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Signals Shifting Priorities as Africa’s Business Leaders Move from Growth to Institutional Depth TheBoardroom Africa, the continent’s pioneering executive search and leadership advisory firm, has released its Industry Trends report. The report finds that the era of expansion-led growth is over, with Africa’s business leadership class pivoting from growth narrative to institutional proof. The report brings together insights from 30 senior executives, founders, investors and policymakers, including Omoyemi Akerele, Founder of Lagos Fashion Week; Dr. Beatrice Murage, Global Director of Sustainability and Access to Care, Philips; Steve Cadigan, First CHRO of LinkedIn and Founder of Cadigan Ventures; Amb. Lavina Ramkissoon,…
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Decentralized finance has gotten a lot safer over the past six years, and a new review of protocol losses from 2020 through 2025 puts a pretty large number behind that claim.Industry-wide DeFi losses peaked at $2.62 billion in 2022 and fell roughly 80% to $534 million by 2024. Bridge hacks that once produced billion-dollar headlines now account for a tiny slice of annual totals, and the typical exploit today does about a quarter as much damage as it did at the peak.While this is certainly great news for the crypto industry, there’s still quite a bit of risk left; it…
Dr Karl Toriola, Chief Executive Officer at MTN Nigeria and Vice President, MTN Francophone Africa, has said that the company, or the telecoms industry, cannot survive by offering unlimited plans on mobile networks and data expiry. While making his closing remarks and addressing key questions raised by the prosecuting team during Saturday’s Data On Trial, Karl Toriola said unlimited data plans on mobile networks do not exist anywhere in the world. He argued that it doesn’t make economic sense for operators, and they won’t be able to survive. “The issue of unlimited data on mobile networks, it doesn’t exist in…
Claude Code is an absolutely amazing tool, even if you’re not a developer. But there are a ton of things Claude Pro subscribers never end up trying. One of those things is using the ability to spawn multiple subagents at once to complete your task, and it’s a complete game changer. Related Someone left Claude Code running overnight, and it cost $6,000 Claude Code worked overtime and billed like a senior consultant. Stop treating Claude Code like a single worker Build an entire team! The way most people use Claude Code looks like this: open a terminal, give it a…
BluePeak Private Capital has announced a $16 million investment in Groupe Centaures, a logistics provider in Côte d’Ivoire.** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **A MESSAGE FROM OUR SUPPORTERSStandard Bank advises CANAL+ on its JSE listingStandard Bank acted as joint financial advisor and transaction sponsor to CANAL+ on its successful secondary inward listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Read moreHere are summaries of the five most widely read stories the past week on Africa Private Equity News.1. New DEG private equity fund-of-fundsDEG Impact, a subsidiary of German development finance institution DEG,…
South Africa is once again facing a rise in anti-migrant tensions, with vigilante groups reportedly going door to door demanding that undocumented foreign nationals leave the country by the end of June. Post-apartheid specialist Cécile Perrot tells RFI the violence reflects deeper social and economic problems and that migrants have increasingly become scapegoats for poverty and unemployment. The latest unrest has alarmed neighbouring countries. Mozambique says hundreds of its citizens have already returned home, while countries including Ghana and Nigeria have moved to repatriate their nationals. Kenya, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have urged their citizens to exercise caution. South African police…
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a three-part series on the state of venture investment to Black-founded startups in 2026. Driving these reports is data from Crunchbase’s Diversity Spotlight feature, which offers insight into diversity in startups’ and investment firms’ leadership teams. Parts 2 and 3 in this series will be published in June. The share of U.S. venture funding going to companies with Black founders in 2025 remained low, even as overall startup investment ticked slightly higher, Crunchbase data shows. Only around $942 million — or just 0.32% of total U.S. venture funding — went to startups…
For generations, Africa has exported its wealth and imported its future. From copper and cobalt to crude oil and natural gas, the continent has supplied the raw materials that power global industries while receiving only a fraction of the value generated from them. The result has been a paradox that has defined Africa’s economic story for decades: a continent rich in resources but poor in industrial development. This reality is now being challenged. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Mozambique’s recent decision to strengthen state participation in its mining sector and promote local processing of minerals…