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    “The Right Partner, Not Paperwork, Makes the Deal” Interview with Waffle Founder, Victor Nara, on Acquisition

    Victor Nara ’s career path took a fascinating turn recently. He was at the...
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    South African Fintech Lumepay Raises $6M Pre-Seed to Build Africa’s Institutional Cross-Border Payments Rails

    Cape Town-based start-up, founded by former Ovex executives, secures funding and a $10m liquidity float as it targets B2B corridors across a continent moving away from correspondent banking. But its early growth has coincided with litigation over restraint of trade.

    MNT-Halan Shifts From Risky SME Lending as ‘Super-App’ Strategy Lifts Third-Quarter Profit

    The group has actively curtailed its exposure to higher-risk SME lending, which previously formed a larger share of its disbursements.

    Nine Years After Its Founding, OPay’s IPO Filing Leaves Questions Over Employee Stock Options

    A court judgment proves OPay granted share options in 2020. Its US filing never mentions them, and investors are left to guess whether that’s a gap or a non-issue.

    M-KOPA’s Product Margins Halve as Lending Becomes the Main Event

    The African fintech’s gross profit from device sales fell to $57.9m even as revenue rose 45%, exposing a structural shift in the economics of financing smartphones and e-bikes for the continent’s informal earners.

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    South African Fintech Lumepay Raises $6M Pre-Seed to Build Africa’s Institutional Cross-Border Payments Rails

    Cape Town-based start-up, founded by former Ovex executives, secures funding and a $10m liquidity float as it targets B2B corridors across a continent moving away from correspondent banking. But its early growth has coincided with litigation over restraint of trade.

    MNT-Halan Shifts From Risky SME Lending as ‘Super-App’ Strategy Lifts Third-Quarter Profit

    The group has actively curtailed its exposure to higher-risk SME lending, which previously formed a larger share of its disbursements.

    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

    Here’s a closer look at the notable under-the-radar investment activity we’re tracking this month

    SA Fintech Yoco Snags $100m Private Credit Facility to Scale SME Lending

    As traditional banks hesitate, the TPG-backed payments group turns to global private credit to shrink South Africa's ZAR 350bn SME credit deficit.