into Banks
Yellow Card raised $40M from SC Ventures, Sony and Polychain to connect banks directly to stablecoin infrastructure across 50+ countries.
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Cognition’s $40B Talks: Why Investors Are Chasing an AI Coding Agent
AI coding startup Cognition is in talks to raise at a $40B valuation, up from $26B three months ago. Its revenue nearly doubled — here's what's driving it.
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Valar Atomics Raises $1B: Sequoia’s $6B Bet on Nuclear Power for AI
Valar Atomics raised $1B in Series B funding led by Sequoia at a $6B valuation to mass-produce small nuclear reactors powering AI data centers.
