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    The $150m Pivot: Can Yango Outrun African Regulators by Targeting Smaller Cities?

    The Yandex-backed ride-hailing platform is betting big on African secondary cities. It might want to sort out its primary city problems first.

    From Scale-ups to ‘Foreign Agents’: Uganda’s Fintechs Face a Regulatory Death Sentence

    Ugandans living abroad have found themselves unexpectedly classified as potential threats to the state.

    Egypt’s Central Bank Removes Ownership Cap on Fintechs, Clearing the Way for Bank Acquisitions

    A circular issued recently by the CBE expands the legal definition of "financial companies" to include fintech startups, money transfer operators, and SME lenders.

    South Africa’s AI Framework Fails the Ultimate Turing Test

    A draft national framework is abruptly withdrawn after it emerges that the government's researchers fell for a classic trap: AI hallucinations.
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    Africa to LatAm: Busy Mobility Fintech Route Gets a Yango Mafia Boost

    Fuelled by informal workforces and bank credit gaps, vehicle-financing platforms are building cross-continental empires.

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    The Nasdaq-listed payments group settled its restructured Africa transaction without paying cash.

    Telegram Ads, Money Mules and $16bn: The Shadow Corridors Linking China to Africa

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    Long Detection Lag: The Thread Running Through Senegal’s Fintech Heists

    Several insider-fraud cases in twelve months share less to do with the amounts stolen than with how long nobody noticed.