Africa’s Most Active Startup Investors in Q1 2026 — and Where They Put Their Money $705 million across 59 deals byBetty WangariApril 2, 2026
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Fintech Unicorn Flutterwave Lands Nigerian Banking License, Moves to Compete Directly With Banks After a decade of building payment rails for others, Africa's most valuable byFatima OladunniApril 2, 2026
Novastar Secures $147M for Africa Climate Fund as Japanese Corporations Ramp Up VC Investments Mitsubishi byBetty WangariApril 1, 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
