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Francophone Africa’s VC Awakening: How AfDB’s €6.5M Saviu Fund Is Shifting the Power Map West and Central For years, African VC has meant Lagos, Nairobi, and Cape Town byFatima OladunniMarch 6, 2026
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Big Tech Must Pay Up: ECOWAS’ Emerging Strategy to Force Fair Compensation for African News in the AI Training Era While OpenAI pays Western publishers $1-5M annually for training data, African byBolu BabalolaMarch 4, 2026
Africa News NigeriaFebruary 4, 2026 Afreximbank backs eight African startups in first accelerator cohort, offering up to $250k The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has selected eight African startups byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaFebruary 4, 2026 LemFi secures AUSTRAC approval, deepening its push into Australia’s remittance market African fintech LemFi has received formal approval from AUSTRAC to operate as an byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 4, 2026 Kenya’s National E-Mobility Policy Finally Arrives After Four Years of “Coming Soon”—And It’s More Revolutionary Than Anyone Expected With 3,000% EV growth since 2022 and green number plates launching immediately, byBetty Wangari
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Africa NewsFebruary 3, 2026 Africa’s $146.75m January: What Startup Funding Says About a Continent in Transition African startups raised at least $146 byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupFebruary 3, 2026 GoCab Raises $45M to Build the Financial Plumbing for Africa’s Gig Economy—And It’s Already Profitable London-based startup scales drive-to-own vehicle financing across West Africa, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJanuary 28, 2026 Cassava Technologies and AXON Networks Launch Africa’s First AI-Driven Operator-as-a-Service The future of African connectivity isn't being built—it's being programmed byFatima Oladunni
Africa News NigeriaJanuary 27, 2026 Top Grant and Non-Dilutive Funding Opportunities for African Businesses Closing February 2026 Over $400 million in equity-free funding—grants, credits, mentorship, and byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJanuary 27, 2026 Tokyo’s WASSHA Acquires Kenyan Mobility Fintech Zaribee, Merging Solar Energy with Motorcycle Financing In a rare cross-sector consolidation, Japan's Energy-as-a-Service pioneer is byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsJanuary 27, 2026 AfricInvest Returns to Morocco With $100M Fund Targeting the “Missing Middle” The timing couldn’t be more deliberate byBolu Babalola
