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    One Year, Another Tax: Mobile Money Users in Cameroon Cry Foul Yet Again

    For newcomers, the market’s hostility is legendary.

    With Card Charges Gone in Tanzania, Will Fintech Players Rethink Their Revenue Strategies?

    The Bank of Tanzania (BOT), the country’s central bank, issued a directive warning merchants against levying fees on card transactions.

    Is It Back to ATMs? CBN’s New Policy Sends Mixed Signals to Nigerian Fintech Unicorns

    Whether the CBN’s latest gambit will tip the scales toward progress or provoke a backlash from agents and consumers alike is anyone’s guess.

    Ethiopia’s Parliament Greenlights Foreign Bank Entry

    The combined ownership by all foreign investors and foreign-owned Ethiopian entities cannot exceed 49% of a single bank’s total subscribed shares.
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