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    The $267bn Crown: Wave Edges Closer to Dethroning Orange in West Africa

    The BCEAO’s instant payments platform launched in late 2025 to link banks and mobile wallets across eight countries. Months later, top players Wave and Orange Money have yet to fully join — latest data suggests they have little urgency.
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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.
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    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.
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    Odyssey Secures $7.5M from BII to Scale Its Fintech Solution for Nigeria’s Off-Grid Energy Gap

    Nigeria faces a significant energy access challenge.
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    Nigeria Launches Hunt for VC Manager to Run $50m Japan-Backed Startup Fund

    The fund will target pre-seed to pre-Series A startups operating across agriculture, healthcare, education, energy, and waste and water management.
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    Britain’s Founder Visa Alternative Brings South African Fintech Float to the UK

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    LemFi Acquires UK Wealth Platform Wealth8 in Push to Build Migrant Financial Hub

    London-based fintech adds investment services to remittance and credit offering after securing regulatory approval
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    From Tax Bots to Farm Finance, Hyper-Local AI Is South Africa’s New Battleground

    In an ecosystem often criticised for importing foreign business models, this wave of localised AI, built on proprietary, hard-to-replicate datasets, represents a native competitive advantage.

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    Nigeria Launches Hunt for VC Manager to Run $50m Japan-Backed Startup Fund

    The fund will target pre-seed to pre-Series A startups operating across agriculture, healthcare, education, energy, and waste and water management.
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    Britain’s Founder Visa Alternative Brings South African Fintech Float to the UK

    Card-linked instalment platform aims to unlock £250bn in unused credit card limits with backing from government programme
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    Bridgement Lands $20.3m as South Africa’s Banks Double Down on AI Lending

    South African fintech secures backing from two of the country's largest lenders to tackle a chronic funding gap for small businesses.
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    Handymesh Is Building the Digital rails for Africa’s Multibillion-Dollar Artisan Market

    Handymesh founders deploy AI, escrow and verifiable work histories to bring structure to Africa’s vast informal home services sector

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