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Oluwatomi Ayorinde

A currency trader counts notes in his cabin at a market in Kinshasa on August 11, 2021. - How to make the Congolese franc a strong enough currency to regain its rights against the omnipotent US dollar. The "de-dollarisation" of the economy, a sea serpent of Congolese financial policy, has just been put back on the drawing board in Kinshasa. The US dollar made its home in the former Zaire during the four-figure hyperinflation of the Mobutu years, as it did in other countries in the grip of chaos in Africa and elsewhere. (Photo by Arsene MPIANA / AFP)

CrowdForce raises $3.6m to increase access to cash for underserved communities

A Nigerian Y Combinator-backed agency banking company, CrowdForce, has announced it closed a $3.6 million pre series-A investment, which would be used to increase its agent network.   According to a statement
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