LocalGlobe and Pronomos Capital back Itana to pave the way for Africa’s first digital free zone

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Nov 28, 2023

The Lagos-based firm and one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors is targeting a final close of $75 million for its second fund.

Nov 6, 2025

Audrey Djiya and Peter Nsaka always wanted to be founders. Djiya’s parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were all entrepreneurs, and even as she took a consulting job after college, she kept an idea journal, documenting the problems she saw and the potential ways technology could help solve them. “Growing up watching family members move goods cross-border, the challenges around international commerce really stuck with me,” she told TechCrunch. She went to Stanford Graduate School of B

Dec 9, 2024

Pan-African venture capital firm Janngo Capital has closed its oversubscribed second fund at €73 million ($78 million), 20% more than its target of €60 million (~$63 million). In 2022, Janngo Capital reached the first close of its second fund at €26 million, receiving capital from several limited partners, including the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and European Investment Bank (EIB). Both anchor investors also participated in the fund’s second and final close, founder and executive ch

Oct 29, 2024