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    From Herding Cows to Raising $12.6M: Africa’s Pioneer University Venture Fund Shifts Focus to Major Profits

    A university once known for managing a herd of cows through its technology venture unit is now leading Africa’s tech revolution.
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    Remittance Fintechs Rake in Revenue as Nigerians Abroad Send Record $553M Home in July 

    In June, the bank issued a directive requiring banks and IMTOs to pay all diaspora remittances in Naira and match them with corresponding foreign currency inflows.
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    African Tech Ecosystem Confronts Rare Suicide Cases Within One Month

    The African tech community is grappling with the shocking suicides of prominent figures within a single month.
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    Ex-Revolut and Sendwave Veterans Land $8M to Transform African B2B Payments with Waza

    Investors were likely drawn to Waza’s rapid growth trajectory. Within five months, the company increased its monthly payment volumes from $280,000 to $70 million, translating to an annualized volume of $700 million.
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    Fintech Unicorn Wave Caves to Regulators as BCEAO Holds Firm on West Africa’s Payment Deadline

    The $1.7bn mobile money operator joined the PI-SPI system on deadline day alongside 175 institutions—ending closed-loop dominance across the $267bn WAEMU market.
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    African Fintech’s Debt Shift Comes With a Catch

    Headline totals hit $1.9bn, but a surge in collateralised debt and shrinking medians reveal a market concentrating around asset-heavy giants.

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    Is Talent Export the New Impact Thesis? Daniel Yu’s $100M Fund Makes Its First Bet

    Move signals fund's focus on labour migration as a pathway out of poverty.
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    Shuttlers Launches Carpooling Service as Rivals Race for Uber’s Market Share in Nigeria

    Findings by Launch Base Africa found that fares on several ride-hailing platforms operating in Nigeria have risen sharply since Uber’s exit.

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    Fintech Unicorn Wave Caves to Regulators as BCEAO Holds Firm on West Africa’s Payment Deadline

    The $1.7bn mobile money operator joined the PI-SPI system on deadline day alongside 175 institutions—ending closed-loop dominance across the $267bn WAEMU market.
    Ecosystem News

    African Fintech’s Debt Shift Comes With a Catch

    Headline totals hit $1.9bn, but a surge in collateralised debt and shrinking medians reveal a market concentrating around asset-heavy giants.
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    The Commoditisation of LLMs Is Driving a Spree of Micro-AI Acquisitions

    Large language models can scrape the web, but they can't replicate deep domain expertise. From Cairo cold-emails to Cape Town acqui-hires, tech giants are paying up to buy niche capabilities.
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    IFC Eyes $90M Equity Stake in Airtel Money as London IPO Gathers Momentum

    World Bank arm joins proposed listing of African fintech processing $245bn annually.

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