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 NewsDecember 20, 2024 Entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income Commonwealth nations to benefit from new Imperial College London fellowship. Imperial College London has announced the launch of the Commonwealth Startup byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsNovember 22, 2024 VALR, a South African crypto exchange, doubles its user base to 1 million in 2024. VALR, Africa’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, doubled its user byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsNovember 14, 2024 Bootstrap Europe Brings Its Franchise Model to Africa Bootstrap Europe, a Luxembourg-based growth debt fund renowned for fueling byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsNovember 12, 2024 Four African Startups Receive Strategic Investment from Visa. Visa, a leading global payments technology company, has announced a strategic byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupOctober 18, 2024 Kenyan direct air capture startup Octavia Carbon closes $5m seed round to remove more carbon out of Africa. Kenyan direct air capture (DAC) startup Octavia Carbon has successfully closed a byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsSeptember 24, 2024 Goodwell invests in Uganda’s Agent Banking Company. Uganda’s Agent Banking Company (ABC), a technology-driven financial services byFausat Abiola
ExplainersSeptember 20, 2024 Best Cities in Africa for Digital Nomads to Visit (2024) A significant number of cities in Africa have become a major destination/hub for byNgozi Emekaroha
Africa NewsSeptember 14, 2024 10 Startups Pitching at NBA Africa’s Triple-Double Demo Day. NBA Africa has announced the ten startups from seven African countries selected byFatima Oladunni
Africa App NewsAugust 28, 2024 Kenya’s Sukhiba raises $1.5m seed extension to scale WhatsApp-based e-commerce in emerging markets Kenya’s Sukhiba, a conversational commerce platform leveraging WhatsApp, byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsJune 21, 2024 The 10k2Startup initiative is offering funding of up to $50,000 to African startups. African startups are invited to apply for the 10k2Startup initiative, which byMuhammed Mustapha
