<strong>On the occasion of the fourth edition of the Africa Tech Summit, which takes place on February 23 and 24 in Nairobi, its creator Andrew FASSNIDGE analyzes for Resilient Digital Africa the evolution of the pan-African technological ecosystem. Interview. </strong>

Driven by a recovering private equity market, African start-ups raised $4.3 billion in 2021. A record that confirms investors’ interest in the continent. Analysis.

One year ago, Digital Africa and its partners launched Africa Next. More than a platform, it is a “community” dedicated to accelerating the financing of African startups with high growth potential. Investors who have joined Africa Next speak out.

On the sidelines of French President Emmanuel MACRON’s visit to Kigali that sealed the rapprochement between France and Rwanda through a series of cooperation agreements, a new axis in Franco-Rwandan relations is taking shape. Around digital development.

Africa Next, the new community of financial and accelerators stakeholders for developing the African startup ecosystem, organized on the 3rd of November its second e-pitch session. It is a way to reinvigorate exchanges between investors and entrepreneurs that became complicated with the Covid-19 health and economic crisis.

African startups need financial support for their growth and full expansion. The Africa Next Community creates the right environment for this support. An initiative of Digital Africa and BPIFrance.

The operational and financial success of African start-ups is still overwhelmingly concentrated in a few countries. That situation is far from being inevitable, Ali Mnif, Digital Africa’s Chief Investment Officer says, as he put forward proposals to support his point.

Serie: Make Internet affordable for Africa – Director of Digital Development at the World Bank, Boutheïna GUERMAZI invites public and private actors to mobilize in order to democratize access to the Internet, in particular by setting up ambitious public-private financing.

EuroQuity, a networking platform for companies, investors and support structures was created in 2008 by Bpifrance. It is a founding member of Africa Next. A community of players committed to co-investing in innovative companies in hyper-growth, bringing together French and English-speaking venture capitalists from Europe and Africa – who select projects on the basis of e-pitches. With more than a hundred investors present for the last session, the attractiveness of Africa is confirmed… and diversified. Gilles LE COCGUEN, Director of EuroQuity provides explanations.

Head of the digital transformation department at Virgin Media UK, Bontle SENNE, a committed player in the pan-African digital ecosystem, is concerned about the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on startups.