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Nigerian global share dealing app Trove has been named winner of the fourth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, winning a US$15,000 prize and a place in the bank’s Fintech Challenge Fellowship programme. Ecobank Group hosts its Fintech Challenge each year, with the five finalists of this year’s edition emerging from over 890 entrants from 44 countries. Trove was announced as winner at a virtual grand finale on December 9, streamed live from Accra, Ghana, which saw each of the five finalists pitching to a tech-savvy jury. The startup’s app enables African-based financial institutions and individuals to buy, sell and...