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Bloomberg introduces the Africa Startups to Watch List, highlighting innovative solutions by African startups tackling critical challenges with cutting-edge technologies. Application deadline: November 8, 2025.

Nigerian fintech startup Pivo, offering banking services to small supply chain businesses, is shutting down a year after securing a $2 million seed round in late 2022. Co-founded by Nkiru Amadi-Emina and Ijeoma Akwiwu in July 2021, Pivo aimed to support small logistics and haulage businesses in Nigeria's supply chain sector.

South African gaming payments startup, Carry1st, has entered into a partnership with AudioMack, enabling Audiomack’s customers in Africa to purchase subscriptions to stream music using local payment methods.
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