Stay current on Africa’s fast-moving startup and venture capital scene with this week’s Startup Researcher Africa video, your concise briefing on the forces reshaping innovation across the continent.

Inside, we break down five headline stories: Chowdeck’s 1 000-orders-a-day milestone in Ghana, Peach Payments’ Bitcoin tie-up with MoneyBadger, Algeria’s sweeping crypto ban, MAX’s off-grid solar battery swap debut for e-mobility, and the court order stalling 54gene’s asset sale. Funding news spans Sun King’s record-setting 156 million-dollar solar raise, Payaza’s 13.5 million-dollar commercial-paper approval, biotech bets at Altera Biosciences, Libyan-backed e-commerce play Mataa, and Cameroon’s logistics newcomer Swyft. Exit highlights feature Adapt IT’s hospitality push via ResRequest and Admyt’s Mallpass pivot after acquiring SHôPING. On the capital side, HAVAÍC closes a fresh 25 million-dollar fund to scale African disruptors.

Spotlights this week: Startup of the Week is Andela, the AI-powered talent cloud connecting 150 000 engineers to global enterprises, while Investor of the Week is Oui Capital, celebrating a full Fund I return and a new 12 million-dollar war-chest. Plus, seize the Environmental Tech Lab 2025 challenge from NYC DEP before the 8 August deadline.

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