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    Ivory Coast’s Anka Acquired for Undisclosed Sum Following French Parent’s Swift Liquidation

    The platform facilitated more than $60 million in transactions across 47 African countries, reaching customers in over 170 markets.

    Moniepoint Faces Heavy Losses After Acquiring Bancom Europe to Secure UK Licence

    Filings from the Nigerian fintech unicorn disclose heavy spending on salaries and fees to pave the way for its acquisition of a regulated British payments firm.

    Is Wave’s Golden Era Over? Regulators and Telcos Close In on Payments Unicorn

    Francophone Africa's fintech unicorn is facing its greatest tests yet.
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    Estonia’s Yaga Finds Rare Profitability in Africa’s Mass-Market Fashion Scene

    The secondhand marketplace has raised €4M to expand into MENA, a region littered with high-profile failed fashion-tech ventures.

    Nigeria’s Lidya Joins Capiter in the Graveyard of African Founder-Investor Fallouts

    The company’s collapse brings a dramatic end to a venture launched in 2016 by Jumia alumni Tunde Kehinde and Ercin Eksin.

    Bitcoin, Nvidia and Staking: What Luno’s 6.3m South African Users Are Actually Buying

    The age distribution skews toward working-age professionals. The 25–34 cohort represents 37% of users, followed by 35–44 year-olds at 26%.

    The British Remittance Fintech Powering Central Africa’s $1B Mobile Money Boom

    The rise of mobile money remittances is having a profound impact on the CEMAC region.

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    Estonia’s Yaga Finds Rare Profitability in Africa’s Mass-Market Fashion Scene

    The secondhand marketplace has raised €4M to expand into MENA, a region littered with high-profile failed fashion-tech ventures.

    Nigeria’s Lidya Joins Capiter in the Graveyard of African Founder-Investor Fallouts

    The company’s collapse brings a dramatic end to a venture launched in 2016 by Jumia alumni Tunde Kehinde and Ercin Eksin.

    Morocco’s Startup Cap Tables Get a Deepening Pan-African Makeover

    Historically, Africa’s VC scene has been split.

    South Africa’s Solar Startups Win Major Concession on $1,700 Solar Registration Fee

    Solar startups reported that customers were delaying or cancelling installations due to the high costs and complexity of the registration process.