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    Nedbank Acquires South African Fintech iKhokha for $92.4M in a Win for Non-Technical Founders

    iKhokha’s success story is notable as it challenges the archetype of the developer-led tech startup.

    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.

    Lesaka Snaps Up Michael Jordaan’s Bank Zero for $61.4M to Take On TymeBank

    The purchase of Bank Zero is the latest move in Lesaka’s aggressive expansion.
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    New CEO, $110M Mandate: responsAbility’s Plan to Mainstream Emerging-Market Climate Finance

    responsAbility is perhaps best known in impact-investing circles for its early backing of Greenlight Planet, the off-grid solar company that rebranded as Sun King.

    Pitch Decks vs. Prospectuses: The Messy Courtship of Africa’s Tech Scene and Old-Money Bourses

    From Windhoek to Lagos, stock exchanges across the continent are wooing startups with structured pipelines, listing incentives, and MOU ceremonies. The startups are mostly politely non-committal.

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    New CEO, $110M Mandate: responsAbility’s Plan to Mainstream Emerging-Market Climate Finance

    responsAbility is perhaps best known in impact-investing circles for its early backing of Greenlight Planet, the off-grid solar company that rebranded as Sun King.

    Pitch Decks vs. Prospectuses: The Messy Courtship of Africa’s Tech Scene and Old-Money Bourses

    From Windhoek to Lagos, stock exchanges across the continent are wooing startups with structured pipelines, listing incentives, and MOU ceremonies. The startups are mostly politely non-committal.

    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...