Weekly DigestAugust 5, 20260

Worrying trend for funding for female-founded startups in African tech

The levels of gender diversity among funded African tech startups since Disrupt Africa started collecting data on the subject in 2021 have peaked and troughed, but numbers from 2024, 2025 and 2026 point to a worrying trend. That is according to the third edition of “Diversity Dividend: Exploring Gen

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Worrying trend for funding for female-founded startups in African tech

Source: Disrupt Africa (Southern Africa)  ·  South Africa

The levels of gender diversity among funded African tech startups since Disrupt Africa started collecting data on the subject in 2021 have peaked and troughed, but numbers from 2024, 2025 and 2026 point to a worrying trend. That is according to the third edition of “Diversity Dividend: Exploring Gen…

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Part of the Africa Dev Week of August 05, 2026 weekly digest.