Playing Point- Musings of an Emerging Market Investor

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Where might smart VC investors target next on the continent?

Where might smart VC investors target next on the continent?

Next Frontier Sectors for African VC

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Jul 08, 2025
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What Africa has shown over the last few years is that there is the ability to build unicorns—companies with significant value. Out of the 10 unicorns in Africa, nine are fintechs. Andela is the exception that isn't one.

Interestingly, of the nine fintech unicorns, five (56%) originate from Nigeria. The remaining four come from Egypt, Senegal, South Afric…

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