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    Egypt’s Lucky ONE Secures $3M to Expand Credit Platform and Regional Footprint

    The funding marks a significant milestone for the company as it accelerates its path to profitability, targeting Q1 2025 for this achievement.

    North Africa Operations Save Jumia as Currency Woes Land Heavy Blows in Nigeria

    North Africa, primarily driven by Egypt, witnessed growth, while West Africa, heavily reliant on Nigeria, experienced a decline.

    Egypt’s Qardy Secures Seven-Figure Pre-Seed Funding to Boost SME Lending in Egypt

    Since its soft launch in late 2022, Qardy has rapidly gained traction, onboarding over 1,000 corporate clients and facilitating loan transactions worth more than $12 million.

    Want to Raise a VC Fund in Africa? Expect a Year and a Half to Establish Your Track Record

    Only 32% of established investment managers and 26% of emerging investment managers work full-time on their investment vehicles.
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    First-Time Founders Drive Nigeria’s Unicorn Boom

    Moove's $2.1bn valuation highlights the country's ability to mint billion-dollar companies without serial entrepreneurs.

    Silverbacks Logs Massive Paper Gain as $37M Moove Bet Reaches $62M

    A Mauritius-based investment firm has made its biggest-ever bet on Africa's latest unicorn.

    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.

    1M Users in 8 Years, 9M in 6: The Smartphone Pivot Driving M-KOPA’s Hypergrowth

    The group now signs up about 10,000 new customers daily.

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    First-Time Founders Drive Nigeria’s Unicorn Boom

    Moove's $2.1bn valuation highlights the country's ability to mint billion-dollar companies without serial entrepreneurs.

    Silverbacks Logs Massive Paper Gain as $37M Moove Bet Reaches $62M

    A Mauritius-based investment firm has made its biggest-ever bet on Africa's latest unicorn.

    Why African Fintech PalmPay Is Eyeing Hong Kong for a $1bn IPO

    Nigeria's two largest mobile payment heavyweights are both eyeing IPOs, but their target exchanges tell a story of contrasting global ambitions.

    EFG Finance Takes Majority Stake in Egypt’s First Remittance Aggregator Balad

    The transaction hands control of the startup to one of Egypt’s largest financial groups.