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    Bootstrapped in Ouagadougou: How Bellunic’s Founder Is Digitising Burkina Faso’s Informal Markets

    Yacouba Traore is the first to admit that building a startup in Burkina Faso...

    African Tech Predictions for 2026: After the Rebound

    2025 ended with a notable rebound in startup financing across Africa.

    ValU Secures $63.5m Short-Term Financing from Egypt’s Biggest Bank

    The company has benefited from Egypt’s regulatory framework for consumer finance, which has brought BNPL-style products under formal oversight.
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    The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) has quietly rewritten a key rule of engagement for the region’s financial system.

    A $23M Pivot: dLocal Takes AZA Finance’s Cameroon Assets After Third-Party Suit Is Dropped

    The original AZA Finance acquisition was framed as a key driver for continent-wide growth, particularly as dLocal faces mixed regional performance.

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    The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) has quietly rewritten a key rule of engagement for the region’s financial system.

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    The original AZA Finance acquisition was framed as a key driver for continent-wide growth, particularly as dLocal faces mixed regional performance.

    From Kiosks to Cloud: The Tech Stack That Made GoTyme Bank Africa’s First Profitable Neobank

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    The new financing vehicle, FarmCarbon, will pre-finance biodigesters for 90,000 smallholder farmers in exchange for future carbon credits.