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GIF Backs Mafisa's Push to Connect Zambian Smallholder Cattle Farmers to Formal Markets
The Global Innovation Fund has announced a follow-on grant to Mafisa, a Zambian livestock services organisation, to build livestock processing capacity and a market aggregation model in Western Province. The grant amount is not disclosed.
Startups
Seven-Country AI Agritech Programme Opens Call for One Venture Per Country
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MNT-Halan's First Results as a Listed Company Show Profit Doubling on the Quarter but Falling Year on Year
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Aruwa Capital Discloses Investment in Polysmart After Phase 1 of Its Mowe Plant Is Commissioned
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Seventeen Nigerian Founders Share ₦49m in Non-Dilutive Grants From NiYA and Cascador
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Energy & mobilityGhanaProfile
Inside Kofa’s battery-swapping network in Ghana
A look at the Ghanaian company’s portable batteries and swap-station network.
Energy & mobilityKenyaProfile
The journey of Mark Mwangi’s Amitruck on rough terrain
A profile of the logistics marketplace and its approach to freight transport in Kenya.
“I think the key value addition was bringing trust and transparency to the transportation of goods and the way in which those transactions happen.”
Mark Mwangi, founder of Amitruck
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FinTech
Optasia’s Microfinance Arm Lifts Nine-Month Revenue 45%, but Implied Third-Quarter Growth Slows
Johannesburg-listed Optasia says revenue for the nine months to 30 September 2026 was about US$270 million, up 45%, on preliminary, unaudited figures. Microfinance is now about 72% of revenue. Subtracting the first-half figures from the nine-month total implies slower third-quarter growth.
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Zimbabwe Publishes Draft Rules for inDrive, Bolt and Other E-Hailing Apps
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