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Worrying trend for funding for female-founded startups in African tech

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August 5, 2026

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Worrying trend for funding for female-founded startups in African tech
Source: Disrupt Africa

The levels of gender diversity among funded African tech startups since Disrupt Africa started collecting data on the subject in 2021 have peaked and troughed, but numbers from 2024, 2025 and 2026 point to a worrying trend. That is according to the third editi

The levels of gender diversity among funded African tech startups since Disrupt Africa started collecting data on the subject in 2021 have peaked and troughed, but numbers from 2024, 2025 and 2026 point to a worrying trend. That is according to the third edition of “Diversity Dividend: Exploring Gender Equality in the African Tech Ecosystem”, [...]

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