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African Tech in 2025: The Year Infrastructure Beat Hype After two years of contraction, African tech in 2025 finally turned a corner—but byBolu BabalolaJanuary 5, 2026
Africa News StartupJuly 28, 2025 Kenyan Startup Sukhiba Rebrands to Flowcart, Eyes AI-Powered Expansion Kenyan conversational commerce startup Sukhiba has rebranded to Flowcart, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 28, 2025 Africa’s Pay-TV Giant MultiChoice Plans ‘Wholesale Overhaul’ As DStv Loses 1.2 Million Subscribers. MultiChoice CEO Byron du Plessis has announced plans for substantial changes byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 24, 2025 Canal+ Secures $3B MultiChoice Takeover, Creating Africa’s Largest Pay-TV Powerhouse. French media giant gains full control of DStv parent company after South African byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 24, 2025 54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 24, 2025 Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 21, 2025 Moroccan superapp ORA raises $7.5M Series A to digitize North Africa’s cash-heavy economy. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a $7 byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 15, 2025 Smart Africa’s Bold Gambit: Uniting 11 Nations to Build the Continent’s First Cross-Border Data Highway. Picture this: a Nigerian entrepreneur wanting to expand their fintech startup to byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 7, 2025 BuuPass scores strategic funding from Yango Ventures as mobility startup gears up for African expansion. The Kenyan B2B2C mobility platform has sold over 16 million travel tickets and byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 4, 2025 Complete Farmer Raises $2.5M from EU-Funded AgriFI to Expand Agricultural Infrastructure Across Ghana. Ghana’s Complete Farmer, an end-to-end digital agricultural marketplace byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 3, 2025 Fifth India-Africa Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit Set for Nairobi. The fifth edition of the India-Africa Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit is byBolu Babalola
