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Women-Led Fintech and the African Gender Finance Gap

Morocco shows a 23-percentage-point gender gap in financial account ownership (56 percent men versus 33 percent women)...

ABA EditorialFeb 24, 2026Kenya
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African Cold Chain Logistics 2026: The Infrastructure Gap, the Cross-Sector Demand, and the Solar-Powered Response

African cold chain infrastructure serves multiple demand categories including fresh produce, meat and dairy...

ABA EditorialFeb 19, 2026Nigeria
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AI in African Education 2026: FoondaMate's 3 Million Learners, ChatGPT Adoption, and the Personalized Learning Promise

Artificial intelligence in African education has moved from experimental to practical deployment, with operators...

ABA EditorialFeb 19, 2026South Africa
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Yellow Card and the African Stablecoin Infrastructure Layer

Yellow Card operates in approximately 20 African countries providing businesses with on-ramps and off-ramps between...

ABA EditorialFeb 16, 2026Nigeria
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African Regtech in 2026: Smile ID, Youverify, and the KYC-AML Infrastructure Layer

Smile ID has raised USD 31.1 million across 5 rounds and supports KYC and AML compliance across all 54 African...

ABA EditorialFeb 15, 2026Nigeria
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Just Energy Transition Partnerships in Africa 2026: South Africa's USD 8.5 Billion Commitment, Senegal's Framework, and the Replication Question

Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) committed international climate finance to support developing country...

ABA EditorialFeb 14, 2026South Africa
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African Mental Health Technology 2026: The Invisible Crisis and the Emerging Digital Response

African mental healthcare is severely under-resourced, with psychiatrist-to-population ratios often below one per...

ABA EditorialFeb 12, 2026Egypt
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BNPL in Africa: How Lipa Later, Payflex, valU, and CredPal Anchor a USD 16.8 Billion Market

The African BNPL market is projected to grow from USD 5.2 billion in 2025 to USD 16.8 billion by 2031 at a 20.7 percent...

ABA EditorialFeb 11, 2026Kenya
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Open Banking in Africa and the Okra Collapse: What Nigeria's August 2025 Go-Live Actually Means

In August 2025 Nigeria became the first African country to go live with a formal open banking framework. Two months...

ABA EditorialFeb 6, 2026Nigeria
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African Food Processing and Value Addition 2026: The USD 50 Billion Import Bill and the Industrial Response

African countries import approximately USD 50 billion in food annually, much of it processed products that could in...

ABA EditorialFeb 4, 2026Nigeria
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SME Lending and Supply Chain Finance in Africa: Closing the USD 330 Billion Credit Gap

The African SME credit gap is estimated at over USD 330 billion by the IFC. OmniRetail's OmniPay disburses USD 12...

ABA EditorialJan 29, 2026Nigeria
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Agricultural Finance and Agritech-Fintech in Africa: Financing the Smallholder Gap

Agriculture represents at least 20 percent of African GDP and 60 percent of African jobs, but smallholder farmers...

ABA EditorialJan 22, 2026Kenya