Q4 2024: The Winter’s Last Quarter
The African growth capital quarter in review — funding flows, instruments, and what it meant for founders and investors, from the Caban research desk.
1. Moniepoint closes the era
Nigeria's Moniepoint raised $110 million in late October at a unicorn valuation — profitable, processing hundreds of millions of transactions monthly — proving the winter's thesis: fundamentals now made unicorns.
2. 2024 closes at $2.2 billion
The cycle's floor year: down ~25% on 2023, with deal counts steady around 450+ — less capital, same number of survivors.
3. Positioning for the turn
Local capital share rising, record dry powder, reset prices: every precondition for recovery was in place by New Year.
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