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    From Scale-ups to ‘Foreign Agents’: Uganda’s Fintechs Face a Regulatory Death Sentence

    Ugandans living abroad have found themselves unexpectedly classified as potential threats to the state.

    Egypt’s Central Bank Removes Ownership Cap on Fintechs, Clearing the Way for Bank Acquisitions

    A circular issued recently by the CBE expands the legal definition of "financial companies" to include fintech startups, money transfer operators, and SME lenders.

    South Africa’s AI Framework Fails the Ultimate Turing Test

    A draft national framework is abruptly withdrawn after it emerges that the government's researchers fell for a classic trap: AI hallucinations.

    Why Several African Fintechs Just Quietly Registered in Canada

    The current wave of registrations spans a range of business models.
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    Nearly 80% of African Startup Funding in May Was Debt

    A month without a single equity round above $10m also raises questions.

    The Elite Funnel: Why African Tech’s New Financing Mix Signals a Hollowing of the Core

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

    From Profitability to $10M ARR: How Prembly Cracked Africa’s Identity Infrastructure

    "We’re processing around seven million unique verifications per month, up from 4.7 million."

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    Nearly 80% of African Startup Funding in May Was Debt

    A month without a single equity round above $10m also raises questions.

    The Elite Funnel: Why African Tech’s New Financing Mix Signals a Hollowing of the Core

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

    NALA Secures up to $50M Credit Facility From MUFG-Backed Liquidity to Pre-Fund Stablecoin Payment Corridors

    "At some point our business was more than doubling every other quarter, we grew faster than we could handle pre-funding for single-direction payments and everything broke."

    South African Fintech Flagship Yoco Buys Restaurant Software Platform Dyner.ai

    The South African payments group is bolting on an AI-native operating system for restaurants, while a new European CEO prepares to take the helm.