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    Ghana’s $2bn Remittance Market Shaken by License Suspensions, Over 10 Fintechs Down

    In 2023, Ghana received US\$2.4 billion in personal remittances, which is estimated to account for about 6% of the country’s GDP. This makes Ghana the second largest recipient of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, after Nigeria.
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    Leadership Overhaul at Leatherback: Investors Take the Helm After CEO Departure

    Zedcrest Group, through its venture arm, Zedcrest Capital, which led the $10 million pre-seed round two years ago, retains a minority interest but exercises strategic oversight.
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    Backed by Africa’s Leading ClimateTech Investors, Nigerian IoT Startup Shyft Power Merges with UK Rival

    Shyft Power Solutions has made a unique mark as a female-founded and led African tech company, a rarity in the region’s venture capital ecosystem
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    Beacon Power Services Raises $29.8M Series A Funding, Backed by Partech

    The new funding will enable BPS to expand its operations beyond Nigeria and Ghana into additional markets across Eastern and Southern Africa.
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    Khazna Joins Egypt’s Consumer Finance M&A Rush With Pharos Acquisition

    A regulatory clampdown has turned existing consumer finance licences into scarce commodities, sparking a rush of high-stakes deals across Cairo.
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    Two Exits in Six Years: Dan Kleinbaum’s GTXN Acquired by Luno

    Deal gives the crypto exchange an owned settlement layer across developed–emerging market corridors - but proposed South African rules may restrict the very activity it enables.
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    Cairo’s BPO Ecosystem Opens a New Front for Transatlantic Dealmaking

    While greenfield setups remain the main vehicle for corporate expansion in Egypt's tech export sector, cross-border M&A is emerging as an alternative for North American buyers seeking rapid scale.

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    Khazna Joins Egypt’s Consumer Finance M&A Rush With Pharos Acquisition

    A regulatory clampdown has turned existing consumer finance licences into scarce commodities, sparking a rush of high-stakes deals across Cairo.
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    Aries Media Ventures Launches Fund I to Back Underfunded Mediatech Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Former NBCUniversal exec is ditching Hollywood to back African mediatech
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    9,228 Daily Swaps: Egyptian Billionaire-Backed Blu EV Tests the Limits of Battery-as-a-Service in MENA

    Naguib Sawiris's battery-swapping group has built the largest network of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa. Whether each cabinet earns back the batteries it cycles is a question it has not answered.
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    South African IoT Scaleup Karooooo Takes on Debt to Hoard AI Memory Chips

    The central question is whether the chip stockpile proves to be prudent insurance or an expensive bet.

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