Flash Briefing: SA banks 'have legs'; Mastercard starts to integrate crypto assets; Italtile; Africa tech start-ups

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Funding for African startups slowed for the first time after nearly 10 years of growth as investors in the fledgling tech scene were put off by the Covid-19 pandemic.
* South African banks 'have legs', says an equity analyst for a major firm.
* Italtile produced stellar results.
* Mastercard is starting to integrate cryptoassets and Twitter bosses are also thinking about using it to pay staff and include on its balance sheet.
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11 Feb 2021 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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