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    ‘Complex Legal Structures Can Cost You’: Inseco Founder’s Hard Lessons from $5.3M Failure

    “If your startup needs outside capital, it’s best to raise it from people who understand early-stage investing.”

    Ghost in the Payroll: How to Uncover Payroll Fraud

    Many organisations don't realise they are victims of payroll fraud; How do they find out?

    How Money Fellows Hit Profitability by Digitising Egypt’s Informal ‘Gam’eya’ — and Processing $1.5B

    Money Fellows has established presence in Morocco following a partnership with Attijariwafa Bank.

    Bitcoin, Nvidia and Staking: What Luno’s 6.3m South African Users Are Actually Buying

    The age distribution skews toward working-age professionals. The 25–34 cohort represents 37% of users, followed by 35–44 year-olds at 26%.
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    Power of attorney filings and blank Form 3s trace the high-stakes final days before payment giant pulled its IPO.

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

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    Small Checks, Big Shift: What October’s Deal Flow Reveals About African Climate Tech

    With supply chains bottlenecked and venture equity thin, DFIs are stepping in with debt, working capital, and a new funding playbook.

    Seventy-Two Hours: OPay CTO Held Zero Shares on Eve of Aborted $4bn US Listing

    Power of attorney filings and blank Form 3s trace the high-stakes final days before payment giant pulled its IPO.

    ‘The Future Isn’t Just Grants’: How Salient’s i3 Network Brokered $19M in Deals for African Healthtech Startups

    Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, i3 is helping African healthtech startups move beyond donor-funded pilots towards commercial partnerships and sustainable scale. Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke discusses the initiative with Launch Base Africa.

    ABA Life Secures $40Mn from Admaius to Test Morocco’s Unicorn Ambitions in Sovereign Health AI

    Growth-equity deal values Casablanca-based HealthTech platform at a fraction of the billion-dollar threshold, as African healthtech funding remains subdued.