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    The Power of Praise: Building a Thriving Workplace Through Leadership and Recognition

    Salwa Albertyn, Group Human Resources Executive of Empact Group, writes from Johannesburg, South Africa.

    German-backed develoPPP Ventures Wants New Wave of Impactful African Startups — and Investor Term Sheets

    Globally, develoPPP Ventures has allocated over $160 million across five continents in just one year, targeting businesses that drive inclusive economic growth.

    After MoneyFellows, ElGameya Joins Egypt’s Digital ROSCA Funding Rush

    The back-to-back funding rounds signal rising investor interest in Egypt’s fintech sector, particularly in startups digitising traditional financial practices.

    From Elmenus to Sylndr: Ex-Foodtech Exec Raises Fresh $25.7M to Overhaul Egypt’s Used Car Market

    The company aims to formalize Egypt’s highly fragmented used car market — estimated at $10 billion — by introducing standardized pricing, digital financing, and secure ownership transfers.
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    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.

    Chinese Rules, OPay and a Halted New York Listing

    A Chinese regulatory inquiry halted the Nigerian fintech's $304m New York listing hours after pricing. The rules behind it, and the ownership structure it landed on, both emerge from the filings.

    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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    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.

    Chinese Rules, OPay and a Halted New York Listing

    A Chinese regulatory inquiry halted the Nigerian fintech's $304m New York listing hours after pricing. The rules behind it, and the ownership structure it landed on, both emerge from the filings.

    From Disruptors to Form-Fillers: Egypt’s Fintechs Face a New Agent Banking Reality

    Egypt's central bank has written a rulebook for banking agents. It lets banks send identity verification, account applications and card deliveries to places they have no branches. On a close reading, it allows little else.

    Your Biggest Customer Is Also Your Biggest Risk

    Hayden Lamberti, a business coach at Grow, writes from Johannesburg, South Africa