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    Free Licences, Open Batteries and a 6-Month Time Bomb — Rwanda Plays Chicken With EV Founders

    Kigali's ambitious regulation offers zero-cost market entry but demands near-perfect operational performance - and a promise to tear down proprietary battery walls.

    Nigeria’s Banking Crackdown Catches Fintechs Chasing Microfinance Licences

    The regulator revokes 46 permits, including those acquired by digital lenders eager to vault into deposit-taking.

    West African Payments Reform Gets Three-Month Reprieve for Fintech Operators

    The move offers a short reprieve in what has become a high-stakes infrastructure struggle between a determined regulator and an industry whose business models are built on proprietary rails.

    A Reprieve for Kenya’s Electric Vehicles. But for How Long?

    Kenyan EV players are well aware of this cyclical pattern.
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    Coca-Cola Joins Egypt’s High-Value Tech Offshoring Wave

    The newly launched Coca-Cola HBC Digital Hub will serve as a centralized digital delivery platform supporting the company’s operations across 27 markets in Europe and Africa.

    Most AI Coding Tools Are Leaking Users. SA’s HyperDev Just Raised $1M to Fix the Leak

    Company founded by former OpenAI and Google engineers nears 100,000 users with a platform designed to help deploy software, not just generate code.

    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.

    Proparco Anchors Rare Moroccan LP Position in EmTech’s New $60M Early-Stage Fund

    The fund plans to invest in around 20 startups, writing cheques of between $500,000 and $3m in pre-Series A and Series A rounds.

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    Coca-Cola Joins Egypt’s High-Value Tech Offshoring Wave

    The newly launched Coca-Cola HBC Digital Hub will serve as a centralized digital delivery platform supporting the company’s operations across 27 markets in Europe and Africa.

    Most AI Coding Tools Are Leaking Users. SA’s HyperDev Just Raised $1M to Fix the Leak

    Company founded by former OpenAI and Google engineers nears 100,000 users with a platform designed to help deploy software, not just generate code.

    GoCab Recruits Former Anka CEO as Ivory Coast Head Months After Anka’s Collapse

    Tabouré takes operational role at vehicle-financing platform months after the collapse of his e-commerce venture

    Why Africa’s Startup Funding Leaderboards Look Different This Year

    A quiet rotation is reshaping African technology funding this year.