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    Egypt’s ValU Raises $22.3 Million in New Debt Financing

    ValU has revolutionized the financial services sector in Egypt by empowering millions of individuals through its buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform, U.
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    WESTERN AFRICA

    Fintech Startup Rubyx Secures $1.6M to Help African Businesses Offer Automated Lending

    The Senegal-based fintech platform uses advanced algorithms to assess loan applications and automate the lending process.
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    Now Defunct, Agritech Startup Gro Intelligence Has a Mountain of Court Cases to Climb

    For Sara Menker, who is now representing herself in court, these legal battles represent a stark contrast to the heights she once achieved as a leader of a tech unicorn.
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    Ride-Hailing Company Bolt Caught in the Middle of a Fierce Nigeria-South Africa Digital Crossfire

    The online battle quickly descended into a “Bolt for Bolt” exchange, with users on both sides vowing to outdo the other.
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    Small Checks, Big Shift: What October’s Deal Flow Reveals About African Climate Tech

    With supply chains bottlenecked and venture equity thin, DFIs are stepping in with debt, working capital, and a new funding playbook.
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    West Africa’s Unified Payments Network Is Off to a Rocky Start

    The BCEAO’s ambitious plan to mirror India’s UPI or Brazil’s Pix via its new PI-SPI platform has run headfirst into West Africa’s fragmented digital infrastructure on day one.

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    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

    A court judgment proves OPay granted share options in 2020. Its US filing never mentions them, and investors are left to guess whether that’s a gap or a non-issue.
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    M-KOPA’s Product Margins Halve as Lending Becomes the Main Event

    The African fintech’s gross profit from device sales fell to $57.9m even as revenue rose 45%, exposing a structural shift in the economics of financing smartphones and e-bikes for the continent’s informal earners.

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    Small Checks, Big Shift: What October’s Deal Flow Reveals About African Climate Tech

    With supply chains bottlenecked and venture equity thin, DFIs are stepping in with debt, working capital, and a new funding playbook.
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    West Africa’s Unified Payments Network Is Off to a Rocky Start

    The BCEAO’s ambitious plan to mirror India’s UPI or Brazil’s Pix via its new PI-SPI platform has run headfirst into West Africa’s fragmented digital infrastructure on day one.
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    South Africa and Egypt Contest Africa’s AI Funding Crown

    South Africa leads on disclosed dollars, but Egypt’s broader pipeline and state-backed strategy suggest the contest is closer than headline figures imply
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    Seventy-Two Hours: OPay CTO Held Zero Shares on Eve of Aborted $4bn US Listing

    Power of attorney filings and blank Form 3s trace the high-stakes final days before payment giant pulled its IPO.

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