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    Premium Brands Don’t Have a Quality Problem. They Have a Distinction Problem.

    Nomaswazi Phumo, Head of Strategy of Leagas Delaney South Africa, writes from Cape Town, South Africa

    Swedfund Injects $20M Into AfricaGoGreen to Plug Climate Debt Gap

    The transaction is consistent with Swedfund’s demonstrated strategic priority.
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    Premium Brands Don’t Have a Quality Problem. They Have a Distinction Problem.

    Nomaswazi Phumo, Head of Strategy of Leagas Delaney South Africa, writes from Cape Town, South Africa

    Swedfund Injects $20M Into AfricaGoGreen to Plug Climate Debt Gap

    The transaction is consistent with Swedfund’s demonstrated strategic priority.

    How Moving Goalposts Are Freezing Francophone West Africa’s Fintech Scene

    For investors considering Francophone West Africa’s fintech sector, the past eighteen months have been ‘a study in uncertainty’.

    Five Countries, Half a Million Dollars: Inside Nigeria’s New Startup Funding Math

    Nigerian founders are not failing to raise capital so much as raising it through instruments that didn't used to be the plan.