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African startups raised about $1.44 billion in the first half of 2026, but the small cheques that start companies are disappearing. Rounds below $500,000 made up just 19% of deals, down from 52% in H1 2021, and only 190 ventures raised more than $100,000, the lowest tally since at least 2021. Disclosed grants are thinning…

The company is hiring a San Francisco-based head of ads enterprise marketing to shape that positioning, according to a vacancy currently on OpenAI’s careers page. The role is tasked with building “the content, thought leadership, events and demand programs needed to drive enterprise advertising pipeline and long-term growth”.