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Africa’s First Digital SEZ Launches Full-Stack AI Growth Zone to Bridge Continental Infrastructure Gap. Itana aims to keep African AI talent from relying on expensive foreign GPU byFatima OladunniJuly 24, 2025
Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
Moroccan superapp ORA raises $7.5M Series A to digitize North Africa’s cash-heavy economy. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a $7 byBolu BabalolaJuly 21, 2025
News NigeriaMarch 3, 2024 Syra Finance Announces Closure Due to Hostile Business Environment. After more than a year of operation in Nigeria, Syra Finance, a leading Nigerian byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 17, 2024 Canza Finance Raises $2.3 Million to Scale Its FX Platform. Canza Finance, a Web3 neobank dedicated to facilitating cross-border payments byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaSeptember 20, 2023 Syra Finance Gains Funding and Access to Blockchain VC Syra Finance, a budding fintech startup dedicated to providing cross-border byBolu Babalola
