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    “What are you doing?” – Gokada CEO’s Haunting Last Words Echo in Court as Assistant Testifies

    In Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday, Tyrese Haspil further testified about the brutal 2020 murder of Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh.
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    Rift Valley Energy Secures $15 Million Investment to Expand Clean Energy Access in Tanzania

    British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution, has announced a $15 million...
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    Ethiopia Opens Banking Sector to Foreign Digital Disruptors

    In a historic move, Ethiopia is throwing open the doors of its long-protected banking sector to foreign competition.
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    UM6P Ventures Expands Focus to Fund Pan-African Startups with Up to $700K

    UM6P Ventures, the venture capital arm of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), is expanding...
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    SA Fintech Yoco Snags $100m Private Credit Facility to Scale SME Lending

    As traditional banks hesitate, the TPG-backed payments group turns to global private credit to shrink South Africa's ZAR 350bn SME credit deficit.
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    In 2026, Just One in Ten African Startup Rounds Is Led by Local Money

    Local banks and funds are appearing in more deals, but they still rarely lead equity rounds, according to Launch Base Africa’s deal records.

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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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    SA Fintech Yoco Snags $100m Private Credit Facility to Scale SME Lending

    As traditional banks hesitate, the TPG-backed payments group turns to global private credit to shrink South Africa's ZAR 350bn SME credit deficit.
    Analysis & Opinions

    In 2026, Just One in Ten African Startup Rounds Is Led by Local Money

    Local banks and funds are appearing in more deals, but they still rarely lead equity rounds, according to Launch Base Africa’s deal records.
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    Zipline Doubles Down on US Expansion With $1.5bn Raise Ring-Fenced for American Network

    Drone delivery group's valuation nearly triples to $21.5bn as Walmart commits to 300 new sites, but capital is explicitly earmarked for US build-out while African operations rely on separate government-backed financing.
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    Why This Ex-Lantmäteriet Developer Is Building a SaaS Layer for African Property

    James Muricho says he began building a land information system in 2004 and has...

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