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New rules for digital lenders in Kenya aim to weed out bad actors while bolstering sector growth
TechCrunch ExtraCrunch· 2 years agoFresh regulations are often met with skepticism from startup founders, but digital lenders in Kenya...
Kenya's fintech Power set to scale after $3M seed round
TechCrunch· 1 year agoAfter working in Africa’s microfinance space for seven years, including at Botswana’s Letshego,...
Zanifu raises $11.2M to scale its inventory financing offering in Kenya
TechCrunch· 9 months agoZanifu, a Kenyan fintech providing inventory financing to micro, small and medium-sized businesses,...
Kenya's Xetova exploring market data gaps in Africa to boost trade insight access
TechCrunch· 1 year agoAfrica is seen as the next trade frontier, following the coming into force of The African...
Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund
TechCrunch· 1 year agoImpact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib, a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International...
IFC leads $5M extension round in Ivorian SaaS e-commerce platform ANKA
TechCrunch· 8 months agoANKA, an Ivorian SaaS e-commerce platform for African businesses, has raised $5 million. The...
Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises $11M backed by Women's World Banking, Cardano parent IOG
TechCrunch· 2 years agoThis is the gap that Kenya’s embedded finance fintech Pezesha seeks to bridge as it expands into...
12 African Countries with the Best Quality of Life
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoIn this article, we will look into the 12 African countries with the best quality of life. If you want to skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly...
25 Countries with the Highest Informal Employment in the World
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoIn this article, we take a look at 25 countries with the highest informal employment in the world....
FrontEdge raises $10M in debt, equity from TLG, Flexport to facilitate trade for African exporters
TechCrunch· 6 months agoIn the dynamic landscape of African international trade, a prevalent challenge looms large: A mere...
