What Do African Investors Really Look For In A Pitch Deck In 2025?

If you are familiar with African fundraising news, you can tell there has been a rebound this year after a weak 2024: startups raised 78% more funding in the first half of the year than they did in H1 2024. This week, Cameroon’s REasy raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding, and four weeks earlier, Kredete, a Nigerian fintech, secured $22m in its series A funding. Every now and then, a successful fundraising campaign is in the news.

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