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Plaid accelerator announces inaugural cohort of fintech startups

Plaid, the fintech giant, has announced the inaugural cohort of startups in its new accelerator program, FinRise.The equity-free and capital-free program has chosen five early-stage fintech startups o

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Airtel Africa sells $200M mobile money business stake to TPG’s Rise Fund

In February, London-listed telecom, Airtel Africa, said it was looking to sell a minority stake in its mobile money business in a bid to raise cash and sell off some assets.The firm seems to have foun

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Nigerian president, health workers to receive first doses of vaccines

VCG Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, his deputy Yemi Osinbajo, as well as frontline health workers have been scheduled to receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Fa

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The workers suffering the most during lockdown

For many developing and emerging economies, the unprecedented upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been the most stark in the informal sector.This sector, also known as the shadow or un