
Airtel Africa's Record Profit Can't Unlock IPO Window
Airtel Africa posted a record $813M profit in FY26 but delayed the Airtel Money IPO, citing global market instability and rising oil prices.
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Airtel Africa posted a record $813M profit in FY26 but delayed the Airtel Money IPO, citing global market instability and rising oil prices.

Fincra secures a top-tier Bank of Ghana payments licence, unlocking MoMo and bank transfers across West Africa's second-biggest digital payments market.

Coinbase has partnered with Egyptian-founded Kemet to unlock institutional crypto derivatives. Nigeria leads Africa's $182B crypto market but remains locked out.

Nairobi startup Lua has raised $5.8M to build AI agents that complete entire business workflows, and African fintechs are already using it.

Refiant AI raised $5M to compress massive AI models onto a laptop, cutting energy use by 80%. For Nigeria, this could end cloud dependency for good.
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