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    A New Fintech Gold Rush in Cameroon — But Has the Market Really Changed?

    In 2022, it accounted for 71% of all mobile money transactions in Central Africa, totalling more than €90 billion
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    Cairo Fire Exposes the Cracks Beneath Egypt’s Fintech Boom

    When infrastructure fails, the impact is brutally democratic: everyone goes down.
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    Out of Style: Why North Africa’s Venture-Backed Fashion Startups Are Disappearing

    After a multimillion-dollar funding boom, North Africa’s once-hyped fashion startups are quietly going bust. What went wrong?
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    South Africa’s Paymenow Secures $22.4M to Expand Earned Wage Access Across Africa

    With this deal, a wave of South African banks continue their backing for African fintech firms.
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    ‘The Future Isn’t Just Grants’: How Salient’s i3 Network Brokered $19M in Deals for African Healthtech Startups

    Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, i3 is helping African healthtech startups move beyond donor-funded pilots towards commercial partnerships and sustainable scale. Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke discusses the initiative with Launch Base Africa.
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    ABA Life Secures $40Mn from Admaius to Test Morocco’s Unicorn Ambitions in Sovereign Health AI

    Growth-equity deal values Casablanca-based HealthTech platform at a fraction of the billion-dollar threshold, as African healthtech funding remains subdued.

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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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    ‘The Future Isn’t Just Grants’: How Salient’s i3 Network Brokered $19M in Deals for African Healthtech Startups

    Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, i3 is helping African healthtech startups move beyond donor-funded pilots towards commercial partnerships and sustainable scale. Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke discusses the initiative with Launch Base Africa.
    Updates

    ABA Life Secures $40Mn from Admaius to Test Morocco’s Unicorn Ambitions in Sovereign Health AI

    Growth-equity deal values Casablanca-based HealthTech platform at a fraction of the billion-dollar threshold, as African healthtech funding remains subdued.
    Updates

    Mauritius Tightens Its Grip on Africa’s Startup Cap Tables

    Funds domiciled on the island have made a string of investments this year. The money is rarely Mauritian - and that is the point.
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    Why Your Cheapest Hire Can Be the Most Costly

    Thuto Motsie CEO of Thamani, writes from Gauteng, South Africa

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