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    Egypt’s First Remittance Aggregator Goes Live — Fintech Startup Balad Gets a Rare Seat at the Table

    In a move that signals both progress and familiar power dynamics in Egypt’s remittance...

    Nigeria’s Economy Sinks Deeper: Startups Struggle as Purchasing Power Crumbles

    For years, Nigerian startup founders have built their business models around the assumption of a growing middle class. That assumption is now under siege.

    One Country, 37 Regulators: A New Way to Run Online Betting Firms in Nigeria

    A Supreme Court ruling has thrown the lottery landscape in Nigeria into disarray, handing...

    All Cameroon’s Gambling Payments Now Flow Through Fintech Startup InTouch — But There’s a Catch

    The move effectively places the Senegalese fintech company in control of all transactions related to the reloading and unloading of online player accounts, starting January 30, 2025.
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    Egypt’s BNPL Leader ValU Pivots to Payments as Central Bank Tightens Credit Vise

    As the Central Bank of Egypt raises risk weights and tightens bank funding rules, the country’s largest listed consumer lender is looking to fee-based revenue to protect its growth.

    Tokyo State Lenders Back Peach Cars in $3.7M Debt Facility for East Africa Expansion

    Tokyo-based Cordia Directions secures ¥600mn in loans from government-affiliated lenders to expand its Kenyan used-car platform.

    Airtel Africa Picks London for $245bn Mobile Money IPO but Faces Independence Test

    Rapid growth and 56.5m users make it Africa’s hottest tech float. But privately negotiated intra-group fees threaten to cloud its standalone public valuation.

    1M Users in 8 Years, 9M in 6: The Smartphone Pivot Driving M-KOPA’s Hypergrowth

    The group now signs up about 10,000 new customers daily.

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    Egypt’s BNPL Leader ValU Pivots to Payments as Central Bank Tightens Credit Vise

    As the Central Bank of Egypt raises risk weights and tightens bank funding rules, the country’s largest listed consumer lender is looking to fee-based revenue to protect its growth.

    Tokyo State Lenders Back Peach Cars in $3.7M Debt Facility for East Africa Expansion

    Tokyo-based Cordia Directions secures ¥600mn in loans from government-affiliated lenders to expand its Kenyan used-car platform.

    First-Time Founders Drive Nigeria’s Unicorn Boom

    Moove's $2.1bn valuation highlights the country's ability to mint billion-dollar companies without serial entrepreneurs.

    Silverbacks Logs Massive Paper Gain as $37M Moove Bet Reaches $62M

    A Mauritius-based investment firm has made its biggest-ever bet on Africa's latest unicorn.