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“Locals Only”: Tanzania’s New Decree Shuts Out Foreign Fintechs

The timing is particularly ironic when considering a homegrown, yet globally-minded, success story like Nala.

July 30, 2025

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Nigeria’s Shifting Tax Landscape: Free Zone Companies and Startups Caught in Crossfire

For companies operating in Nigeria’s free zones, these changes are a bitter pill to swallow.

July 29, 2025

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Building from Scratch: The ‘Ecosystem Debt’ Swallowing African Startups

When a founder has to build the roads, install the plumbing, and write the laws before they can even open their shop, the standard metrics of growth and burn rate become dangerously misleading.

July 28, 2025

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GENIUS Act: “America is catching up to Africa on stablecoins” — Yellow Card’s Gillian Darko on Regulation, B2B Pivot

We started with a consumer product and have now transitioned to B2B, which has generated a lot of traction.

July 25, 2025

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Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

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Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...

June 25, 2026

‘Timing Is Critical’: How a Pandemic Almost Killed Weego and Accidentally Built Its B2B Engine

"We learned from the experience of players like Swvl."

June 15, 2026

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Africa’s Electric Mobility Pioneers Turn to Operators in Race for Profitability

The sector has attracted unprecedented capital.

June 12, 2026

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Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

June 25, 2026

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Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

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June 25, 2026

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West African Payments Reform Gets Three-Month Reprieve for Fintech Operators

The move offers a short reprieve in what has become a high-stakes infrastructure struggle between a determined regulator and an industry whose business models are built on proprietary rails.

June 25, 2026

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D.light Takes PAYGo Solar From Impact Funds to the London Stock Exchange

A $50 million green bond listing marks the first time off-grid solar receivables from Africa have entered the public bond markets - and signals a structural shift in how energy access gets financed.

June 24, 2026

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