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    Kenya-Based VC Firm DOB Equity Pivots Investment Strategy Under New CEO

    As DOB Equity embarks on this new chapter, the industry will be closely observing how the firm’s refocused strategy will shape its future.

    Binance Exec Denied Bail in Nigeria, Again After Nearly a Year

    Gambaryan’s lawyer argued that his client’s health was in a “perilous” state, requiring urgent surgery for a herniated disc as well as psychiatric care due to severe anxiety and depression.

    Ivorian Fintech Waribei Secures Pre-Seed Funding to Expand its Digital Platform

    Waribei was founded by Ladislas Pham and Frédéric Fameni. The startup’s platform addresses a long-standing issue in West Africa’s retail sector: the limited availability of credit to SMEs.
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    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...

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    Kenya’s Carbon-Capture Startups Land a Share of Tencent’s $30M Climate Fund

    The presence of three Kenya-based winners across different CDR approaches in the same programme points to something beyond individual company success.

    Inside the Room: The Five-Year Negotiation That Got Ghanaian Pensions to Back Venture Capital

    A new fund-of-funds has done something that has never been done before in Ghana — persuaded pension trustees to allocate to private equity and debt vehicles. The journey took half a decade...

    West African Payments Reform Gets Three-Month Reprieve for Fintech Operators

    The move offers a short reprieve in what has become a high-stakes infrastructure struggle between a determined regulator and an industry whose business models are built on proprietary rails.

    D.light Takes PAYGo Solar From Impact Funds to the London Stock Exchange

    A $50 million green bond listing marks the first time off-grid solar receivables from Africa have entered the public bond markets - and signals a structural shift in how energy access gets financed.