00:05Wella Health Chief Product Officer Greg Amuse is leading a strategy discussion focused on
00:13expanding digital health care access across Africa. The Nigerian healthcare technology
00:19startup uses digital tools to make primary health care and insurance more affordable
00:25and accessible especially for individuals outside the formal workforce but like many
00:32African startups turning these scaling ambitions into reality depends heavily on access to
00:39sustainable funding. It takes a lot for you to build the kind of machinery that can reach every
00:46Nigerian in every corner or every African in every corner whether they are in cities or urban
00:52centers or rural areas now funding means that you have somebody with you on the journey that is
00:58able to provide some of the firepower that you need to bring those dreams to reality. After a difficult
01:05period for global ventures capital Africa's startup ecosystem is beginning to recover. Startups on the
01:13continent raised 3.9 billion dollars through 506 deals in 2025 while total technology funding exceeded 4
01:23billion dollars when debt financing is included. The recovery has continued into 2026 with startup
01:31funding reaching 705 million dollars in the first quarter alone. Egypt, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria
01:41continue to attract the largest share of investments but funding is gradually spreading to new markets across the continent.
01:49Economists say the benefits of stronger startup investments extend well beyond the technology sector itself.
01:57In the first half of 2025 investment was about roughly about 1.42 billion but in the first half of
02:072026 is move up to 1.5 billion.
02:10So with investments in these companies as they increase it allows these firms to you know employ more workers.
02:18So one of the implications is that it creates job job employment for people in Africa but beyond that it
02:25also
02:25views a more resilient economy. With investors returning and new funding models emerging many African startups are
02:35hoping the latest rebound marks the beginning of a more mature phase for the continent's technology ecosystem.
02:44And education declaring the American's ability of small companies as NOW as countries imagine joining the
02:46global companies as one of theĆ°á»›c moscopy and the 214 billion to 118 billion to 2027.
02:49So with first your side one India strategy brings compromising the excessive incomecomb motors to 1.5 billion to 21
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