Google Engineer Chisom Okwor Builds Automated Braiding Device Google software engineer Chisom Okwor is building Braidiant, a handheld device 3 minute read
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Alan Acquires Senegal’s Tanel, Marking Its First Africa Entry French health insurer Alan has acquired Dakar-based Tanel for an undisclosed 3 minute read
Google Engineer Chisom Okwor Builds Automated Braiding Device Google software engineer Chisom Okwor is building Braidiant, a handheld device byBolu BabalolaSeptember 3, 2026
Nomba Raises $3M Debt Facility for Africa-Asia Payments Push Nomba has secured a $3 million debt facility from CardinalStone Finance Company byGuest PostSeptember 3, 2026
FlexPay Directors Arrested in Kenya Over $242,000 Theft Kenya's DCI arrested two Flexitech Group directors, including FlexPay co-founder byBetty WangariSeptember 3, 2026
Alan Acquires Senegal’s Tanel, Marking Its First Africa Entry French health insurer Alan has acquired Dakar-based Tanel for an undisclosed byBolu BabalolaSeptember 3, 2026
Africa NewsAugust 19, 2026 Lesotho Begins Work on a National AI Strategy and Data Centre Plan Lesotho has opened a five-day Maseru workshop to draft a National AI Strategy byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsAugust 18, 2026 Hubtel Becomes Tech Partner of Ghana’s MoMo Fintech Lab Hubtel has partnered with Mobile Money Fintech Limited to become the Official byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaAugust 14, 2026 Jumia Raises $50M as Equity Nearly Hits Zero, IFC Anchors Half Jumia has raised $50 million in new equity, split evenly between IFC and a group byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsAugust 11, 2026 YouTube Just Made Monetisation Harder — African Creators Feel It First YouTube is doubling the watch-hour and Shorts-view thresholds required to join byBetty Wangari
Africa News NigeriaAugust 5, 2026 Moove Raises $250M at $2.1B Valuation, Becomes Africa-Born Latest Unicorn Moove has raised $250 million in a Series C round led by Abu Dhabi’s byBolu Babalola
Africa News NigeriaAugust 4, 2026 Grants, Fellowships and Accelerators Africans Can Apply for in August 2026 A cluster of deadlines lands in the first two weeks of the month of August, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsAugust 3, 2026 Africa’s 10 Most-Funded Climate Tech Startups in 2026 So Far Spiro's roughly $320 million haul dwarfs the rest of the field, but the real byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsJuly 28, 2026 Africa’s 2026 Startup Graveyard: Every Major Shutdown So Far KOKO Networks, Brass, Chimoney, FoodCourt, Zeepay and Livestock Wealth headline byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 23, 2026 ZainTECH and Nile Launch AI-Driven Network-as-a-Service ZainTECH and US startup Nile have launched an AI-driven Network-as-a-Service byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsJuly 23, 2026 Nedbank Secures 79.9% Shareholder Approval in $855M NCBA Takeover Nedbank Group closed its takeover offer for Kenya's NCBA Group with 79 byBolu Babalola
