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    First-Time Founders Drive Nigeria’s Unicorn Boom

    Moove's $2.1bn valuation highlights the country's ability to mint billion-dollar companies without serial entrepreneurs.

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    A Mauritius-based investment firm has made its biggest-ever bet on Africa's latest unicorn.

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