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    An 85% Chance of a $3.1bn IPO Within Two Years: Inside Opera’s High‑Stakes OPay Bet

    OPay began life inside Opera in 2018, initially as a mobile wallet and ride-hailing service before quickly pivoting to payments.
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    From M-Pesa to Flutterwave: Why Africa Built the Systems the World Now Needs

    "You cannot wait for perfect conditions because perfect conditions are never coming." - Ray Langa, Group CEO of Leagas Delaney South Africa, writes from Johannesburg
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    Swoop, Led by 19-Year-Old Thiel Fellow, Raises $7.3m from Silicon Valley to Take on Chowdeck

    UC Berkeley dropout Aubrey Niederhoffer is using food delivery as a wedge to build Africa's next super app. But he is entering a notoriously difficult market.
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    Google Joins the Infrastructure Wave: Why the Latest African Cohort is Swapping Apps for ‘AI Plumbing’

    The era of the “AI-enabled” consumer app in Africa is quietly being dismantled in favor of something much less flashy: digital plumbing.
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    Gates-funded report finds 20 deployed solutions delivering tangible results, yet most rely on short-term grants and lack independently verified cost savings
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    71% of WAEMU Transaction Value Still Flows Through Cheques — Despite BCEAO’s New Instant Payment Rail

    BCEAO’s annual report reveals why getting 100m people to ditch paper is a multi-year slog.
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    African Startup Deal Tracker — Newest Deals

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    The 10GWh Rabat facility—led by Chinese giant Gotion High-Tech—marks the first integrated LFP battery site in Africa and the Middle East.
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    The Promise and Peril of Lending to Egypt’s Unbanked: Inside Valu’s Growth Dilemma

    Egypt's largest consumer finance platform has built a business on financial inclusion, but a mysterious data discrepancy in its annual report raises questions about the true cost of that mission.

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