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SNBL is an emerging business model across Africa and other markets. This post includes a brief interview with one of the practitioners in Africa’s SNBL space: Tobi Odukoya, CEO & ...
Agent networks across Africa are increasingly being used beyond mobile money as a last-mile channel for various traditionally digital businesses ...
Here are three reasons why fintech leads all venture capital funding on the continent ...
75% of the equity raised by African fintechs in 2023 went to just ten companies. Here are three insights about fintech in Africa today from that list ...
Clever Credit Afridigest
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Africa is proving to be an important battleground for the global payments duopoly. Here's what they're up to across the continent ...
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