Africa: The Big Deal

Substack newsletter · by Max Cuvellier Giacomelli · English

Your weekly two-minute read, a quick conversation starter on the African start-up ecosystem, based on a curated database of deals from across the continent.

Investigate Sign in to visit

Audience: 16K subscribers; Shown publicly on Substack
Publishing: Every two weeks; 7 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post: Oct 13, 2026; 16 days ago
Likely audience: Venture capital investors; Inferred from post content

Momentum

#403 on Substack's Business leaderboard

From daily snapshots of Substack's public figures · how rising is measured

Africa: The Big Deal is a Substack newsletter by Max Cuvellier Giacomelli covering African startup funding, venture capital and investment trends. NewsletterFIT indexed 7 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 13, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 16K subscribers. It ranks #403 on Substack's Business leaderboard.

Topics

Sponsors detected

No sponsored posts detected in the last 180 days of indexed posts.

Detected automatically from posts marked as sponsored. Detection can miss or misread placements.

See the full picture on Africa: The Big Deal

Subscriber momentum over time, every detected sponsor with the source post, companies and people it mentions, guests, and an alert when any of it changes.

Start 7-day Pro trial

Similar newsletters

Ranked by how many topics they share with Africa: The Big Deal.

Brex Startup Community Weekly Newsletter 70K subscribers

beehiiv Every two weeks · last post 22 days ago

Likely audience: Finance leaders

2 shared topics
LAUNCH Newsletter 70K subscribers

Substack last post May 20, 2026

Likely audience: Angel investors

2 shared topics
Cutting through the Noise 49K subscribers

Substack Every two weeks · last post 19 days ago

Likely audience: Venture capitalists

2 shared topics
Medallion XLN’s Newsletter 24K subscribers

Substack Monthly or less · last post 25 days ago

Likely audience: Angel Investors

2 shared topics
Erik Torenberg 19K subscribers

Substack Monthly or less · last post 27 days ago

Likely audience: Startup founders

2 shared topics
22nd Century Frontier™ 16K subscribers

Substack Weekly · last post 17 days ago

Likely audience: Venture Capitalists

2 shared topics
Refery 7K subscribers

Substack Every two weeks · last post 25 days ago

Likely audience: Startup founders

2 shared topics
The SandHill.io Newsletter 4K subscribers

Substack Every two weeks · last post 11 days ago

Likely audience: Venture Capital Partners

2 shared topics

Compiled from public pages · refreshed Oct 14, 2026 · How NewsletterFIT collects and labels data

Topics

Recent posts

Sponsors detected

Similar newsletters