How Wave rose to become Francophone Africa’s first unicorn

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Morocco’s e-commerce boom has outlasted its lockdown

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Hopes for a West African single currency fade as Ghana and Nigeria launch digital money

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How economic sanctions drove money transfers in west Africa underground

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Ivorians’ aversion to traditional banks is a boost for mobile banking

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Africa’s plastics bans are pitting the environment against the economy

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Akon wants to run a Senegal city on cryptocurrency—could it work?

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Côte d’Ivoire’s informal economy has come online and the government’s not happy

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