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    South Africa’s Largest Bank Capitec Taps Fintech Mama Money to Capture Migrant Remittance Market

    This bank-fintech tie-up is a noteworthy example of embedded finance in an emerging market, where a large incumbent institution opts to integrate a specialist’s technology rather than build its own competing product.

    A Calendar of Funding Deadlines for African Startups

    Check out the latest startup funding headlines for African startups you may have missed.

    After Ditching Subscriptions, Egypt’s Wuilt Raises $2M to Build Free E-Commerce Infrastructure

    The Cairo-based startup is sacrificing recurring revenue and betting on a free platform to capture the MENA region's vast market of small businesses and social sellers.

    I Took My Algerian Startup to Silicon Valley with ASEP. The Biggest Lesson Wasn’t About Funding

    Abdelbasset Meghraoui, founder of Survision, on his journey from an Algerian university to the heart of US tech - and the key mindset shifts needed to unlock Africa's potential.
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    Zipline Doubles Down on US Expansion With $1.5bn Raise Ring-Fenced for American Network

    Drone delivery group's valuation nearly triples to $21.5bn as Walmart commits to 300 new sites, but capital is explicitly earmarked for US build-out while African operations rely on separate government-backed financing.

    Why This Ex-Lantmäteriet Developer Is Building a SaaS Layer for African Property

    James Muricho says he began building a land information system in 2004 and has funded it alone since. Twenty-two years later, the Kenyan entrepreneur, who lives in Gävle in Sweden, is turning it into a service for people who buy land in Kenya, where...

    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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    Zipline Doubles Down on US Expansion With $1.5bn Raise Ring-Fenced for American Network

    Drone delivery group's valuation nearly triples to $21.5bn as Walmart commits to 300 new sites, but capital is explicitly earmarked for US build-out while African operations rely on separate government-backed financing.

    Why This Ex-Lantmäteriet Developer Is Building a SaaS Layer for African Property

    James Muricho says he began building a land information system in 2004 and has...

    Nigeria’s New Stablecoin Rules: $11M, a Local Office, and a Prayer for Startups Without Bank Balance Sheets

    Central bank’s 200-page rulebook trades prohibition for licensing — and sets the bar high enough to make bankers of crypto founders.

    Yellow Card Acquires Brazil’s GoMoney to Secure Direct LatAm Foothold

    The acquisition of GoMoney Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda. converts Yellow Card’s Brazilian presence from a purely cross-border proposition into a locally regulated operation.