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    Shell- and USAID-Backed SolarNow Forced Into Liquidation After $20M+ Funding

    The company’s shareholders have resolved to wind up the firm via a creditors’ voluntary liquidation.
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    The Eerie Reality of Twiga Foods’ ‘Project Easter’: Denials Fade as Layoffs and ‘NewCo’ Now Expose Hidden Plan

    Publicly, Twiga describes the move as a routine corporate alignment. Internally, however, the restructuring appears more complex.
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    Diaspora Dollars: US Passes 5% Tax Bill on Remittances — African Fintechs in the Crosshairs

    For every $100 sent, the new legislation would withhold $5 in federal tax — on top of transaction fees already charged by fintechs and banks.
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    EGX Clears Egyptian BNPL Giant Valu for Stock Market Listing Amid $27M Fundraise

    The shares will be listed under the ticker symbol "VALU.CA" in the Non-Banking Financial Services sector, effective May 22, 2025.
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    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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    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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    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.
    Updates

    Why Your Cheapest Hire Can Be the Most Costly

    Thuto Motsie CEO of Thamani, writes from Gauteng, South Africa
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    OPay Pulls $304M New York Listing After Regulatory Inquiry

    Nigerian fintech terminates underwriting agreement two days after signing, leaving its December 2027 preferred share deadline unresolved
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    Kenafric Tests the Corporate VC Playbook for African Consumer Startups with $10M Fund

    Kenafric Group, the Kenyan consumer goods manufacturer whose brands range from chewing gum to...

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