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    Up for Sale: Nigeria’s Self-Styled Agri-Fintech Leader, Tingo Group, Meets a Brutal End

    The recent ruling indicates the SEC’s intensified focus on holding international entrepreneurs accountable.
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    Congo vs. Apple: Legal Fight Over ‘Blood Minerals’ Heads to European Courts

    While Apple claimed to have severed ties with problematic suppliers, critics allege that some unethical partnerships persist.
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    Malian Diaspora Startup Fund Ciwara Capital Targets $83M, Eyes Pan-African Expansion

    In early 2024, Ciwara Capital made its first direct investment outside Mali, backing LafricaMobile (LAM), a Senegal-based multi-channel digital communications platform.
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    SOUTHERN AFRICA

    Following TymeBank’s acquisition of Retail Capital, FutureGrowth Invests $8.3M in Rival Sourcefin

    Sourcefin, a South African fintech company specializing in alternative funding for small and medium-sized...
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    Powering Up: Why Fintechs Are Targeting South Africa’s Prepaid Electricity Startups

    Consolidation in Southern Africa’s utility fintech sector is accelerating as established operators look beyond traditional merchant acquiring and airtime lending.
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    BII Injects $15M Into Starsight Energy to Tackle West Africa’s Diesel Reliance

    The mezzanine debt facility will primarily target Nigeria, where businesses currently depend on an estimated 40GW of expensive, self-generated fossil fuel power.

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    The Riyadh-Cairo Pipeline: Saudi’s VMS Lands in Egypt to Hunt for Seed+ Scaleups

    Founders looking to join the first cohort have a narrow window to apply.
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    A New Wave of Tech Firms Is Tapping Nigeria’s Public Debt Market

    The broader market backdrop explains why more technology companies are exploring this route.

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    Powering Up: Why Fintechs Are Targeting South Africa’s Prepaid Electricity Startups

    Consolidation in Southern Africa’s utility fintech sector is accelerating as established operators look beyond traditional merchant acquiring and airtime lending.
    Updates

    BII Injects $15M Into Starsight Energy to Tackle West Africa’s Diesel Reliance

    The mezzanine debt facility will primarily target Nigeria, where businesses currently depend on an estimated 40GW of expensive, self-generated fossil fuel power.
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    Moniepoint-Backer Lightrock Africa Secures IFC Anchor for New $200M Growth Fund

    The World Bank Group's private sector arm is anchoring the Nairobi-headquartered manager's second African growth equity vehicle, which targets eight to twelve portfolio companies across Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.
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    Three Years, $618M Pledged: Nigeria’s iDICE Tech Fund Finally Lands With a $729K Startup Grant

    The gap between that announcement and this week’s grant disclosure illustrates how slowly large development-finance vehicles translate into founder-facing capital in Africa’s largest economy.

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