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    Billionaire-Backed $1M Fintech Prize Awarded to Nigerian-Born UK Startup Verto

    Alongside the fintech award, the Milken Institute and Motsepe Foundation announced a new $2 million prize focused on AI and manufacturing in Africa.

    Egypt’s MNT-Halan Raises $50M in Record Bond Issuance as Fintechs Eye Debt Over Equity

    African credit-focused fintechs, whose business models require substantial capital for their lending portfolios, are finding public debt markets increasingly attractive.

    Can Timbuktoo Creative Hub Be the Y Combinator for Africa’s Creative Economy?

    The project is backed by UNDP, DEDAT, UVU Accelerate, the Craft and Design Institute, and Snake Nation.

    Can Tunisia Become Africa’s GreenTech Hub? EU and Investors Think So

    “The future will be written by those who solve real problems."
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