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    Who Runs Egypt’s Fintech? One Firm is Calling the Shots After a New Licensing Wave

    This surge in fintech licensing comes on the heels of the FRA’s decision last year to grant a one-year extension for non-banking finance companies to meet increased capital requirements.
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    Egyptian Fintech Startups Tap Brokerage Licences in Revenue Diversification Push

    A brokerage licence grants firms the authority to buy and sell securities on behalf of clients, act as intermediaries in financial markets, and charge commissions and fees.
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    A New Era for African Tech Workers? Tunisia’s Latest Subcontracting Ban Sparks Debate

    Foreign tech firms desiring Tunisian tech workers under a subcontracting model will now have to tread with caution.
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    A Label for Every Startup? Ivory Coast’s New Initiative Faces Hard Lessons from Tunisia

    But if past experiences in Africa’s Startup Act nations are any indication, startup founders may want to temper their enthusiasm.
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    Zipline Doubles Down on US Expansion With $1.5bn Raise Ring-Fenced for American Network

    Drone delivery group's valuation nearly triples to $21.5bn as Walmart commits to 300 new sites, but capital is explicitly earmarked for US build-out while African operations rely on separate government-backed financing.
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    Why This Ex-Lantmäteriet Developer Is Building a SaaS Layer for African Property

    James Muricho says he began building a land information system in 2004 and has funded it alone since. Twenty-two years later, the Kenyan entrepreneur, who lives in Gävle in Sweden, is turning it into a service for people who buy land in Kenya, where...

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    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.
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    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.

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    Zipline Doubles Down on US Expansion With $1.5bn Raise Ring-Fenced for American Network

    Drone delivery group's valuation nearly triples to $21.5bn as Walmart commits to 300 new sites, but capital is explicitly earmarked for US build-out while African operations rely on separate government-backed financing.
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    Why This Ex-Lantmäteriet Developer Is Building a SaaS Layer for African Property

    James Muricho says he began building a land information system in 2004 and has...
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    Nigeria’s New Stablecoin Rules: $11M, a Local Office, and a Prayer for Startups Without Bank Balance Sheets

    Central bank’s 200-page rulebook trades prohibition for licensing — and sets the bar high enough to make bankers of crypto founders.
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    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.

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