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Float, a South African Buy-Now-Pay-Later Startup, Secures $11 million to Launch its Card-Linked Installment Platform
Float encourages responsible credit card usage and, at the same time, helps merchants to grow their sales.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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TDB Group Grants $2 Million to MPower Ventures Zambia to Enhance Access to Modern and Affordable Energy Solutions in Zambia
MPower Zambia plans to expand its range of plug-and-play household solar devices and market-driven productive assets.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Aims to Double its Mobile Money Lending in Uganda to Shs1 Trillion This Year
MTN says it will this year double mobile money lending from Shs550b to more than Shs1 trillion.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Startup Bfree Secures $3 Million Funding to Facilitate Ethical Debt Recovery for Lenders
Bfree, a Nigerian startup specializing in debt collection, was established with the aim of automating and instituting ethical processes for debt recovery.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- lending
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Analysis: Swedfund Invests $5 Million in Bridge Bank Microfinance to Enhance Financial Inclusion in Côte D’Ivoire
BBM has expressed its intention to narrow the market gap by tailoring its offerings specifically to women entrepreneurs and MSMEs led by women.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Afdb Grants $7 Million Trade Finance Guarantee to Access Bank DRC to Support SMEs
The African Development Bank will now be able to provide up to a 100% guarantee to confirming banks for the non-payment risk from the confirmation of letters of credit.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- international trade, lending, MSMEs
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Press Release: Launch of Green Guarantee Company to Mobilise Billions in Climate Finance
Guarantees are pivotal to enable developing countries to access long-term hard currency debt financing to combat climate change.
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- Transportation
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- Global
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The Next Frontier in Inclusive Fintech: The Value of Client-Centric Impact Measurement
Fintech is projected to be a $1.5 trillion industry by 2030, and Latin America and the Caribbean is a crucial focal point for the sector. But Carla Grados-Villamar at 60 Decibels points out that while fintechs are boosting financial access in the region, this does not guarantee improved living standards. She discusses how 60 Decibels has helped Galgo, a Chile-based fintech that facilitates financial access through motorcycle loans, to better understand its customers' experiences — and explores how this learning process reveals the importance of client-centric impact measurement in the broader fintech sector.
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- Finance, Transportation