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Egypt raised $604m in tech funding in 2025

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Egypt raised $604 million across 100 deals in 2025, a 37% year-on-year increase, ranking third in Africa by both funding…

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Morocco’s $23bn World Cup investment opens to Spain, Portugal

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The Morocco-Spain-Portugal Business Forum on the 2030 FIFA World Cup opened in Salé in February, as Morocco's total World Cup-linked…

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Egypt is in Africa, not Asia

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Africaspoint Editorial

Egypt is an African country. Its entire landmass sits within Africa. The confusion stems from the Sinai Peninsula, a small…

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Egypt Joins the World’s Top Nuclear Builders with a $28.75bn, 4-Reactor Bet

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Egypt has emerged as one of only a handful of countries actively building four nuclear reactors simultaneously, placing it alongside…

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US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

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MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

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AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

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South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…