A question I hear constantly now: Did African tech stop growing fast, or did it just stop growing recklessly? Key takeaways Blitzscaling defined African tech in the 2010s, but capital scarcity has forced a reset. Acquisition activity is rising while late-stage mega-rounds are thinning out. Startups are choosing earlier, strategic exits over prolonged cash-burning growth. Buyers are increasingly regional incumbents, not global Big Tech. This shift shows market maturity and smarter founder behavior. For most of the 2010s, blitzscaling was treated like gospel. Grow fast. Burn capital. Worry about unit economics later. If Silicon Valley did it, African tech startups were expected to follow. We’ve all watched African founders try. Some succeeded. Many didn’t. The model was unforgiving in...