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• SPECIAL FOCUS: AFRICA TECH
Four Unicorns
Covid lockdowns pushed many Africans to use digital platforms for payments and shopping. Many continue to do so even as the pandemic recedes. This is leading to a frenzy of new products and investments in Africa's digital economy. African startups have raised $3.1 billion in the first half of this calendar year, ensuring they will surpass the $ 4.4 billion raised in all of 2021. In 2019, they raised only $1.4 billion.
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