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    How Moving Goalposts Are Freezing Francophone West Africa’s Fintech Scene

    For investors considering Francophone West Africa’s fintech sector, the past eighteen months have been ‘a study in uncertainty’.

    School Fees, Secret Loans, and a CEO Ban: Inside Egypt’s Wildest Fintech Scandal

    The regulatory fallout from the Global Paradigm affair signals that Cairo’s toleration for aggressive fintech origination tactics has reached its limit.

    Long Detection Lag: The Thread Running Through Senegal’s Fintech Heists

    Several insider-fraud cases in twelve months share less to do with the amounts stolen than with how long nobody noticed.

    Once Bitten, Twice Global: Africa’s Stablecoin Darlings Build Their Escape Hatches

    As global investors pour millions into African cross-border infrastructure, local central banks appear to be pushing back.
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    What a LinkedIn Account Is Worth to South African Founders

    South Africa’s venture capital market is small, but its founders have found an unlikely way to get in front of investors.

    ANKA Splits B2B and Consumer Arms as New Owner Attempts Post-Insolvency Comeback

    Global Shop Group restores the Afrikrea consumer brand as it navigates parent company liquidation, founder exits, and a 537,000-user data leak.

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    Cairo-born mobility group secures $13m from Sawiris family vehicle as it tries to convert a fragile turnaround into American growth.

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    South Africa’s venture capital market is small, but its founders have found an unlikely way to get in front of investors.

    IFC Eyes $4m Check in West Africa’s Gigmile as Asset-Financing Fintech Scales

    The proposed injection would form part of the company’s Series A round.

    The East Is Settling Into African Tech, Quietly

    A Toyota-backed fund, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investor and a Hong Kong merchant bank sat at the centre of August's largest African-linked funding round. None of them was there by accident.