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    Ethiopian Founder Sells AI Authentication Startup to Vercel a Year After $5m Round

    Bereket Engida's Better Auth, an open-source tool popular with AI developers, has been acquired by the US software group.

    Meet the 15 Startups Renew Capital Is Backing to Build Africa’s Next Lenders

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    Nigeria Launches Hunt for VC Manager to Run $50m Japan-Backed Startup Fund

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    Card-linked instalment platform aims to unlock £250bn in unused credit card limits with backing from government programme
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