CreditChek Buys Uganda's Algosys, Betting That Lenders Want More Than Data
The Nigerian credit infrastructure company is using an acquisition, not a greenfield launch, to enter East Africa.
1 min read
News
Short briefings on the moves that matter to global decision-makers. Editorial commentary based on conversations with market participants, never sponsored.
6 items
Latest Briefings
DNI Backs Mission Mobile With up to R500m to Put Smartphones in Prepaid Hands
The Johannesburg fintech, founded in 2023, is financing devices for customers that traditional credit checks tend to miss.
1 min read
SunCulture Turns Farmer Repayments Into Fresh Capital With a $10m Securitisation
The Kenyan climate-tech company is going to the capital markets, not just venture investors, to fund growth.
1 min read
NewsSample
Mid-Market Capital Is Quietly Returning to Corridors Large Funds Left
Sponsors who spent two years concentrating on core markets are reopening conversations in secondary corridors, and the terms on offer look different to the ones that were available before the pullback.
1 min read
NewsSample
Boards Are Tightening Oversight of AI Spending, and Asking a Harder Question
Directors who approved exploratory AI budgets on strategic grounds are now asking who is accountable for a wrong output. Several technology chiefs say it is the most useful question their boards have asked.
1 min read
NewsSample
The Senior Talent Market Has Reset, and Counter-Offers Are Doing the Damage
Search partners report that executive hiring has picked up, but that a rising share of accepted offers is collapsing at the resignation stage. The pattern is changing how employers structure the final week.
1 min read