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M&AFintech🇲🇦Nov 12, 2026 Wafa Assurance to buy near-total stake in Morocco's La Marocaine Vie
M&AFintech🇳🇬Nov 12, 2026 Nigeria's Raenest buys UK payments firm Remitise for an FCA foothold
Fintech🇦🇪Nov 11, 2026 Dubai's Cequire allocates $100M to early-stage blockchain startups
FundingFintech🇳🇬Nov 11, 2026 Chapel Hill lists Nigeria's first gender bond at $5.57M
Funding🇳🇬Nov 11, 2026 Afreximbank lends Nigeria's DBN $75M for small businesses
🇦🇪Nov 11, 2026 DIFC plans Dubai FinTech Stack as finance week lands 80 partnerships
FundingFintech🇿🇦Nov 11, 2026 Lumepay raises $6M pre-seed to build Africa's cross-border payment rails
FundingFintech🇦🇪Nov 11, 2026 Vision Makers raises $4M seed, topping 90% of UAE seed rounds
Fintech🇰🇪Nov 10, 2026 AfDB commits $150M to Equity Bank to expand Kenyan SME lending
Legal🇿🇦Nov 10, 2026 South African legal-tech Wills & Trust closes angel round for AI will drafting
Fintech🇦🇪Nov 10, 2026 Dubai's Wafr launches sukuk blockchain, backed by Tyme and DBS alumni
Fintech🇦🇪Nov 10, 2026 Proparco backs Sudanese fintech Cashi with €600,000, its first deal in the country
FundingFintech🇧🇭Nov 10, 2026 Investcorp closes $550M syndicated loan, upsized from $400M on oversubscription
M&AFintech🇰🇪Nov 9, 2026 Malta's Credinvest cleared to buy all of Kenya's Rafiki Microfinance Bank
Music🇦🇪Nov 9, 2026 Dubai’s Afterpeak signs multi-year global distribution deal with Too Lost
FundingTransportation🇪🇬Nov 9, 2026 Egypt's Drive Finance raises $27.9M in bond issuance to fund lending growth
🇹🇷Nov 9, 2026 İş Yatırım places $40M private bond with domestic investors
M&AFintech🇦🇪Nov 9, 2026 First Abu Dhabi Bank buys Bahrain's Futura to widen fund services
FundingFintech🇿🇦Nov 9, 2026 Yoco lands $100M credit line to fund cash advances for South African merchants
IPOsFintech🇦🇪Nov 6, 2026 Pakistan's ABHI Microfinance Bank raises $7.39M in fintech-led IPO
InvestorsFintech🇰🇪Nov 6, 2026 Equity Bank Rwanda launches EMMA wallet, betting on free transfers and credit
Fintech🇰🇪Nov 6, 2026 Kenswitch taps PayU's Wibmo to secure Kenya's online card payments
Fintech🇳🇬Nov 6, 2026 IFC backs Access Holdings to widen trade finance across Africa
IPOsFintech🇳🇬Nov 5, 2026 OPay pulls $4B New York IPO at the last minute after China inquiry
FundingSecurity🇮🇱Nov 5, 2026 Blockaid lands $40M in commitments after detecting record Binance hack
FundingSecurity🇦🇪Nov 4, 2026 Enza raises $6M as investors double down on Africa's payments plumbing
M&AFintech🇬🇧Nov 4, 2026 eToro buys Argentine fintech LB Finanzas to anchor Latin America push