The announcement last week by African Rainbow Capital Investments (ARC) regarding its majority stake in Tyme Global (the holding company of Tymebank) — that it had raised new capital and would be extending its offering into the Philippines with a local partner — was almost an epiphany.

Investors now can begin to understand where this curious structure and ARC’s determination to own it are going, and it looks compelling...

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