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When Kenyans gained access to credit, lenders targeted them with a "land grab". They harvested data and blacklisted large numbers of people for small defaults, says Lorcan O’Cathain, who wants to bring clarity to the sector with his business Money254.

Self Help Africa has secured a new multi-million EU contract to inject capital into private enterprises in the Zambian food value chain. Although most African agribusiness remains far from bankable, the organisation sees its role as “priming the pump”.