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    Final Liquidation Ordered for Copia Despite Creditor Fight Over IP Sale and Audit

    Court rejects creditor demands for forensic audit, appoints KPMG pair as liquidators despite objections over transparency.

    ‘Markets Dictate Success, Not Founders’: How TLcom Is Adapting to Africa’s VC Realignment

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    Court rejects creditor demands for forensic audit, appoints KPMG pair as liquidators despite objections over transparency.

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    Cyril Shonibare, Principal at TLCOM—one of Africa’s largest early-stage VC funds—sits down with Launch Base Africa to discuss the firm’s deployment strategy, the collapse of open banking pioneer Okra, and hard-won lessons in early-stage African venture capital.

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