Login
Search
More
    HomeGovernance, Policy & Regulations Forum

    Governance, Policy & Regulations Forum

    Policy & Regulations Forum

    West Africa’s Unified Payments Network Is Off to a Rocky Start

    The BCEAO’s ambitious plan to mirror India’s UPI or Brazil’s Pix via its new PI-SPI platform has run headfirst into West Africa’s fragmented digital infrastructure on day one.
    Read more
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    Arson and License Revocations: UK-Backed Climate Startup nextProtein Faces Total Ruin in Tunisia

    A fatal road accident, local outcry over odours, and a burnt-out facility: Inside the regulatory and social crisis tearing apart one of North Africa’s premier green tech darlings, just months after it secured €18m with backing from British International Investment.
    Read more
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    The ₦100m Question Facing Lagos’ Gaming Founders

    A 30-day regulatory crackdown threatens to cut off mobile billing for the state's booming indie developers.
    Read more
    Policy & Regulations Forum

    The Secret Antitrust Battle That Helped Sink Koko Networks

    The collapse of Kenya's largest clean-cooking company is blamed on a government refusal to authorise carbon credit sales. A court ruling in Nairobi shows that a competition inquiry into its main supply contract was running alongside that dispute.
    Read more
    123...84Page 1 of 84
    spot_img

    Keep exploring

    Don't Miss

    Updates

    Yellow Card Acquires Brazil’s GoMoney to Secure Direct LatAm Foothold

    The acquisition of GoMoney Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda. converts Yellow Card’s Brazilian presence from a purely cross-border proposition into a locally regulated operation.
    Updates

    Chinese Rules, OPay and a Halted New York Listing

    A Chinese regulatory inquiry halted the Nigerian fintech's $304m New York listing hours after pricing. The rules behind it, and the ownership structure it landed on, both emerge from the filings.

    Sponsored Posts

    Industry

    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

    A court judgment proves OPay granted share options in 2020. Its US filing never mentions them, and investors are left to guess whether that’s a gap or a non-issue.
    Industry

    M-KOPA’s Product Margins Halve as Lending Becomes the Main Event

    The African fintech’s gross profit from device sales fell to $57.9m even as revenue rose 45%, exposing a structural shift in the economics of financing smartphones and e-bikes for the continent’s informal earners.

    Latest articles

    Updates

    Yellow Card Acquires Brazil’s GoMoney to Secure Direct LatAm Foothold

    The acquisition of GoMoney Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda. converts Yellow Card’s Brazilian presence from a purely cross-border proposition into a locally regulated operation.
    Updates

    Chinese Rules, OPay and a Halted New York Listing

    A Chinese regulatory inquiry halted the Nigerian fintech's $304m New York listing hours after pricing. The rules behind it, and the ownership structure it landed on, both emerge from the filings.
    Updates

    From Disruptors to Form-Fillers: Egypt’s Fintechs Face a New Agent Banking Reality

    Egypt's central bank has written a rulebook for banking agents. It lets banks send identity verification, account applications and card deliveries to places they have no branches. On a close reading, it allows little else.
    Updates

    Your Biggest Customer Is Also Your Biggest Risk

    Hayden Lamberti, a business coach at Grow, writes from Johannesburg, South Africa

    Disrupting Norms, Amplifying Ambitions: Experience the Pulse of African Startups, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Launch Base Africa!

    © Powered By Launch Base Africa