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    Digital Onslaught in Morocco: Govt Hacked, 30K+ Bank Cards Leaked in Escalating Cyberwar

    Morocco is facing an escalating wave of cyberattacks.

    South African Fintech Startup Stitch Raises $55M in New Funding Round

    The funding follows Stitch’s recent expansion efforts, including the acquisition of payment provider Exipay earlier this year.

    Solar Bonds or Equity Stakes? European Retail Investors Pour Millions into African Cleantech Startups, Lured by Tax-Free Gains

    Amid the rise of elusive institutional funds targeting African cleantech, startups in the cleantech and climatetech sectors have found a reliable destination in their search for hard-to-come-by funding.

    Kenyan Fintech Umba Secures $5 Million in Debt Financing to Scale in Africa 

    The company previously raised $15.5 million in a Series A round in 2022, backed by investors including Monzo founder Tom Blomfield and Brazilian neobank Nubank.
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    Small Checks, Big Shift: What October’s Deal Flow Reveals About African Climate Tech

    With supply chains bottlenecked and venture equity thin, DFIs are stepping in with debt, working capital, and a new funding playbook.

    Seventy-Two Hours: OPay CTO Held Zero Shares on Eve of Aborted $4bn US Listing

    Power of attorney filings and blank Form 3s trace the high-stakes final days before payment giant pulled its IPO.

    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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    Small Checks, Big Shift: What October’s Deal Flow Reveals About African Climate Tech

    With supply chains bottlenecked and venture equity thin, DFIs are stepping in with debt, working capital, and a new funding playbook.

    Seventy-Two Hours: OPay CTO Held Zero Shares on Eve of Aborted $4bn US Listing

    Power of attorney filings and blank Form 3s trace the high-stakes final days before payment giant pulled its IPO.

    ‘The Future Isn’t Just Grants’: How Salient’s i3 Network Brokered $19M in Deals for African Healthtech Startups

    Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, i3 is helping African healthtech startups move beyond donor-funded pilots towards commercial partnerships and sustainable scale. Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke discusses the initiative with Launch Base Africa.

    ABA Life Secures $40Mn from Admaius to Test Morocco’s Unicorn Ambitions in Sovereign Health AI

    Growth-equity deal values Casablanca-based HealthTech platform at a fraction of the billion-dollar threshold, as African healthtech funding remains subdued.