June funding rounds show a recovery in the share of Africa-based investors, but several prominent funds remain absent and the revival is concentrated in a handful of markets.
A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...
A meeting in Rabat confirmed the fintech's intent, but Bank Al-Maghrib Governor Abdelatif Jouahri made it clear that licensing a foreign neobank is not on the immediate agenda.
The blockchain payments company's Series E participation cements RLUSD in Africa's largest payments network - but Flutterwave is not betting on any single coin.
From Windhoek to Lagos, stock exchanges across the continent are wooing startups with structured pipelines, listing incentives, and MOU ceremonies. The startups are mostly politely non-committal.
In an ecosystem often criticised for importing foreign business models, this wave of localised AI, built on proprietary, hard-to-replicate datasets, represents a native competitive advantage.
The move offers a short reprieve in what has become a high-stakes infrastructure struggle between a determined regulator and an industry whose business models are built on proprietary rails.
The CBN is forcing dominant payments groups to choose between issuing and acquiring, triggering the most dramatic reshaping of Africa's largest fintech market in a decade.
June funding rounds show a recovery in the share of Africa-based investors, but several prominent funds remain absent and the revival is concentrated in a handful of markets.
The seed cheque is BasharSoft's first investment since acquiring career platform iCareer, and signals interest from MENA's recruitment incumbents in newer models of professional engagement.
