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    From Startup CFO to Overnight Millionaire: How SWVL Employee Stock Options Minted a New African Millionaire

    Three years ago, Youssef Salem joined SWVL, a rising Egyptian transportation startup, as their...

    African Streaming Bloodbath: Startups Fall Like Dominoes

    BritBox, the UK-based streaming service, has announced its departure from South Africa by August...

    Fractional Executives: Executive Search CEO Shares How Top Companies in Africa Are Accessing Top Talent for Less

    In the heart of the booming startup scene in Africa, a new approach to...

    Deal Teardown: How Adumo and Lesaka Negotiated their $85.9 million Acquisition Deal 

    Financial technology company Lesaka is buying South African payments firm Adumo for ZAR 1.59...
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    Egypt’s Licence Freeze Spawns $95m Tamweely Deal

    Egyptian digital payments and fintech group e-Finance for Digital and Financial Investments has agreed to acquire microfinance provider Tamweely for about EGP4.75bn ($94.5m), in the latest sign that a regulatory freeze on new non-bank financial licences is forcing consolidation through acquisitions. The seller is a...

    Africa’s Founder Exit Wave Is Hitting Health-Tech Hardest

    Growing CEO departures in 18 months mark the end of the continent's "blitz-scaling" era and the uncomfortable arrival of institutional governance.

    From an Angry Post to a $50m Ribbon-Cutting: The Land Battle Behind an Egyptian Deeptech Scaleup’s $50m Factory

    Sixteen months later, on a hot July day in 2026, Egypt's finance minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, returned to a company whose public frustration had once laid bare the country's industrial bureaucracy.

    Airtel Africa Picks London for $245bn Mobile Money IPO but Faces Independence Test

    Rapid growth and 56.5m users make it Africa’s hottest tech float. But privately negotiated intra-group fees threaten to cloud its standalone public valuation.

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    Egypt’s Licence Freeze Spawns $95m Tamweely Deal

    Egyptian digital payments and fintech group e-Finance for Digital and Financial Investments has agreed...

    Africa’s Founder Exit Wave Is Hitting Health-Tech Hardest

    Growing CEO departures in 18 months mark the end of the continent's "blitz-scaling" era and the uncomfortable arrival of institutional governance.

    Once Bitten, Twice Global: Africa’s Stablecoin Darlings Build Their Escape Hatches

    As global investors pour millions into African cross-border infrastructure, local central banks appear to be pushing back.

    Post-Office Relief: US Kills BOI Rules in Stealth Win for Foreign Tech

    By dismantling beneficial ownership registers, Washington inadvertently protected foreign tech entrepreneurs from fines and privacy leaks.