Category: Africa

Last year was record-breaking for African startups. But similarly to years past, the total amount raised by African startups varies among different reports. This year, we’ll be looking at figures from data-tracking publications: Briter Bridges, Partech and The Big Deal, and not media ones, for the sake of cohesiveness. Methodologies It’s important once again to underline that these deal-tracking publications use contrasting methodologies in their reports. From the type of deals reviewed to the definition of an African startup, each factor contributes to the disparities in numbers. Briter Bridges, for instance, avoids using...