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    Nigerian E-Mobility Startup MAX Extends Series B3 to $29M with Backing from Nithio

    The company reported in January 2026 that it had reached profitability in Nigeria, its largest and most complex market.
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    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

    A court judgment proves OPay granted share options in 2020. Its US filing never mentions them, and investors are left to guess whether that’s a gap or a non-issue.
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    Context Is the New IP: Inside the New Wave of Africa’s Early-Stage AI Micro-M&A

    The trend also reflects the commoditisation of foundation models.
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    Donor-Backed AI Health Tools Proliferate Across Africa, but Sustainability Remains Elusive

    Gates-funded report finds 20 deployed solutions delivering tangible results, yet most rely on short-term grants and lack independently verified cost savings
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    Third-Party Vendors vs. In-House Builds: The Real Divide in African Banking’s AI Success

    "Africa's banks don't have an AI problem. They have an architecture problem."
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    Africa Go Green Tests a New Debt Model for African Carbon Projects With BioLite Financing

    The transaction comes at a moment of reckoning for carbon-financed clean cooking in Africa.
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    How an Irish Family Office and the DRC’s Postal Service Are Building a Digital Bank for 100m People

    From launch, Poste Finance will offer accounts that hold multiple currencies, transfers and the ability to receive salary payments.
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    Egypt’s Reme-D Raises $1.45M to Bring Fridge-Free Diagnostic Tests to Africa’s Remote Clinics

    Since 2023, Reme-D has developed and launched 30 molecular diagnostic products from its manufacturing facility in Cairo.
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    Acumen’s ARAF Fund Raises $90m to Take Its Climate-resilience Playbook to North Africa

    "Climate change is a fact of life, and climate resilience for farmers is the difference between a good season and the risk of losing everything."
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    Vercel Extends Acquisition Spree With Egypt’s Stakpak Deal

    P1 Ventures vindicated as Vercel snaps up second portfolio company in a week.
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    Karooooo’s Delivery Arm Rides Quick-Commerce Wave as Fleet-Tracking Core Matures

    South African vehicle-tracking group Karooooo is quietly building a second growth engine in the...
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    No Bank Account Needed: Inside Budge AI’s Plan to Fix Personal Finance in Markets Open Banking Left Behind

    As open banking APIs remain patchy across much of Africa, two software engineers are betting that the key to mass-market expense tracking is already buzzing in users' pockets.
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    Uber to Acquire Glovo and Talabat’s African Operations Under Delivery Hero’s $16.9bn Takeover

    Transaction will give US ride-hailing and delivery group a foothold in fast-growing markets including Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria.
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    Rooibos Becomes South Africa’s Latest Export — to Space

    Rooibos seeds bound for the International Space Station in initiative linking space plant science with skills development.
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    Nigerian E-Mobility Startup MAX Extends Series B3 to $29M with Backing from Nithio

    The company reported in January 2026 that it had reached profitability in Nigeria, its largest and most complex market.
    Industry

    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

    A court judgment proves OPay granted share options in 2020. Its US filing never mentions them, and investors are left to guess whether that’s a gap or a non-issue.
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    The ₦100m Question Facing Lagos’ Gaming Founders

    A 30-day regulatory crackdown threatens to cut off mobile billing for the state's booming indie developers.
    Ecosystem News

    Airtel Money Begins Unconditional Trading on London Stock Exchange in Landmark African Fintech Listing

    Shares in the mobile payments group, spun out of telecoms operator Airtel Africa, start full dealings after a subdued conditional trading period that valued the business at £5.3bn

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