Afridigest Executive Brief: From trash to treasure — Egypt's Tagaddod, M-KOPA's milestone, and more

Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executives | Week 41: Oct 5-11, 2025

The Afridigest Executive Brief delivers essential intelligence to busy executives. This week’s edition is free for all to read courtesy of Afridigest Intelligence.

A summary of this week’s key developments:

• Capital flowing to climate infrastructure: Egypt’s Tagaddod secures $26M to address global biofuel feedstock bottleneck; validates circular economy investment thesis

• Validation of African fintech opportunity: M-KOPA posts first-ever profit on $400M+ revenue after 14-year buildout partially funded by impact capital

• Demographic time bomb ticking louder: 600M+ youth will join Africa’s workforce by 2050; current protest wave (Morocco, Madagascar) may be preview of systemic political risk in the region