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[TOP STORY] African fintech: From USSD to smartphone apps and beyond

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'Skilled [fintech banking] opportunities are essentially finding exit routes via African capital markets, and that's a trend which is happening … and long may it last’ – Adesoji Solanke, head of Fintech and Banks investment banking origination at Absa CIB.
26 May 3AM English South Africa Business News · Business

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