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    MNT-Halan’s New Moat? Egypt Freezes New Fintech Licences After 182% Growth

    For MNT-Halan and its peers, the next 12 months offer something almost as valuable as capital: time.

    Ethiopia Bans Birr-Based Crypto Trading as Forex Pressures Mount

    Any form of Birr-denominated P2P trading or exchange involving cryptocurrencies, the notice added, “is also prohibited.”

    Egypt’s First ‘Startup Label’ Goes to Digital Lender Flend

    Flend, a digital lender for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has become the first Egyptian company to be officially granted "Startup Label" certification.

    A Fractured Leg, a Pregnancy, and an Empty Promise: The Human Cost of a Nigerian Fintech’s Collapse

    A Nigerian fintech raised $2.6m from marquee investors, promised its employees fair treatment, and then shut down. A Nigerian court has spent two years untangling what it left behind.
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    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.