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Press Release: British International Investment Partners with Access Bank to Extend US $60 Million Trade Finance Facility Across Africa
Loan facility will help to ensure availability of key commodities across import-dependent economies and aims to stimulate African trade volumes by US$90 million as well as contribute to SDGs 8 and 9.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South African Fintech Startup Stitch Announces $25 Million Series A Extension Round
The funding will be used by Stitch to continue building its end-to-end payments solutions.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- business development, MSMEs, scale
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Kenyan Legislative Committee Calls for Worldcoin Shutdown in the Country
The committee has recommended that the country develops “a comprehensive oversight framework and policies on virtual assets and virtual assets service providers in Kenya.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- cryptocurrency, data, regulations
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Malaysian Fintech Startup MADCash Secures $1 Million in Funding to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
MADCash funds and grows unbanked and underbanked women entrepreneurs, aiming to create an alternative credit scoring to increase their future bankability.
- Categories
- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: IFC Grants Loan to Caja Los Héroes to Promote Financial Inclusion in Chile
This new financing seeks to further boost the growth and expansion of Caja Los Héroes' social credit framework.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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Citi Grants $6 Million in Debt to Colombian Fintech Sempli
This transaction falls under the Scaling Enterprise program, backed by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the Ford Foundation.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
- Tags
- financial inclusion, fintech, lending, MSMEs
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Brazilian Payments Firm, EBANX, Expands into 8 New African Countries
Besides Africa, the fintech firm also revealed its plans for further expansion across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN- Kenya has Allocated $134 Million to Improve Farmers’ Access
The facility will feature a rural credit guarantee system that will help reduce the perceived and real risks associated with agricultural value chain lending.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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