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Grindstone Ventures Fund

Grindstone Ventures Launches $31M Fund to Target Africa’s Missing Middle

Grindstone Ventures has launched a R500 million ($31

byBetty Wangari

September 10, 2026

MNT-Halan Files for Cairo Stock Exchange Listing in Egypt

MNT-Halan's parent company has filed to list on the Egyptian Exchange, targeting

byBolu Babalola

September 10, 2026

Drive45 Team

Drive45 Secures $3M Debt Facility From TLG Capital to Scale Its Nigerian Fleet

TLG Capital has closed a $3 million senior debt facility for Drive45, a

byFatima Oladunni

September 10, 2026

Ghana Embeds OMCP Certifications in 11 Universities

Ghana Embeds Coding Certifications in 11 University Degrees

Ghana has signed MoUs with 11 universities, including the University of Ghana

byBetty Wangari

September 9, 2026

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Grindstone Ventures Launches $31M Fund to Target Africa’s Missing Middle

Grindstone Ventures has launched a R500 million ($31

byBetty Wangari

September 10, 2026

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MNT-Halan Files for Cairo Stock Exchange Listing in Egypt

MNT-Halan's parent company has filed to list on the Egyptian Exchange, targeting

Drive45 Team

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Drive45 Secures $3M Debt Facility From TLG Capital to Scale Its Nigerian Fleet

TLG Capital has closed a $3 million senior debt facility for Drive45, a

Ghana Embeds OMCP Certifications in 11 Universities

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Ghana Embeds Coding Certifications in 11 University Degrees

Ghana has signed MoUs with 11 universities, including the University of Ghana

ARC Ride

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ARC Ride Raises $33.3M to Take Its Battery-Swapping Bet Beyond Kenya

Kenyan e-mobility startup ARC Ride has raised $33

iDICE Names Top 50 Founders

iDICE Names Top 10 Founders From Its First Startup Bridge Cohort

iDICE Startup Bridge has named 10 standout founders from its first Founders Lab

Ghana Launches Marrify

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Ghana Launches Marrify to Digitise Marriage Records

Ghana has launched Marrify, a digital registry letting citizens verify a

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Nigeria Reopens ₦50m Student Venture Capital Grant, Cohort 2

Nigeria Reopens ₦50m Student Venture Grant for Cohort 2

Nigeria has reopened its Student Venture Capital Grant, offering ₦50 million in

byFatima Oladunni

September 7, 2026

Top 10 African Tech Investors in 2026 So Far

Top 10 African Tech Investors in 2026 So Far

Development finance institutions, a homegrown Moroccan fund, and a syndicate of

byBolu Babalola

September 7, 2026

September 2026 Africa Tech Events Roundup

September 2026 Africa Tech and Creative Events: The Full Roundup

A month-by-month, country-by-country roundup of Africa's biggest tech and

byFatima Oladunni

September 7, 2026

Chisom Okwor

Google Engineer Chisom Okwor Builds Automated Braiding Device

Google software engineer Chisom Okwor is building Braidiant, a handheld device

byBolu Babalola

September 3, 2026

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Nomba Raises $3M Debt Facility for Africa-Asia Payments Push

Nomba has secured a $3 million debt facility from CardinalStone Finance Company

September 3, 2026

FlexPay directors arrested

FlexPay Directors Arrested in Kenya Over $242,000 Theft

Kenya's DCI arrested two Flexitech Group directors, including FlexPay co-founder

byBetty Wangari

September 3, 2026

Brand Press

Alan Acquires Senegal's Tanel

Alan Acquires Senegal’s Tanel, Marking Its First Africa Entry

French health insurer Alan has acquired Dakar-based Tanel for an undisclosed

byBolu Babalola

September 3, 2026

Fintech's Arrest Habit

Inside the Panti Playbook: Fintech’s Arrest-First Habit

From Flutterwave's 2023 detentions to the Bluebulb allegations making the rounds

byFatima Oladunni

September 2, 2026

WIOCC Secures $300M From AFC, Vision Invest for Africa

WIOCC Secures $300M From AFC, Vision Invest for Africa Digital Infrastructure

WIOCC Group has secured $300 million from Africa Finance Corporation and Saudi

byBetty Wangari

September 2, 2026

Events

Ghana's One Million Coders Begins ICT Trainer Training

Ghana’s One Million Coders Programme Begins ICT Trainers’ Training

Ghana's One Million Coders Programme has begun a Huawei-led Training of Trainers

byBolu Babalola

September 2, 2026

AwaDoc

AwaDoc Crosses 200 Million Health Queries Without Spending on Ads

AwaDoc, the WhatsApp health platform co-founded by Aproko Doctor's Chinonso

byFatima Oladunni

September 1, 2026

NGX Technology Board

Nigeria’s NGX Technology Board Is Empty. The Founders Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame

Three years ago, Nigeria built a stock exchange board specifically for tech

byBolu Babalola

September 1, 2026

Kenya to Tax YouTube Earnings: What KRA’s New 5% Rule Means for Creators

Google will withhold 5 percent Kenyan tax on YouTube earnings from Kenya-based

byBetty Wangari

August 31, 2026

OPay Plans NGX Listing Ahead of Its $4bn US IPO Push

OPay is preparing a Nigerian Exchange listing alongside its long-rumoured $4

byBolu Babalola

August 28, 2026

Koko Networks Appeal

Kenya’s Stalled Competition Tribunal Traps Koko Networks’ Appeal

Kenya's Competition Tribunal has been unable to hear appeals since September

byBetty Wangari

August 28, 2026

Ventures Platform Closes Pan-African Fund II at $84M

Final close exceeds $75 million target, with new institutional backing from

August 26, 2026

Edge Growth

Edge Growth Launches R350M Fund for African Scale-Ups

Edge Growth has raised R350 million in first-close commitments for the Edge

byBolu Babalola

August 26, 2026

NITDA Kashifu Inuwa

NITDA Inaugurates Taskforce for Nigeria’s Sovereign Cloud Push

NITDA has inaugurated the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative Implementation

byFatima Oladunni

August 26, 2026

Verascient-Founders

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South African AI Startup Verascient Raises $1.2M Seed Round

byBolu Babalola

August 26, 2026

Nigeria Approves NIGCOMSAT-2A, 2B Satellites for Broadband Push

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PalmPay Expands Digital Savings Tools as Nigerians Chase Value

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Dr. Martin Koyabe

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Kenya Names Martin Koyabe Inaugural Cybersecurity Agency Chair

Kenya has appointed Dr

byBetty Wangari

August 25, 2026

Belusochim Ugochukwu

16-Year-Old Belusochim Ugochukwu Joins Apple’s ML Team

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Meta Launches AI Academy Nigeria With FG, Offers $5,000 to Startups

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Egypt National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority

Egypt Completes Africa’s First 6GHz Mobile Services Trial

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Nigeria Launches Single Digital Gateway for Government Services

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Lesotho National AI Strategy

Lesotho Begins Work on a National AI Strategy and Data Centre Plan

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