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    900% ROI: Behind the Aggressive Maths of South Africa’s Vehicle-Tracking Giant

    Most businesses that spend heavily on marketing can only guess at the eventual return.
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    Why E Squared Investments Is Backing South Africa’s ‘All-Female’ Agritech Experiment

    In the landscape of South African venture capital and impact investing, the focus is shifting from high-end fintech to the literal “ground floor.”
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    The Bottleneck at the Top: Get out of the Way for Business Growth

    Why business leaders are often the biggest obstacle to scaling, and what to do about it --By Sarah Rice, Executive Coach, Grow Business Coaching
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    Two Shutdowns in Two Years Raise Questions Over Canada-Africa Fintech Economics

    Two Canadian fintechs built to move money between Canada and Africa have now failed within the space of two years. The pattern is unlikely to be coincidental.
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    BII Backs Okra Solar with $7m Debt Facility to Scale Mesh-Grids in Nigeria

    British development finance institution bets that a lighter, decentralised alternative to mini-grids can help close one of the world's largest electricity access gaps - but the model's commercial viability still hinges on procurement and policy execution.
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    LemFi Turns Pillar Acquisition into £100m Capital Markets Bet

    Sixteen months after acquiring credit fintech Pillar, the FT-backed startup is swapping equity for debt markets to fund its £100m lending ambitious.

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    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.
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    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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    BII Backs Okra Solar with $7m Debt Facility to Scale Mesh-Grids in Nigeria

    British development finance institution bets that a lighter, decentralised alternative to mini-grids can help close one of the world's largest electricity access gaps - but the model's commercial viability still hinges on procurement and policy execution.
    Industry

    LemFi Turns Pillar Acquisition into £100m Capital Markets Bet

    Sixteen months after acquiring credit fintech Pillar, the FT-backed startup is swapping equity for debt markets to fund its £100m lending ambitious.
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    African Frontier Capital’s $125M Platform Tests a Faster Route to Debt for African E-Mobility

    Multi-originator warehouse facility backed by IFC, Norfund, AfDB and SEDF aims to extend asset-backed finance beyond pay-as-you-go solar into electric vehicles and productive equipment.
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    Arson and License Revocations: UK-Backed Climate Startup nextProtein Faces Total Ruin in Tunisia

    A fatal road accident, local outcry over odours, and a burnt-out facility: Inside the regulatory and social crisis tearing apart one of North Africa’s premier green tech darlings, just months after it secured €18m with backing from British International Investment.

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