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    Egypt’s Birdnest Wants to Become Leading Short-Term Rental Platform in MENA with New Funding

    Birdnest, an Egyptian property rental platform founded in 2020, has announced the successful...

    Digital Nomad Visa Now Gazetted in South Africa: Stay More Than Six Months, Register for Tax

    In a move designed to boost the economy, South Africa has finally gazetted a...

    Despite Copia Global’s Uncertain Future, Secured Lender Holds Firm to $7.7 Million Loan

    Kenyan e-commerce startup Copia Global made headlines recently with announcements of potential layoffs and...

    Kosmos Innovation Center: The Incubator Aggressively Backing Agritech Startups in Ghana

    The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC), a Ghanaian incubator with a strong focus on agritech...
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    Fintech Unicorn Wave Caves to Regulators as BCEAO Holds Firm on West Africa’s Payment Deadline

    The $1.7bn mobile money operator joined the PI-SPI system on deadline day alongside 175 institutions—ending closed-loop dominance across the $267bn WAEMU market.

    African Fintech’s Debt Shift Comes With a Catch

    Headline totals hit $1.9bn, but a surge in collateralised debt and shrinking medians reveal a market concentrating around asset-heavy giants.

    Is Talent Export the New Impact Thesis? Daniel Yu’s $100M Fund Makes Its First Bet

    Move signals fund's focus on labour migration as a pathway out of poverty.

    Shuttlers Launches Carpooling Service as Rivals Race for Uber’s Market Share in Nigeria

    Findings by Launch Base Africa found that fares on several ride-hailing platforms operating in Nigeria have risen sharply since Uber’s exit.

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    Fintech Unicorn Wave Caves to Regulators as BCEAO Holds Firm on West Africa’s Payment Deadline

    The $1.7bn mobile money operator joined the PI-SPI system on deadline day alongside 175 institutions—ending closed-loop dominance across the $267bn WAEMU market.

    African Fintech’s Debt Shift Comes With a Catch

    Headline totals hit $1.9bn, but a surge in collateralised debt and shrinking medians reveal a market concentrating around asset-heavy giants.

    The Commoditisation of LLMs Is Driving a Spree of Micro-AI Acquisitions

    Large language models can scrape the web, but they can't replicate deep domain expertise. From Cairo cold-emails to Cape Town acqui-hires, tech giants are paying up to buy niche capabilities.

    IFC Eyes $90M Equity Stake in Airtel Money as London IPO Gathers Momentum

    World Bank arm joins proposed listing of African fintech processing $245bn annually.