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Djamo’s founders are expanding digital finance across Francophone Africa.

Fawry’s Ashraf Sabry connects fintech scale with profitability.

Paymob takes an Egyptian payments business across regional markets.

Airtel Money’s scale brings African fintech to international capital markets.

Chipper Cash’s founders connect millions to the digital economy.

Complete Farmer connects Ghanaian agriculture with finance and global buyers.

Synapse Analytics takes Egyptian AI into international financial markets.

Spiro is building the infrastructure behind African electric mobility.

Safaricom’s next chapter reaches beyond telecommunications.

Flutterwave’s bigger ambition is Africa’s financial infrastructure.

Sim Shagaya is building an education business beyond e-commerce.

iSchool takes Egyptian education technology to international markets.

Nomba builds beyond merchant payments towards African trade.

PiggyVest’s growth rests on the trust built around everyday savings.

Moove’s founders are building the operating infrastructure of mobility.

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji’s entrepreneurial journey connects African talent and commerce.

Strive Masiyiwa’s next infrastructure ambition is computing power.

Kola Aina’s Ventures Platform backs the next generation of African companies.

Rwanda’s Formula 1 ambitions put tourism and infrastructure in focus.

The real value of a trade corridor is the certainty it gives a business.

Africa’s fintechs face their next test: public markets.

At Tanger Med, the bigger story is what moves behind the port.
The middle market is where patient capital meets expansion.

A supply chain is only as strong as its least reliable link.
Company reference files

Dangote Industries
Dangote Industries is a Nigerian industrial group with businesses spanning cement, fertiliser, refining and other manufacturing activities. Its company history traces its origins to a trading business established in 1981. The group and its separately listed subsidiaries should be distinguished when comparing financial information.
View company profileMoniepoint
Founded as TeamApt by Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike, Moniepoint provides payments, banking, credit and business tools. Nigeria is a core operating market; its international group and locally regulated subsidiaries are distinct entities.
View company profileMTN Group
MTN is a South African telecommunications group with operations across African markets. Its activities include mobile connectivity, digital infrastructure and financial services. Group-level reporting and the results of individual listed operating companies cover different businesses and currencies.
View company profileOCP Group
OCP is a Moroccan group active across the phosphate and plant-nutrition value chain, from mining to fertiliser production. Its industrial activities connect agriculture, energy, water and transport. The group’s origins date to the establishment of the Office Chérifien des Phosphates in 1920.
View company profileSafaricom
Safaricom is a Kenyan telecommunications and technology company offering connectivity, data and mobile financial services, including M-PESA. It also operates in Ethiopia. The distinction between its Kenyan business and consolidated group results matters when assessing expansion and profitability.
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