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    More Debt Funding for Kenyan Climate-Tech: New $95 Million Available

    Kenyan climate-focused businesses and women entrepreneurs received a funding boost this week with a...

    One Year After Launch, South Africa’s Suppple Goes on IPO in Europe

    South African technology company Suppple, founded by former GovChat CEO Eldrid Jordaan and Chief...

    Here Is a List of New Taxes Your Startup Should Worry About as Kenya VAT Readies to Climb to 16%

    Kenyans brace themselves for a potential hike in the cost of financial transactions and...

    Nigerian Startups Get New Startup House in Bay Area — What Does it Offer?

    Nigerian startups have a new launchpad in the heart of the global tech scene....
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    Egypt’s BNPL Leader ValU Pivots to Payments as Central Bank Tightens Credit Vise

    As the Central Bank of Egypt raises risk weights and tightens bank funding rules, the country’s largest listed consumer lender is looking to fee-based revenue to protect its growth.

    Tokyo State Lenders Back Peach Cars in $3.7M Debt Facility for East Africa Expansion

    Tokyo-based Cordia Directions secures ¥600mn in loans from government-affiliated lenders to expand its Kenyan used-car platform.

    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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    Egypt’s BNPL Leader ValU Pivots to Payments as Central Bank Tightens Credit Vise

    As the Central Bank of Egypt raises risk weights and tightens bank funding rules, the country’s largest listed consumer lender is looking to fee-based revenue to protect its growth.

    Tokyo State Lenders Back Peach Cars in $3.7M Debt Facility for East Africa Expansion

    Tokyo-based Cordia Directions secures ¥600mn in loans from government-affiliated lenders to expand its Kenyan used-car platform.

    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.