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Africa News StartupOctober 24, 2025 Kotani Pay Secures Strategic Funding from Tether to Expand Blockchain Access Across Africa. Kenya’s Kotani Pay, a leading on-ramp/off-ramp infrastructure connecting byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsOctober 23, 2025 Kenyan Innovator Elly Savatia Wins Africa Prize with AI Sign Language Translation App. Terp 360's groundbreaking 3D avatar technology secures £50,000 prize for byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupOctober 23, 2025 Spiro Secures $100M to Accelerate Electric Motorcycle Revolution Across Africa. Kenya-based electric mobility pioneer expands battery-swapping network with byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupOctober 20, 2025 Madica Invests $400K in North African AI Startups, Forges Strategic Partnership with ABAN. Pan-African Investment Initiative Backs Morocco's Hypeo AI and Tunisia's Anavid byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsOctober 14, 2025 IFC Backs Catalyst Fund with $6 Million Investment to Accelerate African Climate-Tech Innovation. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupOctober 13, 2025 Affinity Africa Surpasses 100K Customers in Ghana Digital Banking Push. Ghanaian digital banking startup Affinity Africa has crossed the 100,000 byBetty Wangari
Africa News NigeriaOctober 8, 2025 Google offers African university students free access to Gemini AI tools for one year. Google is giving university students across six African countries free access to byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupOctober 6, 2025 Mawingu raises $20M to bring internet to rural Kenya. Mawingu, a Kenyan internet service provider focused on connecting rural byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsOctober 2, 2025 Safaricom Selects 10 Startups for Second Cohort of Spark Accelerator Program. Safaricom has announced the selection of 10 startups as finalists for the second byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupSeptember 23, 2025 Kenyan Solar Pioneer SunCulture Secures $5M Strategic Investment from WaterEquity’s Climate Fund. Market-leading AgriTech company becomes first investment from new Water & byBetty Wangari