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  "id": 13904877,
  "title": "Absa becomes first African financial institution to invest in Lendable's blended-finance strategy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/absa-becomes-first-african-financial-institution-to-invest-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T06:19:22.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "africa-business",
    "url": "https://african.business/2026/10/partner-content/absa-becomes-first-african-financial-institution-to-invest-in-lendables-blended-finance-strategy"
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  "summary": "Investment reflects growing participation of emerging-market capital in global asset-backed credit strategies supporting the real economy",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Adesina urges African leaders to invest in technology, build industries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/adesina-urges-african-leaders-to-invest-in-technology-build-industries",
        "published": "2026-10-11T19:56:06.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}