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    M-KOPA: From $160M Funding Round to Courtroom Battle

    The African fintech, fresh from a major banking partnership, faces a formal complaint from a co-founder alleging a "grossly unfair" employee share buyback plan.

    Morocco’s Fintech Revolution Hits the Snooze Button

    Just weeks after celebrating an 'open' payments market, incumbent CMI gets additional edge citing bureaucracy and a major football tournament.

    Nigeria’s New Tax Teeth Bite Into Fintech’s Public Debt Party

    This new rule targets the very instruments fintechs had come to love.

    Kenya’s Crypto ‘Grey Zone’ Ends: Operators Have 12 Months to Join Annual Licensing Club

    The new law creates a dual-oversight model that pragmatically divides responsibilities between existing regulators rather than inventing yet another government agency.
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    A month without a single equity round above $10m also raises questions.

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    Priced equity rounds from US and Gulf venture capital have all but vanished.

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