Canal+ Secures $3B MultiChoice Takeover, Creating Africa’s Largest Pay-TV Powerhouse. French media giant gains full control of DStv parent company after South African byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
Africa’s First Digital SEZ Launches Full-Stack AI Growth Zone to Bridge Continental Infrastructure Gap. Itana aims to keep African AI talent from relying on expensive foreign GPU byFatima OladunniJuly 24, 2025
Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu BabalolaJuly 24, 2025
News NigeriaJuly 4, 2025 NUC and AFD Launch €38M Blueprint-ICT-Dev Project to Transform Nigerian Universities. French government backs ambitious digital transformation initiative targeting 10 byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsMay 29, 2025 12 Kenyan EdTech Startups Join Mastercard Foundation Fellowship to Transform Learning Across Africa Twelve Kenyan edtech startups have been selected for the third cohort of the byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMarch 20, 2025 Twelve South African Startups Join Injini Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. Twelve South African ed-tech startups have been selected for the third edition byBolu Babalola
News StartupDecember 3, 2024 Altschool Africa expands to Europe AltSchool Africa has officially announced its expansion into Europe, a byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsOctober 7, 2024 Egypt’s EdVentures funds 8 new ed-tech startups. Egyptian ed-tech startup EYouth, in partnership with a group of prominent local byFausat Abiola
News NigeriaSeptember 26, 2024 Tespire secures funding to expand data-driven education in Nigeria. Nigerian ed-tech startup Tespire has successfully raised an undisclosed amount byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsSeptember 24, 2024 Farid, an Egyptian ed-tech company, raises $250K. Egyptian ed-tech startup Farid has successfully secured $250,000 in pre-seed byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsSeptember 22, 2024 New education initiative in Egypt gets $41 million boost from investors. Egyptian ed-tech startup EYouth, alongside a coalition of prominent local byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsAugust 21, 2024 DRC’s Schoolap Crosses Borders, Launches in Kenya. Schoolap, the leading ed-tech platform from the Democratic Republic of Congo byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsJuly 31, 2024 Egypt’s Educatly Secures $2.5 Million to Expand its Platform. Egyptian ed-tech startup Educatly has successfully raised a $2 byFatima Oladunni
