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    Dollar Access Returns. So Does Foreign Competition for Nigerian Wallets

    In the coming months, Nigerian companies — from fintechs to fashion brands — will face a tough question.

    Moroccan Startups Are Quietly Dismantling Monopolies

    It’s not every day a startup drags a public institution into the 21st century — and walks away with the keys to a fairer market.

    US Senate Waters Down 5% Remittance Tax in Big Win for African Fintechs

    For these companies — names like Chipper Cash, LemFi, Flutterwave, and TapTap Send — a 5% tax on remittances out of the U.S. would have fundamentally altered their business models.

    Bank of Ghana Revives Its List of Unapproved Fintechs

    Just weeks after calling out Yellow Card over its alleged involvement with a dubious stablecoin scheme, the central bank has returned with another blacklist .
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    "The assumption we had to kill earliest was that the technical problem was the hardest one. It is not."

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    The Dubai-headquartered lending platform's most revealing growth story is not in Africa's largest markets.

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    Major ValU Investor Sells Down Stake in First Secondary Deal Since Listing

    The sale comes as Egypt’s capital markets have shown signs of renewed activity following a period of muted equity capital markets (ECM) transactions.

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    Mobility technology company reports first annual profit since going public, but auditors raise going concern doubt and Nasdaq listing remains under threat

    A New Expansion Map: African Startups Redraw Routes Through Accra

    From Nigerian defence contractors to Kenyan logistics software, a new cohort of well-capitalised tech firms is bypassing traditional hubs to set up operational bases in Accra.

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