With 80% of its €50m impact fund deployed, Boehringer Ingelheim is backing startups tackling last-mile medicine delivery, e-pharmacy, and affordable outpatient care.
The regulatory fallout from the Global Paradigm affair signals that Cairo’s toleration for aggressive fintech origination tactics has reached its limit.
Registered with Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission as a closed-end fund, it targets allocations from pension fund administrators (PFAs) and insurers.
Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt's largest listed bank, has received preliminary approval from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to launch yomo, a standalone digital bank.
The new vehicle will write $1m–$3m tickets into farming and agri-processing companies, backed by IFAD, a private lender consortium and UK development capital.
For most financial technology companies, the race for growth hinges on capturing the youngest, most digitally-native users. But that could be misleading.
At Starlink, he was associated with a market-entry strategy that often relied on direct engagement with heads of state to accelerate regulatory approvals.
With 80% of its €50m impact fund deployed, Boehringer Ingelheim is backing startups tackling last-mile medicine delivery, e-pharmacy, and affordable outpatient care.
Funding has plunged to an eight-year low, shutdowns are mounting, and commercial VCs are nowhere to be seen. Inside the sector’s grant-dependency crisis.
