Japan recorded the sharpest increase of any investor geography in African tech in early 2026. Behind that data point is a deliberate strategic pivot — not aid, but venture capital with a distinctive industrial logic.
After 66 years, the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development is exiting Nation Media Group. Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Azizi is taking control of Africa’s largest independent media house. The era of Aga Khan stewardship is ending.