African startups are now leveraging debt financing to fuel growth with $700m raised in 2021

African startups are now leveraging debt financing to fuel growth with $700m raised in 2021

According to Partech’s report on venture capital funding in Africa, 37 African tech startups raised a total of $767 million in 43 debt rounds last year, indicating the rise of the debt funding class and increasing global lender confidence in African tech. According to the report, “Africa’s tech ecosystem has set its sights on another…