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    Morocco’s Fintechs Win Access to a Card Payments Market Long Controlled by Banks

    Rabat's regulators confirm the forced break-up of the bank-owned payments monopoly, opening merchant acquiring to a new generation of digital players and slashing transaction fees for small shops.

    Africa’s Venture-Backed Shutdowns Converge on Two Hotspots in 2026

    Edtech and clean-tech in Kenya, fintech in Nigeria bear the brunt of a prolonged funding drought and investor flight to quality.

    Zeepay Faces Liquidation After Ghana Regulator Pulls E-Money Licence

    Bank of Ghana cites unbacked e-money issuance while Accra court considers insolvency petition over $1.22mn unpaid debt

    South Africa’s Fintechs Face a Wave of New Data and Open Finance Rules — Here’s the Timeline

    Fintechs that treat this period as worth the resourcing cost are, at minimum, better positioned to anticipate the eventual rules than those that wait for a published standard to react to.
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    Paymob Scoops $35M as GCC Market Hits Nearly Half of Group Revenue

    Egyptian payments provider gains backing from Mubadala and EBRD as revenues triple across Middle East markets

    Spiro Takes Total Debt From Africa Go Green Fund to $36M

    Additional $18m loan backed by Swedfund-capitalised fund will expand battery-swapping infrastructure across Uganda and Rwanda.

    Complete Farmer Nears $12m Equity Haul as World Bank’s IFC and BIFT Back Ghanaian Agritech

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