Nairobi’s Stock Exchange Is Finally Building a Tech Board. Can It Compete With Johannesburg — Or Will It Join Nigeria’s Zero-IPO Club? After decades as a home for banks, telcos, and brewers, the NSE is creating a byBetty WangariFebruary 20, 2026
Anthropic Just Signed Its First African Government Deal — And Rwanda Is Betting Its Digital Future On It In a three-year MOU covering health, education, and public services, Rwanda byFatima OladunniFebruary 20, 2026
South Africa’s Araxi Just Dropped R1 Billion on Pay@ — And It’s a Bet on the End of Fragmentation In the biggest payments consolidation deal South Africa has seen in years, byBolu BabalolaFebruary 18, 2026
Gabon Just Flipped the Kill Switch on Social Media — Indefinitely. Here’s What That Actually Costs. The Central African nation joins a growing list of governments using internet byBetty WangariFebruary 18, 2026
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 NewsSeptember 8, 2025 Tech FoundHER Africa Challenge 2025 Opens with $100K Equity-Free Grants for Women-Led Startups. Africa’s women tech entrepreneurs just got their biggest opportunity of byBetty Wangari
News NigeriaAugust 13, 2025 MTN Nigeria Unleashes ₦100 Million War Chest: New Cloud Accelerator Program Set to Supercharge Africa’s Next Unicorns In a move that could reshape Africa’s startup landscape, MTN Nigeria has byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsAugust 6, 2025 Visa Opens Applications for Fifth Africa Fintech Accelerator as Fourth Cohort Takes Flight. Visa has officially opened applications for its Fifth Africa Fintech Accelerator byBolu Babalola
News Nigeria StartupJuly 11, 2025 MTN Nigeria Launches Pan-African “Cloud Accelerator” to Empower Startup Ecosystems. MTN Nigeria, Africa’s telecommunications giant, just launched what might byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsJuly 3, 2025 ESTDEV Launches €660,000 Tender for Startup Acceleration Programs in Africa. The Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV) has announced a major byBolu Babalola
Africa News Nigeria StartupJune 26, 2025 Google Selects 15 African Startups for Class 9 of Its Google for Startups Accelerator. Google has announced the 15 exceptional startups selected for Class 9 of the byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupApril 23, 2025 Apply Now: UNICEF StartUp Lab Accelerator Seeks Ghanaian Startups Advancing SDGs for Youth. Applications are now open for the 2025 cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab, a byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupApril 21, 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa 2025 Now Open for Applications. Google has officially opened applications for the 2025 cohort of its Google for byFatima Oladunni
Africa News StartupMarch 27, 2025 Google Celebrates the Graduation of 15 South African Startups from Inaugural Accelerator Programme. Google has marked a significant milestone with the successful graduation of 15 byBolu Babalola
