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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...

    Egypt’s Leading Fintech Company Fawry Records $7 Million Profit in First Quarter of 2024

    Fawry, Egypt’s foremost fintech company, has reported a significant financial upswing, recording a net...

    Bahrain’s Beyon Solutions Expands Regional Footprint with Egypt’s Link Development Acquisition

    Beyon Solutions, a subsidiary of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, announced today the signing of...

    Flat6Labs Launches Tunisia Seed Fund II to Back Tunisian Startups

    Flat6Labs, a prominent venture capital firm, has announced the launch of Tunisia Seed Fund...
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    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...

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    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...

    West African Payments Reform Gets Three-Month Reprieve for Fintech Operators

    The move offers a short reprieve in what has become a high-stakes infrastructure struggle between a determined regulator and an industry whose business models are built on proprietary rails.

    D.light Takes PAYGo Solar From Impact Funds to the London Stock Exchange

    A $50 million green bond listing marks the first time off-grid solar receivables from Africa have entered the public bond markets - and signals a structural shift in how energy access gets financed.