Do you have any sources that disprove or show bias in the links to previous deals that I posted[0]?
I didn't even do an exhaustive search, these are just cases that I've heard of/seen/read something on until now.
It's hard to find the full deal information on the percentage stakes of various VCs by countries in African tech companies, but YC is open about that $125K for 7%[1]. Much of their organization is set up to be as transparent for founders and early stage companies as is possible. They are more forgiving than most other VCs in the US itself, and certainly more than banks in the US. this is a sweet-heart deal, giving entrepreneurs who were previously without access and opportunity an instant million dollar valuation. This is quite the sweetheart deal -- and YC does it's best to help the founders build their businesses very actively with some of the world's leading experts in those areas (again, the expertise you can only get from running something like YC).
How can a random investor from just about any other country (it doesn't even have to be China) be a more advantageous partner unless they were essentially positioning to purchase or absorb the company? It'd have to be quite a strategic partner to make this $125K/7% deal not worth it.