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BD Insider 193: Safaricom faces court challenge over M-PESA trade secrets

The telco is facing a court challenge over M-PESA trade secrets. We also covered CBN's newly launched microfinance bank licence portal and other noteworthy information.

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BD Insider 192: The second coming of 54gene’s ex-CEO

Abasi Ene-Obong, ex-CEO of 54gene has launched another genomics startup. We also brought you news about Starlink in Zim.

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BD Insider 189: Nigeria joins forces with India to fuel digital economy growth

Ethiopia wants to make digital IDs compulsory for bank KYC. We also covered the digital economy-related MoUs between Nigeria and Kenya.

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BD Insider 180: Examining the controversies with “Patricia Token”

Its internal 409A valuation was cut by 70%, according to Forbes. We also explored the controversies with the newly launched “Patricia Token”.

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BD Insider 176: Algerian super app, Yassir signs global partnership with PSG

Yassir has signed a global partnership with PSG. We also covered Nigerian artistes’ revenue on Spotify, the issues at Dash, and other stories.

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BD Insider 171: What next for Nigerian fintechs given new FX and USD push by banks?

We also covered how Nigeria has lost its spot as the top destination for tech VC funding in Africa and Flutterwave and IATA payment partnership.

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BD Insider 168: Analysis of Google’s BFF shows a decline in Africa

Nigeria remains the preferred destination for the Google Founders Fund in Africa, dominating the three cohorts since the fund was launched.

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BD Insider 167: Visa’s long-standing interest in African fintech

Letter 167 explores Visa's plan to invest in African fintech startups, ThriveAgric's journey: From a turbulent 2020 to an incredible 2022 and unification of the exchange rate.

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BD Insider 159: Internet shuts down in Sudan as crises escalates

BD Insider 159 examines the internet shutdown in Sudan, Gluwa's $35 million investment in African crypto exchanges and the ongoing restructuring at Kuda Bank.

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BD Insider 157: Is Soko Loan not a predatory lender anymore?

In this letter 157: Solomon Osadolo's journey to becoming a global content design talent, the latest on digital lending regulation in Nigeria and Cameroon's eVisa.

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BD Insider: A timeline of Nigeria’s 2023 demonetisation policy

Letter 152 examines Nigeria's 2023 demonetisation policy, MFS Africa's plan for cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa and Namibia's residence by investment program.

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BD Insider, Letter 151: Poor tech marred Nigeria’s election

In BD Insider, 151, we examined the Nigerian elections, Netflix's price reduction in sub-Saharan Africa, why BNPL startup Tabby is suspending operations in Egypt.

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