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10 stories on the African Startups desk in the last 30 days (10 this week). Latest: Lighthouse Capital raising $50m to back mid-market businesses in SA, Kenya. Updated 8 October 2026.

Latest raise: Tanzania’s East Africa Foods Raises $40M to Expand into Kenya as Twiga Foods Enters Administration →

• Lighthouse Capital raising $50m to back mid-market businesses in SA, Kenya ↗

  8 October 2026

• Tanzania’s East Africa Foods Raises $40M to Expand into Kenya as Twiga Foods Enters Administration ↗

  9 October 2026 · raise card

• Voye Launches App to Formalise How Diaspora Communities Exchange Money ↗

  14 May 2026

• Copia Kenya raised $123 million and left behind assets worth $1.6 million ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Africa’s startup funding market is splitting between big rounds and failed raises ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Proparco Invests €150,000 in Kenya’s Farm to Feed ↗

  2 October 2026

• Copia Kenya ordered into liquidation after funding drought ends rescue ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Kenya’s Sevi Secures Oxano Capital Investment To Expand B2B fintech Platform ↗

  29 July 2026 · raise card

• FasterCapital Expands Launchup with PitchInvestors to Tackle Kenya’s SME Funding Gap ↗

  30 July 2026

• Latitude59 Opens Applications For 2026 Kenya Pitch Competition ↗

  24 September 2026