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Africa NewsMay 6, 2026 Wave Moves Into Healthcare as Senegal Bets on Fintech to Fix Hospital Payments Senegal’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene has signed a formal byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMay 4, 2026 FEI Targets $750M Fund Upsize as IFC Proposes $40M Into Africa’s Renewable Debt Platform The Facility for Energy Inclusion is targeting a $750 million fund upsize as the byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria StartupMay 4, 2026 Alerzo Dissolves Singapore SPVs as Asset Freeze Deepens Legal Crisis Nigeria’s Alerzo has begun winding down its network of byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsApril 29, 2026 Gozem Secures €21M IFC Debt to Scale Vehicle Financing in Francophone Africa Gozem, the Francophone West and Central African super-app, is set to receive up byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsApril 29, 2026 Dodai Raises $13M Series A to Build Ethiopia’s Electric Motorcycle Infrastructure Ethiopian electric mobility startup Dodai has raised $13 million in Series A byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsApril 29, 2026 Egypt’s Central Bank Scraps the 40% Fintech Ownership Cap — and Banks Are Already Moving Egypt's Central Bank has scrapped the 40% ownership cap that previously byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsApril 27, 2026 Inside Egypt’s Fintech Regulation: How the FRA Is Shaping the Market Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority is quietly reshaping the country's byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsApril 27, 2026 Revenue-Based Financing: What It Is and Why African Startups Are Turning to It Revenue-based financing is gaining traction among African startups as an byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaApril 24, 2026 NCC Orders MTN, Airtel, and Others to Compensate Nigerians for Poor Network — Starting Today Nigeria's telecom regulator has ordered MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and 9mobile to byBolu Babalola
