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Dutch development bank FMO invested $2.8 million into US Acumen’s Pioneer Energy Investment Initiative (PEII) that seeks to bridge the energy...
Khaled Talhouni (pictured), former director of the sub-Saharan Africa-focused venture capital firm Wamda Capital, has resigned from his position to focus...
Liwwa, a fintech that provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with short-term online loans of up to $100,000, has secured a $6...
The 44th General Assembly of the Federation of African National Insurance Companies (FANAF) opens today February 17, 2020, in Libreville, Gabon against...
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Pan-African lender Ecobank has signed a partnership agreement with Alibaba’s payment platform, Alipay.
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Egypt-headquartered healthcare platform Vezeeta raised $40 million in a transaction led by the UAE-based asset management firm Gulf Capital and...
South Africa’s event ticket booking platform Howler has secured a round of funding from US firm Techstars, the investment firm Platform Growth, and the...
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