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 BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
Africa’s First Digital SEZ Launches Full-Stack AI Growth Zone to Bridge Continental Infrastructure Gap. Itana aims to keep African AI talent from relying on expensive foreign GPU byFatima OladunniJuly 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 BabalolaJuly 24, 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 BabalolaJuly 21, 2025
News NigeriaFebruary 20, 2024 PiggyVest convenes financial leaders to discuss Nigeria’s financial outlook. Last year, PiggyVest conducted a comprehensive survey involving over a thousand byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 19, 2024 Remoteli, Ghanaian tech startup, raises $315k from a footballer. Ghanaian tech talent startup Remoteli has secured US$315,000 in funding from byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 15, 2024 Kenyan music platform Mdundo to pay artists record $1.5 million. The Kenyan music distribution startup, Mdundo, is on track to make an byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaFebruary 15, 2024 50 final-year students in Nigeria to receive N100,000 each in tuition aid from Selar. Selar, Africa’s premier platform for creators, is excited to announce the byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaFebruary 14, 2024 Vella Finance acquired by Carbon, rebranded as Carbon Business. Carbon, a digital financial services provider, has acquired Vella Finance, a byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaFebruary 14, 2024 Mastercard names Folasade Femi-Lawal as West Africa Country Manager and Business Head. Mastercard announced the appointment of Folasade Femi-Lawal as the new Country byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 13, 2024 Catalyst Fund Backed Six African Climate-Tech Startups In 4 Months. The Catalyst Fund, a pre-seed venture capital fund and accelerator, has invested byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 13, 2024 Ilara Health gets $4.2M to grow in East Africa and improve healthcare access. Ilara Health, a health-tech startup based in Kenya that provides private clinics byFatima Oladunni
News Rest of the WorldFebruary 9, 2024 Out With The Bard, in With The Gemini: Google Unveils a More Powerful AI Chatbot. Global technology leader, Google, has unveiled a significant update today, byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaFebruary 8, 2024 MultiChoice Reaches $37 Million Tax Settlement with Nigerian Authorities. MultiChoice Group, the leading cable TV company in Africa, has announced a byFatima Oladunni
