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MENA’s Startup Funding Market Is Shifting: What July’s Debt Surge Means for Founders
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The 0.24% Problem: A Decade of Data on Black Founder Funding in the UK
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Building Britain's First Black-Owned Unicorns: The Zepz and Marshmallow Blueprint
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Beyond the Transfer: How African Diaspora Fintechs Are Rebuilding UK‐Africa Money Flow
Migrants sent close to $865 billion globally in 2023, as global remittances reached an estimated $905 billion in 2024.
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The Neo-Bank Graveyard: Why 15 African Challenger Banks Died And 3 Learned to Print Money
African startups raised roughly $545 million in January 2023; by January 2024, that had fallen to $83 million, an 84.8% year-on-year collapse, even accounting for one outsized acquisition that turns the prior-year number.
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Why Embedded Finance is Exploding Across West Africa
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