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    EdVentures, Mastercard Foundation Invest $720K in Egyptian Edtech Startups

    EdVentures, a leading education technology venture capital firm in the Middle East and North...

    Kenya Hit by New Wave of High-Profile Startup Shutdowns

    The young startup scene in Kenya has been locked in a brutal battle against...

    Sudanese Fintech Startup Elevate Escapes Unrest, Lands $5M for Global Play

    Fintech startup Elevate, previously known as Bloom, has secured $5 million in a pre-Series...

    Kenya: New 10% Competition Rule for Digital Companies – What You Need to Know

    The Bill introduces “digital activities”. This term encompasses a broad range of online services, such as online marketplaces, search engines...
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    South Africa’s Fintechs Face a Wave of New Data and Open Finance Rules — Here’s the Timeline

    Fintechs that treat this period as worth the resourcing cost are, at minimum, better positioned to anticipate the eventual rules than those that wait for a published standard to react to.

    Why Data Matters as Much as Capital in African Agricultural Finance

    Only 1% of bank lending goes to the agricultural sector in Africa —Desmond Koney, CEO of Complete Farmer, writes from Accra, Ghana.

    LemFi Acquires UK Wealth Platform Wealth8 in Push to Build Migrant Financial Hub

    London-based fintech adds investment services to remittance and credit offering after securing regulatory approval

    From Tax Bots to Farm Finance, Hyper-Local AI Is South Africa’s New Battleground

    In an ecosystem often criticised for importing foreign business models, this wave of localised AI, built on proprietary, hard-to-replicate datasets, represents a native competitive advantage.

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    South Africa’s Fintechs Face a Wave of New Data and Open Finance Rules — Here’s the Timeline

    Fintechs that treat this period as worth the resourcing cost are, at minimum, better positioned to anticipate the eventual rules than those that wait for a published standard to react to.

    Why Data Matters as Much as Capital in African Agricultural Finance

    Only 1% of bank lending goes to the agricultural sector in Africa —Desmond Koney, CEO of Complete Farmer, writes from Accra, Ghana.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here's a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we're tracking this month.

    Equity Dispute Puts OPay’s Employee Share Scheme Under Scrutiny Ahead of Potential IPO

    A Lagos labour court has dismissed a former employee's claim to shares he says were owed under a stock option scheme, in a ruling that lands weeks after OPay began preparing for a US listing.