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Read MoreKuda Microfinance Bank, the Target Global-backed neobank, has secured payment licences in Tanzania and Canada as part of an expansion drive across Afr
Read MoreThe Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) wants to bring about 100 Nigerian companies to Marrakech, Morocco where the second edition of the e
Read MoreFlutterwave’s chief operating officer, Bode Abifarin, has left Africa’s largest startup after six years of leading the startup’s ope
Read MoreRoam, a Kenya-based electric vehicle company has raised $24 million in equity and debt to expand local manufacturing capabilities in Kenya, scale up p
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